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Chemistry Resources

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Subjects

Crystallography

Compound Identification

Nomenclature

Properties

Registry Numbers

Sequence AnalysisSpectral AnalysisStandards, Specifications and Regulations

Synthesis

Toxicity


Crystallography

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY is the study of crystals and crystal structures.

Tables

Crystal Data; Determinative Tables

2nd ed.  Washington, DC: American Crystallographic Association, 1963.

(2 vols.)

Contains data through 1960; excludes almost all alloys. Includes

systematic and determinative tables and formula and name indexes.

International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography

Birmingham, England: Kynock Press, 1952-1974. (4 vols.)

Contains information for determining crystal structures or x-ray

methods to study crystallography and information on symmetry groups.

Has basic definitions, a glossary (in English, French, Russian,

German, and Spanish) and subject index.  Includes physical, chemical,

and mathematical tables.


Compound Identification# To
Compound Identification

Works listed in this section help in identifying chemicals and/or

structures.

Indexes

Chemical Abstracts - Ring System Index

one of the annual indexes of Chemical Abstracts.

An important tool in identifying cyclic compounds.  Includes cyclic

parent compounds; excludes substituted compounds and simple ring

systems.  After determining the name of a compound, appropriate

citations and abstracts can be found in the Chemical Substance Index.

Cumulated Index Medicus

Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine, 1960-.  Medical Subject

Headings, Supplementary Chemical Records, 1960-.

An annual supplement to Cumulated Index Medicus.  Contains approx.

23,000 compounds discussed in health related journals. Entries include

registry number, synonym(s), pharmacological action, note.  Also

available online.

Handbooks

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances.

Cincinnati, OH: NIOSH, 1978-.

An important tool in identifying chemicals containing common and brand

names.  Includes synonyms, registry numbers, molecular formula; data

on irritation, mutation, tumorigenic effect, toxicity, aquatic

toxicity; and references.

Updated by supplements on microfiche.

Beilstein's Index: Trivial Names in Systematic Nomenclature of

Organic Chemistry

Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag, 1986.

Lists trivial names used in Chemical Abstracts, Beilstein's Handbook

of Organic Chemistry, and those allowed by the IUPAC rules.  Gives

English and German names, synonyms, systematic names, structural and

molecular formulas, Beilstein references, CAS Registry Numbers (RN),

and notes.  Formula, RN, and ring-code indexes are included.

Ring Systems Handbook

Columbus, OH: American Chemical Society, 1984-.

Includes all known basic structural skeletons and parent compounds of

cyclic substances. Contains CA Index Name, CAS registry number and

molecular formula of the ring systems. Arranged in three sections: the

Ring Systems File, the indexes, and the supplements.

Structural Inorganic Chemistry

4th ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975.

Discusses crystal structures of elements, alloys, and inorganic

compounds.  Arranged by the groups of the Periodic Table.  Has formula

and subject index.


Nomenclature

NOMENCLATURE  is a system, based on conventions and standards,

for naming chemical substances.

Indexes

Chemical Abstracts.  Index Guide

Contains the summary of the rules governing nomenclature.  Also

includes a classified bibliography of chemical nomenclature.

Tables, Atlases

Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 4th ed.  Oxford;

New York: Pergamon, 1979

Includes the definitive rules of naming organic compounds. Covers

hydrocarbons, fundamental heterocyclic systems, and groups containing

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, halogen, sulfur, selenium and/or

tellurium.

Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. 2nd ed.  Oxford;

New York: Pergamon, 1971

Includes the definitive rules (1970).  Covers the elements, compounds,

ions and radicals, iso- and hetero-polyanions, acids, salts, salt-like

compounds, addition compounds, crystalline phases of variable

composition, and polymorphism.

Enzyme Nomenclature

International Union of Biochemistry.  Nomenclature Committee.  New

York: Academic, 1979

For each enzyme provides an enzyme code number, systematic name, and a

non-systematic name.  Lists the enzymes in numeric order and has an

index by systematic, recommended, and other names.

An Introduction to Chemical Nomenclature

5th ed.  London; Boston: Butterworths, 1979.

