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Analytical, Industrial Chemistry:

Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry: applications, theory, and instrumentation
Science Reference QD71.5 .E521 2000
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Science Reference TP9 .E685 2004
Industrial Inorganic Chemicals and Products (Ullman's Encyclopedia)
Science Reference TP9 .I53 1998

Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Elements:

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Science Reference QD65 .H3 2006/2007
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
Science Reference QD65 H25 1999
Biochemicals and reagents for life science research (Sigma Catalog)
Science Reference TP202 S53 2006/2007
Periodic Table of the Elements
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/
NIST-JANAF Thermodynamical Tables 4th. ed.
Science Reference QD511 N57 1998
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
Science Reference Q121.M3 2002
Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds
Science Reference QD148 .D53 1992

Chemical Safety:

Hazardous Laboratory Chemicals Disposal Guide
Science Reference QD64 A76 1996
Material Safety Data Sheet Search
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/

Organic and Biological Chemistry:

Handbook of Physical Properties of Organic Chemicals
Science Reference QD257.7 H374 1997
Merck Index : an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals
Science Reference RS356 .M524 2001
Handbook of Fine Chemicals (Aldrich Catalog)
Science Reference TP202 A38 2006/2007
ChemFinder
http://chemfinder.camsoft.com
The Organic Chemist's Desk Reference
Science Library Stacks QD291 R56 1995
Dictionary of Organic Compounds
Science Reference QD246.D5 1996

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Science Reference QD77 .E53 1995

Industrial Organic Chemicals (Ullman's Encyclopedia)
Science Reference TP247 .I53 1999

Chemical Spectra and Visual Information:

Spectra Type Source
Mass Spectrometry NIST WebBook
http://webbook.nist.gov/
Infrared Spectrocopy (IR, FT-IR)

Infrared Band Handbook
Science Reference QC457 S983

NIST WebBook
http://webbook.nist.gov/
Infrared Spectra of Inorganic Compounds
Science Reference QC457 N93
Aldrich Library of Infrared Spectra
Science Reference QD96 I5 P67 1981
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR, FT-NMR) Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra
Science Reference QD96 N8 P68 1983
Aldrich Library of FT-NMR Spectra
Science Reference QD96 F68 P67 1993

Handbook of Proton-NMR Spectra and Data
Science Reference QC762 H33 1985

Many chemical spectra can also be found in the chemical literature online through Scifinder Scholar or Beilstein Crossfire. See the Chemistry Librarian (Beth Brown) for futher details or to request a search.

Comprehensive Handbooks:

Compound Type Appropriate Handbook
Organic Beilstein
Beilstein Handbuch der Organischen Chemie
Download Crossfire Version 7 (SP 2)
Client download instructions.
http://www.library.wisc.edu:4001/
Available to Binghamton students, staff, and faculty.
Requires groupname, user ID, and password.
Library Annex QD251 .B4
Inorganic Gmelin
Gmelin Handbuch der Anorganischen Chemie
Library Annex QD151 .G52
Biological, Organic Houben Weyl
Methoden der Organischen Chemie
Library Annex QD258 .M592
Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy Landolt-Börnstein
Landolt-Börnstein: Zahlenwerte und Funktionen.
Contains numerical data and functional relationships in science and technology
Library Annex QC61.L33