LibGuides: Polymer Science & Engineering: Welcome

Welcome

Welcome to the Polymer Science & Engineering Library Guide.

You can use this guide as a starting point in your research. The tabs on the left have more information about the following topics:

Finding articles

Finding books

Finding dissertations & theses

Finding chemical properties

Finding chemical prices

If you need help with your research, please contact your librarian, Anne Graham.

Resources Specific to Chemistry

SciFinder Scholar
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Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) combined databases of chemistry and related scientific information. Mid 1800s-present.
To use SciFinder, you must create an individual account with your UMass Amherst email account, while on campus ethernet or eduroam. Create account here: https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=223C70F1-86F3-F00A-118F-B22917E5118A&_ga=2.197007852.199826593.1543843796-1568598666.1536603175
If you have registered already, login with the link at the top.

To use SciFinder, you must create an account using your UMass Amherst email address. Click here to create the account.

After account creation, available on or off campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Reaxys
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Organic, organo-metallic, and inorganic chemistry data. Find structures, properties, synthesis possibilities, reactions and bioactivity data. Searchable by structure, substructure, reaction, text, and property data. Reaxys also searches NIH PubChem and eMolecules.

Must create an account with a UMass Amherst email address to first use the database. After initial account creation,it's available on or off campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Cambridge Structural Database WebCSD
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Contains crystal structure information, chemical, and bibliographic data for about 500,000 organic, metal-organic, and organometallic molecules.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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Online version of the 100th edition of this indispensable reference for chemical and physical data.
Covers topics including: Basic Constants; Nomenclature; Thermochemistry, Electrochemistry, and Solution Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy; Properties of Solids; Geophysics, Astronomy, and Acoustics; Health and Safety Information; Mathematical Tables; and more.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.
Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC
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You''ll be asked to log in with your NetID to get the username and password for the database. Once you have those, click "Login" at the upper right of the OMA page to enter the UN/PW for searching OMA Online.

Standards for analytical chemists.

Available on campus to all, or off-campus to UMass Amherst students, staff and faculty with an UMass Amherst IT NetID (user name) and password.

The IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology Also known as the "Gold Book" this is a collection of nearly 7,000 terms. with authoritative definitions, spanning the whole range of chemistry.