Discusses some of the IUPAC rules.  Includes physiochemical symbols

and gives important differences between American and British usage.


Properties

Works included in this section provide physical and chemical

properties, usually in tabular form, for elements and compounds.

Journals

Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics

1969-

Reports significant measurements of thermochemical properties and

equilibrium for reactions. Gives thermodynamic properties of pure

substances and mixtures

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

1956-

Publishes reliable research data.  Has annual keyword index.

International Journal of Chemical Kinetics

1969-

Reports on and publishes research work containing new data. Includes

subject and compound indexes, but has no controlled vocabulary

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data

1972-

Has critically evaluated data for atomic and molecular, colloid and

surface, and thermodynamic and transport properties.

Dictionaries

 Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and

Biologicals

11th ed. Rahway, N.J.: Merck, 1989.

Contains data on organic and inorganic chemicals and drugs.  Arranged

by common name, therefore must use the index to locate a chemical.

Entries provide references and review articles, structure, toxicity,

patent number, percentage composition.

Handbooks

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Cleveland, OH: CRC Press, 1977-

Contains information on the elements and chemical compounds including

physical constants.  Has extensive vapor pressure tables for water and

other substances.  Also notes Beilstein references.

Lange's Handbook of Chemistry

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973-

Contains chemical and physical properties; sections on atomic and

molecular structure, spectroscopy, electrochemistry,

thermodynamics.

Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.

Includes physical properties for important industrial chemicals.

Tables

International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics,

Chemistry, and Technology

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1926-1930. (7 volumes)

Contains critically evaluated data and references to the literature.

The one-volume index lists individual chemical substances.

JANAF Thermochemical Tables

3rd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1986. (2

volumes)

Provides thermodynamic data, SI units and the international standards

for notation.  Contains name and formula indexes.


Registry Numbers

RN  is the CAS registry number assigned to each chemical

substance.  This number makes comprehensive retrieval of sources

possible in an online database

Databases

Chemname

A chemical name dictionary. Contains information about chemical

substances. Provides RNs, molecular formulas, synonyms, and ring data.

Available on the Dialog online database system as Chemsearch.

Chemline

A chemical dictionary available online.  Includes approximately

500,000 chemicals indexed in the NLM databases.  Contains and may be

searched by registry numbers. Available on the National Library of

Medicine database system.

Registry File

A dictionary database containing data on chemical substances. Includes

molecular formula, synonyms, structure, and registry numbers.

Available on the STN online database system.

Toxicology Data Network System (TOXNET)

An online database consisting of several bibliographic and data files

concerning toxic materials.  Use of the registry number makes it

possible to search and retrieve information from several files at the

same time.  Available on the NLM system of databases.

Indexes and Abstracts

Chemical Abstracts. Index Guide.

A reference for searching Chemical Abstracts for chemical substances

and topics.  Links names used in the literature with the controlled

terminology of the volume indexes.  Includes RNs.

Inorganic Chemistry

1962-.

Covers bio-inorganic, catalytic, organometallic, solid state,

synthetic chemistry and reaction dynamics. Includes registry numbers

for the chemical discussed at the end of the articles.

Journals

Journal of Organic Chemistry

1936-.

Provides registry numbers for some of the substances discussed at the

end of the articles.

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Organic Compounds

5th ed. New York: Chapman and Hall, 1982. (7 volumes)

Covers organic compounds, natural products, solvents and reagents,

tautomeric compounds.  Has numerous indexes. The Registry Number Index

lists RNs in ascending order, also giving chemical name and location

number.  Notes toxic and hazardous materials.

Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

4th ed.  New York: Wiley, 1991-. (26 volumes)

An authoritative work providing information on the most recent

chemical technology.  Contains CAS registry numbers and SI units. --

Also available online.

Medical Subject Headings: Supplementary Chemical Records

Washington, DC: GPO, 19-.

Contains records of approximately 21,000 chemicals, arranged

alphabetically by name of the substance.  Includes RNs.

Merck Index

11th ed. Rahway, NJ: Merck, 1989.

