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Guide Credits

Shirley Horbatt is the original author of this guide, which she updated through March 2016.

Guide Editor

Jennifer Stevenson edited and updated this guide Fall 2022.

OER

Click on the link below for Open Educational Resources on Chemistry:

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Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Need to select a research topic or find background information?  

The Library’s Reference Collection includes subject-focused encyclopedias. Look here to find introductory articles on subject-related topics. The broad perspective offered by such articles often proves helpful for narrowing research topics before pursuing more in-depth information. 

The Reference Collection also includes a variety of other sources where you can find definitions, maps, statistics, and a multitude of facts.

Why not use Wikipedia? Since Wikipedia is an open-source resource, anyone (perhaps a subject expert, a non-expert, or even someone playing a prank) can create or edit a Wikipedia article. On the other hand, reference books go through an editing and often a fact-checking process, which lends a level of trustworthiness to the information provided.  

This guide provides some recommendations for encyclopedias and other reference resources that might provide helpful information relating to Chemistry topics.

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

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Recommended Multimedia Databases