CHEM 4414 - Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Reference Literature
The following is a list of reference books and textbooks which you may find helpful when preparing for the laboratory or when writing your reports. All of the textbooks
have been placed on reserve, the reference books which have a number of volumes cannot leave the library. If you look up the call number for a particular book there are typically many books in that call number region which may also be helpful.
Search Tips:
Here are some helpful tips to guide you in finding the information you need. As you become more experienced at using the databases and chem.. abstracts you may come up with your own guidelines for doing a search.
- Begin your search with a broad topic and then narrow it down as needed. For instance if you are looking for the redox couple of ferrocene you may begin by looking for ferrocene and then narrowing the search by adding redox couple.
- If your general topic does not yield anything that does not necessarily mean that there is nothing on that topic. You may need to refine your search. For instance, if you are looking for information on Co(en)2Cl2 when you type this formula into Citation Index under topic you will not find any matches, remember that the formula that you have typed must be in either the title or abstract of an article to be recognized. To refine the search you may want to write out cobalt ethylenediamine. This search yields 8 articles from 1987 to the present.
- For compounds, which have been around for a while and thoroughly studied, like ferrocene, your best bet may be to look in a textbook. Most of the newer textbooks include references to the initial work done on the compound of interest.
- If you need any help in refining your search or even trying to figure out where to start do not hesitate to ask professor Brewer, your T.A. or the librarian for help.
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