Describes chemicals, drugs, and biological substances.  Provides data

on the compound, its bibliographic history and structure.  Contains a

number of indexes, including CAS registry number index arranged by

name and RNs.

Handbooks

Registry Handbook (Number Section)

Columbus, OH: American Chemical Society, 19-.

Contains registry numbers of specific chemical substances, CA index

names and molecular formulas.


Sequence Analysis

SEQUENCE ANALYSIS  is the determination of amino acids in a

peptide, etc. or the determination of the order of nucleotides in a

polynucleotide strand, etc.

Indexes and abstracts

Handbook of Protein Sequence Analysis

2nd ed.  Chichester, England; New York: Wiley, 1980.

A collection of protein and peptide amino acid sequence information.

Excludes cyclic peptides and those with D-amino acids.  Includes

references and author, protein sources and protein name indexes.

Tables

Atlas of Stereochemistry

London; New York: Chapman and Hall, 1986.

Covers the field of organic and organometallic stereochemistry.

Ccontains data concerning the absolute configurations of chiral

molecules.  Excludes metal complexes.  Has bibliographic

references.

Nucleic Acid Sequence Analysis

New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.

Atlas of Protein Sequence and Structure

Silver Spring, MD: National Biomedical Research Foundation, 1965 (5

vols.)

A collection of the known protein and nucleotide sequences and other

related data.  Includes references, foldouts; author and subject

indexes.


Spectral Analysis

Structure Determination : to find and determine the structure of

a chemical substance, ``spectral'', ``crystallographic'', or

``sequence analysis'' data may be used.

SPECTRA  is a particular distribution of property over the

components of a system.  For more complete definition, see also

physics , chemistry , or science  dictionaries.

Databases

C-13-NMR/IR Database

Contains information extracted from 20 core journals, spectra catalogs

and unpublished data.  Database can be searched by chemical shifts,

molecular formulas, name fragments, structures, and sub-structures.

This online database is available only from the STN system.

Dictionaries, encyclopedias and directories

A Dictionary of Spectroscopy

2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1982.

Contains the most commonly used terms, expressions, and equations.

Includes illustrations, abbreviations, SI units and references.

Handbooks

Handbook of Spectroscopy

Boca Raton, LA: CRC Press, 1991

Contains extensive tabular data.

Tables

Atlas of Spectral Data and Physical Constants for Organic

Compounds

2nd ed. Cleveland, OH: CRC Press, 1975. (2 volumes)

Contains IR, Raman, ultraviolet, proton and carbon-13 NMR, and mass

spectra.

Sadtler Research Laboratory Spectral Collections

The spectral collections produced by this laboratory through the 1980s

are housed in the Chemistry Building.  These are infrared, proton NMR,

carbon-13 NMR, and ultraviolet spectra.

Infrared Spectra of Inorganic Compounds

New York: Academic Press, 1971.

Includes 900 spectra of salts, oxides, and coordination compounds.

Wiley/NBS Registry of Mass Spectral Data

New York: Wiley, 1989.

Gives mass spectral data corresponding to specific compounds.  Entries

contain molecular weight, elemental composition, RN, source, bar

graph, preferred CAS name. Common names may also be listed.  Includes

compound name, elemental composition, and RN indexes.

Eight Peak Index of Mass Spectra

3rd ed. Aldermaston, England: Mass Spectrometry Data Centre, 1970.  (2

vols.)

A comprehensive index covering the collections of several

organizations such as NIH-EPA, ASTM, Thermodynamics Research Center,

Dow Chemical Company.  Arranged by molecular weight and the

mass-to-charge ratios of the peaks.

Absorption Spectra in the Ultraviolet and Visible Region

New York: Academic Press, 1961-.

Contains actual spectrographs.  Indexed by names and formulas.

Organic Electronic Spectral Data

New York: Wiley, 1960-.

Arranged by molecular formula.  Gives name, solvent or phase, and

wavelength values.  Lists references to the original literature.


Standards,Specifications
Standards,Specifications and Regulations

STANDARDS

are minimum requirements for the quality, size, or performance of a

product.

