LibGuides: Chemistry: Introduction

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Introduction to the Chemistry Library

This library guide is designed to support learning, teaching, and research in Chemistry.

This guide will help you:

discover the most useful sources of information for your assignments, projects and wider reading
get help with study and research skills for your discipline
reference appropriately and use referencing software

Your Subject Librarian

Bobbie Winter-Burke

Email: b.winter-burke@bristol.ac.uk

Students and staff are welcome to contact me (via email or Teams) for help and advice regarding:

library services and resources,
finding and accessing information,
referencing (incl. the use of EndNote/Mendeley),
book, ebook and other resource recommendations for purchase.

I can be found in the Chemistry Library and Wills Memorial Library at various times throughout the week and would be happy to meet in-person or to arrange an online 1:1.

This quick guide introduces the different resources and services available through the library.

Quick links to key Chemistry databases

Chemistry Trove
Please note: we do not have access to all titles listed on the site. We have access to titles from the Chemistry Trove package only. The red padlocks indicate titles not included in this package.
Reaxys
Database for the retrieval of chemical information and data from published literature.
SciFinder
Please note: before you use SciFinder for the first time you must register with your UoB email address, to obtain a personal username and password.
Web of Science Core Collection
Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Includes: Science Citation Index; Social sciences Citation Index; Arts and Humanities Citation Index; Arts and Humanities Citation Index; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science; Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities.

Library Search

Search books, journal articles and more provided by the University of Bristol Library

Suggest a book purchase

If there is a book you would like us to buy, please fill in the form here.

Upcoming training sessions

Our upcoming online workshops and demos can be found on the Library events page.

Alternatively, please contact me if you would like to arrange a 1:1 or group session. These can be held on campus or online via Zoom or Microsoft Teams.

Session topics include:

In-depth literature searching
Organising your references (using EndNote and/or Mendeley)
Citation searching
Keeping up-to-date with the latest publications