Chemical Technology Subject Guide

Databases

• Business Source Premier
  Provides full text for nearly 3,050 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications- EBSCOhost
• General Science Full Text
  Covers everything from supernovas to marine pollution and is the ideal source for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific topics. Abstracts leading journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain- WilsonWeb
• STNWeb Academic
  Provides scientific and technical information service for scientists, engineers, and information professionals throughout the world. Contains a collection of in-depth databases in science and technology and direct links to the literature, patents, and chemical catalogs- STN
• Today's Science
  Science News written especially for students.

Books

• Kirk-Othmer Concise Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
  by Jacqueline Kroschwitz
  TP9 .K54 1999
  This invaluable, up-to-date desk reference brings together and distills all of the articles in the definitive 27-volume Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition into one easily accessible volume. It features over 1,000 concise articles on all aspects of chemical technology; authoritative coverage of cutting-edge topics such as biosensors, nanotechnology, and smart materials; and illustrations and figures that highlight the text. 
• Nature Out of Place : Biological Invasions in the Global Age
  by Jason Van Driesche and Roy Van Driesche
  QH353 .V36 2000
  The general public is just beginning to be aware of the threat caused by biological invasions, in which foreign plants or animals overrun and destroy native ecosystems. A concern of ecologists, this topic has been covered recently in several books, including Robert Devine's Alien Invasion (LJ 6/15/98), Chris Bright's Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World (LJ 12/98), and Alexandre Meinesz's Killer Algae (LJ 11/1/99). This latest offering from the Van Driesches, father and son biologists, alternates between Jason's conversations with people battling such problems as feral pigs in Hawaii and opportunistic zebra mussels in Ohio's rivers and Roy's scientific description of a given problem as a whole. These two parts do not always work together harmoniously, and the scientific descriptions may be too detailed for readers without a scientific background. Unlike Killer Algae, which focuses on one invader, but similar to Alien Invasion and the especially well-written Life Out of Bounds in its presentation of a broad survey of bioinvasions worldwide, this work is strongest in its extensive use of photographs, not found in the other titles, and the excellent recommendations for community and personal involvement. Recommended for all academic science collections and public libraries that have ecology collections.--Marianne Stowell Bracke, Univ. of Houston Libs. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
• Materials Science and Technology: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century
  TA401.3 .M383 2003 EB
  The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with materials science and identifies challenges for research. Recent advances are blurring the distinction between chemistry and materials science and are enabling the creation of new materials that, to date, have only been predicted by theory. These advances include a greater ability to construct materials from molecular components, to design materials for a desired function, to understand molecular "self-assembly, and to improve processes by which the material is "engineered" into the final product.
• Additional Books

Journals

• Adhesive Technology
  Technical articles on adhesives and sealant application, latest developments in raw materials, reviews on process applications equipment, general industry news and new product information- EBSCOhost
• Aluminum Today
  Provides information for all involved in the manufacture and processing of aluminum and its alloys- EBSCOhost
• Ceramic Industry
  Articles and commentary on ceramic industry news, leaders and market trends- EBSCOhost
• Chemical Week
  Articles, interviews, business profiles and global news and analysis published weekly for professionals in the chemical industry- LexisNexis
• Drug Discovery and Development
  Provides the pharmaceutical and biotech research community with the latest developments in the technology, tools and services used in drug discovery research and development- LexisNexis
• Additional Journals

Websites

• American Chemical Society
  Provides access to dozens of the print publications of the ACS, chemistry news, job listings, lesson plans, the "Molecule of the Week," an interactive periodic table, and more- Librarian's Index to the Internet
• Canadian Society for Chemical Technology
  National technical association of chemical and biochemical technicians and technologists, with members across Canada who work in industry, government or academia.
• Pharma-Lexicon: A Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine
  Provides medical and pharmaceutical acronyms and abbreviations. Includes directories of drug companies and products, news of the pharmaceutical industry, and links to various facets of the industry- Librarian's Index to the Internet