SPECIFICATIONS

are strict requirements, sometimes set for a specific order of a

product.

REGULATIONS

originate in regulatory bodies of the executive branch of the

government.

Databases

Chemlist

Covers substances subject to regulation.  Information is taken from

EPA Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory, Federal Register, and

Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions. Available from STN

database system.

Indexes and Abstracts

Monthly Catalog of the United States Government Publications

Washington, DC:  GPO, 1951-.

A current bibliography of government documents.  Indexes some

publications by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

(formerly the National Bureau of Standards), OSHA, EPA, etc.  Contains

numerous indexes.

Available also in computerized form on the PIN in Government

Publications and through the database systems of a number of vendors.

Publications of the National Bureau of Standards

1966/67-.  Washington, DC: GPO, 1969-.

An index to publications of the NBS.

Journals

Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

Philadelphia: ASTM, 1990. (68 volumes)

Contains ASTM approved standards, specifications, guides, practices,

test methods, terminology.  Standards are reexamined and revised every

five years.

EPA Publications Bibliography; Quarterly Abstract Bulletin

Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1977-.

Contains bibliographic citations and abstracts for EPA reports.  Has

title, keyword, sponsoring EPA office, corporate author, contact/grant

number, and NTIS order/report number indexes.

Standards & Practices for Instrumentation

8th ed.  Pittsburgh: Instrument Society of America, 1986.

All standards of the Society are given in full.  Abstracts of relevant

standards from other societies are also included.  Contains a subject

index.

Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards

1977-.

Contains technical papers on NBS research.  Covers chemistry, physics,

mathematics, computer science and engineering.  Emphasizes principles

of standardization and measurement methodology.

Pure and Applied Chemistry

1960-.

Publishes available guidelines for reporting data.  Also includes

glossary terms, definitions, units, and rules of nomenclature.

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Washington, DC: GPO, 1978-.

Lists basic toxicity data for each compound included.  Contains

occupational safety and health standards.  Also available online.

Updated by quarterly supplements.

Government Documents

``Labor'' Code of Federal Regulations

Title 29, Parts 1900-1910.999.  1991 edition.

Contains regulations by the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Department of Labor (OSHA). The regulations concern

labor and related areas.

NIOSH Manual of Analytic Methods

3rd ed.  Cincinnati, OH: National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health, 1984.

Discusses methods for establishing limits for toxic exposures.  Covers

chemical substances commonly found in industry and academic

institutions.

``Protection of Environment''.  Code of Federal Regulations.

Title 40, Parts 100-149.  1991 edition.

Contains methods of organic analysis of municipal and industrial

wastewater.

Dictionaries

Index and Directory of U.S. Industry Standards.

Englewood, CO: Information Handling Services, 1983-.

A directory providing access to the majority of U.S. industry

standards. Has subject index, society/numeric index, ANSI number

concordance, and a society directory.

Handbooks

Official Methods of Analysis

Washington, DC: AOAC, 1970-.

Contains qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis of foods,

pesticides, fertilizers, etc.  Includes reference tables.

Chemical Safety Data Sheets

Cambridge: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1989-.

Covers solvents and main group metals and their compounds.  Provides

information (exposure limits, physical properties, packaging and

transportation, biological hazards, carcinogenicity, disposal) on

chemicals used in the workplace, i.e. in industry, laboratory, and the

home.

NIOSH/OSHA Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

Washington, DC: GPO, 1978.

Contains key information in tabular form for 380 chemicals found in

the work environment.  Items listed are regulated by the Federal

Government.

OSHA Analytical Methods Manual

2nd ed.  Salt Lake City: OSHA Analytical Laboratory, 1990.  (3 vols.)

Contains new, reviewed, and/or changed OSHA analytical methods.

Includes evaluation guidelines for air sampling.  Gives analytical

parameters, required tests, statistical calculations, criteria for

acceptance, outline for written reports.


Synthesis

SYNTHESIS  is making new substances by chemically combining

materials.

Databases

CASREACT

A database focused on the literature of reaction chemistry; gives

better access than Chemical Abstracts for information on synthesis.

