LibGuides: Chemical & Physical Property Information: Add'l Sources

Major Data Compilations

Image source: Smokefoot. Diverse derivatives of TiCl4. Public Domain. Wikimedia Commons.

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Indices to Data Sources

Search the following by property type to find relevant data sources. You will then need to check Bishop Library's Catalog to verify we have the same data source.

Image source: Plutonium-238 is synthesized by bombarding uranium-238 with deuterons (D, the nuclei of heavy hydrogen) in the following reaction. Wikipedia.

Index to Physical, Chemical and other Property Data
Online. Noble Science and Engineering Library, Arizona State University.
Thermodex: An Index of Selected Thermodynamic and Physical Property Resources
Online. Mallet Chemistry Library, University of Texas at Austin.

Additional Data Resource

Resource useful in identifying additional data collections and for discussions on the critical evaluation of data.

Handbooks and Tables in Science and Technology
Print. Stacks, Q199 .P69 1994. Descriptions of over 3,600 handbooks and tables in science, technology and medicine. Indexed by subject, author/editor and title.