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Reference materials, such as handbooks, specialized encyclopedias, subject dictionaries, atlases, etc., provide objective background information, quick facts, statistics, biographies, and more. Search the opens new windowLibrary Catalog and limit the results to Reference.
Research TIP: Searching for Reference Books and Reference Ebooks
For Print Reference Books - Search the catalog or browse the shelves.
Go to the opens new windowlibrary catalog. Key in a search. Under View Entire Collection choose Reference Collection. (Note: The results include print books in the Reference Collection, but do not include reference ebooks.)
Browse the print books on the shelves in the Reference Collection. For call number sections, go to the opens new window Library of Congress Classification Outline and drill down to specific call numbers that match your subject.
For Reference Ebooks - Search the catalog or ebook databases.
Go to the opens new windowlibrary catalog. Key in a search and add the word reference to your search. Under View Entire Collection choose Ebooks.
Select a reference ebook database listed below, then browse or search ebook titles in the database.
Credo Reference
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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- Sample entry: opens new windowSvante opens new windowArrhenius
- Credo Mind Map result for opens new window toxicology (shown below)
- 50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know. byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781848666672Publication Date: 2016
- Encyclopedia of Chemistry byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781438163161Publication Date: 2016
- Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781118135150Publication Date: 2016
- Human Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections, 2 Volume Set byCall Number: EbookISBN: 9781118644713Publication Date: 2016
Gale Ebooks
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Search a topic in all Gale Ebooks. Example: opens new windowWildlife Conservation
Or, browse a book.
- ChemistryCall Number: EbookISBN: 9780028657219Publication Date: 2004
Selected Reference Books
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- The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information byCall Number: QD8.5 .A25 2006 ReferenceISBN: 9780841274006Publication Date: 2006
- Dean's Handbook of Organic Chemistry byCall Number: QD251.3.G65 2004 ReferenceISBN: 0071375937Publication Date: 2003
- Encyclopedia of Chemistry byCall Number: QD4 .R57 2005 ReferenceISBN: 0816048940Publication Date: 2005
- Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry byCall Number: QD5 .F33 2005 ReferenceISBN: 0816056501Publication Date: 2005
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics - opens new windowCall #QD65 .H3 2007/2008 Reference
- Facts on File Dictionary of Inorganic Chemistry -opens new window Call #QD5 .F24 2004 Reference
- Systematic Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: A Directory to Comprehension and Application of Its Basic Principles - opens new windowCall #QD291 .H3913 2001 Reference
Points of View Reference
- Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Example:
- opens new windowWildlife Conservation