Covers 106 organic chemistry journals and provides access through RNs

for reactants, products, reagents, catalysts and solvents. Provides

chemical, structural, and reaction diagrams. Available on the STN

online system.

Chemical Abstracts

In its machine readable form covers the chemical literature from 1967

to the present.  International in scope and includes references to

journals, patents, technical reports, books, proceedings, and

dissertations.  Searches result in a bibliography containing

bibliographic citations and abstracts.  Available from DIALOG online

system as CA SEARCH and from STN system as CA.

Indexes and abstracts

Chemical Abstracts

1907-

To find information on synthesis use the Chemical Substance and

General Subject Indexes.  In searching the General Subject Index look

for the subjects "preparation" (covering synthesis, manufacture,

incidental formation, recovery, separation, and purification) or

"reactions" (chemical changes, nuclear interactions, corrosion,

neutralization, isomerization, etc).  In the Chemical Substance Index

look under the name of element or compound. - Also available online

from Dialog and STN.

Journals

Journal of Synthetic Methods

1975-

Contains a number of new reactions, many taken from the patent

literature. Includes a subject index which also lists starting

materials, reagents, reactions, and products.

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Organic Compounds

5th ed. New York: Chapman and Hall, 1982. (7 volumes)

Entries contain chemical information, physical constants, and

bibliographic references to the different aspects of the compound.

One of the references refers to the synthesis of a given compound.

Dictionary of Organometallic Compounds

London, New York: Chapman and Hall, 1984. (3 volumes)

The entry for each compound contains bibliographic references, one of

which refers to the synthesis of the substance.  Recent references are

preferred in the listings.

Reagents for Organic Synthesis

New York: Wiley, 1967-

A source to be consulted in planning the synthesis of a compound.

Provides information on preferred methods of preparation or

purification and gives reaction diagrams.

Handbooks

Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry

4th ed.  Fifth supplementary series.  Berlin, New York: Springer

Verlag, 1984-.

Includes information on the formation or preparation of substances.

Very useful for finding methods for preparing known compounds.  Also

available online from Dialog and STN systems.

Treatises

Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry

Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1987. (7 volumes)

Covers synthesis, reactions and properties of substances. Emphasizes

industrial applications (e.g.: petrochemical, pharmaceutical;

plastics.)  Has subject and formula indexes; also an index to review

articles and specialized texts.

Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1973. (5 volumes)

Comprehensive Organic Chemistry

Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1979. (6 volumes)

Discusses reaction mechanism of organic compounds including synthetic

and biosynthetic compounds.  Index volume contains named reactions and

types of reactions; reagents; and literature references.

Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry

Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1984. (8 volumes)

Discusses structure, reactivity, and synthesis of heterocycles

(nucleic acids, vitamins, coenzymes, hormones, antibiotics, sugars,

etc.).  Reactivity covers reaction with free radicals, electrophiles,

nucleophiles, and electrocyclic reactions.

Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry

Oxford; New York: Pergamon Press, 1982. (9 volumes)

Covers mostly industrial chemistry.  Discusses the main group and

transition elements and the use of organometallic compounds.  Includes

subject, formula and author indexes; has bibliographic references.<P>

Inorganic Syntheses

New York: Wiley, 1939-

Contains detailed, laboratory tested methods for the preparation of

inorganic compounds.

Inorganic Reactions and Methods

Deerfield Beach, FL: VCH Pub., 1986-

Discusses the forming of bonds with inorganic elements.  Has author,

compound, and subject indexes.

Methoden der Organischen Chemie (Houben-Weyl)

4. Aufl.  Stuttgart: G. Thieme, 1952-.

A treatise on organic reactions, preparation and synthesis of organic,

organometallic, macromolecular, and biochemical compounds.  Also

covers general laboratory practices, analytical, physical and chemical

methods. Contains parent compound and formula indexes.

Methodicum Chimicum

New York: Academic Press, 1974-.

Discusses principles and specific techniques of synthesis.  Covers the

preparation of such compounds as transition metal derivatives, nucleic

acids, vitamins, etc.

