The following are useful resources for finding physical, thermodynamic and other signficant properties of chemicals. Please use them as you complete your Treasure Hunt.

Useful Print Books

CRC Handbook for Chemistry and Physics

QD 65.H3 Reference Desk

Merck Index

QV772 M554 Reserves

Useful Online Books

Knovel Reference Collection

http://0-www.knovel.com.library.lemoyne.edu/web/portal/browse

You can search this collection using your chemical compound name and desired property

Ex: Xylene and molar entropy

Useful Source for Chemical Information on the Web

NIST Chemistry WebBook

http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

Strategies for Finding Material Safety Data Sheets

Where to find MSDS on the Internet

http://www.ilpi.com/MSDS/

Try a Google search using the name of your chemical compound AND "MSDS" (or "material safety data sheet")

Ex: Xylene and MSDS

Ex: Xylene and "material safety data sheet"

Finding journal articles on your chemical compounds

ACS Web Editions

Use this resource to search the past and present issues of American Chemical Society journals

Limit search by year using Advanced Search option