eBooks from Oxford University Press 2007–May 2009

Oxford Scholarship Online is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of 2,125 Oxford books.

Oxford Scholarship Online includes books in these subject areas: Biology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, Economics and Finance, History, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Physics, Psychology, and Religion.

Specially-commissioned abstracts and keywords are available at book and chapter level, and up to 400 new and recently-published books are added each year.

Our purchase, with perpetual rights access, covers all subject areas for titles uploaded January 2007 through May 2009. Earlier OSO titles purchased are available through MyiLibrary.

• Provides a comprehensive resource of carbohydrate chemistry, structures, and bibliographies-entirely searchable by text or structure
• Encompasses mono-, di-, oligo-, and polysaccharides
• Offers quick and convenient access to more than 26,000 compounds appearing in the latest print edition
• Combines 33 searchable text fields and full substructure searching capabilities for searching the entire database instantly
• Allows Search results can be viewed on screen, printed, or saved
• Supplies the latest IUPAC Carbohydrate Nomenclature Recommendations

Each entry contains a wealth of information which includes: names and synonyms, molecular formulae, chemical structures, accurate mass, UV spectra, extensive source data, physical properties, uses and key literature citations.

The Dictionary of Food Compounds Web Version

Provides comprehensive information on 30,000 compounds found in food, including:

• Natural Food Constituents: Lipids, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fatty acids, Flavonoids, Alkaloids
• Food Additives: Colorants, Preservatives, Antioxidants, Flavors
• Food Contaminants: Mycotoxins
• Nutraceuticals: Probiotics, Dietary Supplements, Vitamins

Fully searchable by text, data, and structure, the Web Version, each entry includes: food source, food function, food use, regulatory information, physical properties, molecular formula, chemical structure, systematic and trivial name, and bibliographical resources.

The Dictionary of Marine Natural Products Web Version

• Provides fully text- and structure-searchable information for more than 25,000 known marine natural products and their derivatives
• Details the biological source, chemical structure, physical properties, and biological activity, as well as literature references for each entry
• Indexes each product by chemical name, CAS registry number, type of compound, and type of organism
• Includes an insightful monograph section written by the editors who are uniquely qualified authorities in this field of natural products

The editors, John Blunt and Murray Munro, both pioneers in the field, also provide an introductory monograph that describes structural compound types and marine organisms.

New tables in 88th edition:

• Properties of Ionic Liquids
• Solubilities of Hydrocarbons in Sea Water
• Solubility of Organic Compounds in Superheated Water
• Nutritive Value of Foods
• Properties of Organic Semiconductors

Updates and expands the most heavily used tables, including:

• Critical Constants
• Heats of Vaporization
• Aqueous Solubility of Organic Compounds
• Vapor Pressure of Mercury
• Scientific Abbreviations and Symbols
• Bond Dissociation Energies

The 89th Edition of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online is coming soon. It features new and updated tables in several areas of science. Significant additions include:

Basic constants — The new CODATA recommended values of the Fundamental Physical Constants (2006) and the most recent changes in IUPAC Standard Atomic Weights (2007).

Molecular structure — A completely revised and expanded table of interatomic distances and bond angles in gas phase molecules and a new table of barriers to internal rotation in molecules. The table of bond dissociation energies has also been updated and a table of atomic radii has been added.

Biochemistry — A new table on the Composition and Properties of Common Oils and Fats, as well as an expanded table on Properties of Fatty Acids and their Methyl Esters.

Global climate change and energy supplies — Several new tables in areas such as:

• Global Warming Potential of Greenhouse Gases
• Weather Related Scales
• Energy Content of Fuels
• Properties of Gas Clathrate Hydrates

Other new tables include the Melting Curve of Mercury, Enthalpy of Hydration of Gases, and Electrical Resistivity of Graphite Materials.

The Editor appreciates suggestions on new topics for the Handbook and notification of any errors. Input from users plays a key role in keeping the book up to date. Address all comments to Editor-in-Chief, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487.

DIPPR 801 Database

Web Versions are available via Brigham Young University or via Knovel

DIPPR 801 Database Highlights:

• The public version contains 1944 compounds
• Lists values for 49 thermophysical properties
• Provides chemical data for 34 constant properties
• Includes 15 temperature dependent properties
• Contains raw data from the literature
• Contains critically evaluated, recommended thermophysical values
• Predicts appropriate values when experimental chemical data is not available
• References, notes, and quality codes included for all thermophysical data points

DIADEM (Site-licensed Software, PC Only)

Download DIADEM (requires SUID authentication)

The new and improved DIADEM interface enhances your ability to view, calculate, plot, and compare the thermophysical properties in the DIPPR 801 database. With a 200-method property prediction package, comparison capabilities, and user data graphing tools DIADEM now offers much more than just an interface for DIPPR 801.

DIADEM Database Interface Highlights:

• Predict properties using the automated prediction package
• Search and compare multiple components
• Compare user database with DIPPR 801 Database®
• View multiple components at a time
• Graph and plot thermophysical data points
• Convert values
• Calculate and compare properties at different temperatures
• Set default units/add user units
• Create and manage a user database
• View 2- and 3-D models of database compounds

Since the original publication of Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance in 1996, the area of magnetic resonance has seen extensive developments and now encompasses a whole range of techniques, NMR, MRI, ESR / EPR, NQR and MSR. This expanded online edition covers all the essential information about the theory, applications and history of magnetic resonance. The annual addition of new articles and updates of existing articles will ensure that EMR remains the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference in the field.

The encyclopedia is structured by topic:

• Applications in Chemistry
• Applications in Materials Science
• Applications in Physics
• Applications to Biochemistry and Biology
• Clinical MR
• ESR/EPR Spectroscopy
• Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance
• Historical Perspectives
• Methodology of Spatially Localized MR
• Non clinical Aspects of Spatially Localized MR
• Spectroscopic Methodology
• Spectroscopy in Pharmaceutical Development and Related Technologies

Since 1938, the Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia has enjoyed a reputation as one of the most important and comprehensive general scientific references available, suitable for both academic and professional environments. Special features include:

• Covers all scientific disciplines as well as many areas of engineering and technology
• Contains more than 10,000 entries (including nearly 2000 completely new articles) contributed by industry experts and scholars worldwide
• Extensive revision and updating of existing material, with new or completely rewritten articles in emerging technologies such as genetics, global warming, communications, informatics, nanotechnology, and more.
• Provides over 12,000 cross-references for convenient retrieval of information
• Features more than 4,400 diagrams, graphs, and photographs
• Includes biographies of the numerous scientists whose work is documented in the text

Click on Current Issue or Archive to access the full-text of articles.

Energy & Environmental Science is a new journal linking all aspects of the chemical sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science.