Organic Reaction Mechanisms

London; New York: Wiley, 1965-

A series of annual surveys on reaction mechanism, providing

comprehensive coverage and current awareness.  Excludes photochemical

reactions, biosynthesis, electrochemistry, surface chemistry,

heterogeneous catalysis and organometallic chemistry.  Contains author

and subject indexes.

Organic Reactions

New York: Wiley, 1942-

Covers named and other well defined reactions.  Procedures described

have not been tested.  Contains a number of indexes.

Theilheimer's Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry

Basel; New York: Karger, 1982.

Covers organic reactions and reagents, significant modifications, and

interesting applications of known reactions.  General reaction types

are included; named reactions are avoided.  Very strong in updating

earlier references.  Annually lists the important developments in

synthetic organic chemistry.

Advanced Organic Chemistry

by Jerry March

New York:Wiley,1985 (third edition, there is a new edition I think)

Covers with thousands of  references all types of reactions, the

bible of the organic chemist itself!


Toxicity

TOXICITY  is the characteristic property of a substance to cause

harm of injury.

Databases

NLM (National Library of Medicine). Toxicology Information

Program.

An online search system devoted to bibliographic computer databases.

The major files are Toxline and Toxlit.  Citations are taken from

government and private databases such as BIOSIS, CA, NTIS, etc.

TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network)

An online database system maintained by the National Library of

Medicine.  Includes factual information in the following files:

RTECS  includes information on potentially toxic substances.

HSDB  covers toxic and potentially toxic substances.

CCRIS  has test results on carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and tumor

promotion.

TRI  contains information on industrial emissions of toxic chemicals into

the environment.

DIRLINE and DBIR  lists factual information about organizations and resources available

for consultation on toxicological, environmental, biotechnological,

and molecular biological questions.

Indexes

Environment Abstracts Annual

1983-.

A literature survey providing comprehensive coverage of the

environment and related topics.  International in scope. Indexes

journals, books, reports (company and government), conference

proceedings, and newspapers.  Contains a number of indexes for easy

access to the material.

Dictionaries

Dictionary of Toxicology

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988.

Defines terms and concepts of toxicology.  Also covers anatomical,

biochemical, pathological, and physiological concepts.  Includes

references.

Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

4th ed.  New York: Wiley, 1991-.

A source of basic knowledge in chemistry and chemical technology.

Includes toxicological information and references.

Handbooks

Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards

London; Boston: Butterworth, 1979.

Discusses flammable substances and those igniting when exposed to air.

Gives quantitative information on energy decomposition.  Excludes

toxic substances.

Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1983.

Provides information on individual substances, mixtures and

preparations.  Lists name, synonyms, formulas, properties, air and

water pollution factors, and biological effects.

Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials

7th ed.  New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989.

Gives physical and chemical properties and health related data for

20,000+ compounds.  Includes aquatic toxicity data if available.  Has

extensive bibliographic references.

Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

4th ed.  New York: Wiley, 1991-.

Discusses classes of compounds.  Gives physical and chemical

properties and biological effects.  Also lists hygienic standards.

Pesticide Manual

8th ed. Thornton Heath: British Crop Protection Council, 1987.

A list of pesticides currently in use.  Includes chemicals, microbial

agents, plant growth regulators, and pest repellents.  Gives

toxicology for each entry.  Indexed by RN's; molecular formulas;

chemical, common and trivial names; and trademarks.

Tables

Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Washington, DC: GPO, 19-.

Contains data on skin and eye irritation, mutation, reproductive

effects, tumorigenic and toxicity data.  Includes registry numbers.

Updated by supplements on microfiche.


note12

          The purpose of this system is to provide students with

        automated reference access to selected resources in the

        discipline of chemistry.  CHEMISTRY INFORMATION is a menu

        driven reference advisory module capable of answering a

        limited number of frequently asked questions concerning

        the appropriate reference tools through which to find

        information in Chemistry.  Reference resources include indexes,

        databases, atlases, handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias,

        monographs, core journals and directories.

                    Author:      Katalin Harkanyi

                                 (harkanyi@ucssun1.sdsu.edu)