Library Catalog (formerly Harvest Catalog)

The Library Catalog tells you what the UC Davis library owns, what the call number is, where it is located, and whether or not it is checked out. If there is an electronic version that we subscribe to, the link will be in the catalog. Use the catalog to locate books, journals, government documents, dissertations, maps, music scores & recordings, movies, and any other materials the library owns.

MELVYL UC Library Catalog Melvyl Help

The MELVYL catalog tells you what all UC campus libraries own, and also searches other institutions. As with the UCD Library Catalog, MELVYL gives records for books, journals, government documents, dissertations, maps, music scores & recordings, movies, and other materials. MELVYL does index some articles but is not a good option for searching for articles in the sciences. (Click on the ARTICLES link in this guide to access article databases.)

The REQUEST button: allows you to request items from other institutions (UC and non-UC).

GOOGLE Books Google Books Help

Library catalogs only search catalog entries (author, title, subject indexing, etc) not the full text of the book Google Books searches full-text of books (only titles that Google has scanned), but you cannot access most of them (because they are still under copyright)

But you can use Google Books to identify titles you might be interested in. --Use Google Books to search for phrases or topics you are interested in (works well for technical terms). --Then search for the title of the book(s) in the UCD Library Catalog or Melvyl

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UC Davis ChemWiki

The ChemWiki is a collaborative approach toward chemistry education where an Open Access textbook environment is constantly being written and re-written by students and faculty members resulting in a free Chemistry textbook to supplant conventional paper-based books. The development of the ChemWiki is currently directed by UC Davis Professor Delmar Larsen.

The UC Davis STEMWiki Hyperlibrary consists of seven pseudo-independently operating and interconnected “STEMWikis” that focus on augmenting post-secondary education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.

WorldCat Catalog

OCLC catalog: millions of records for books, journal titles and materials in other formats from approximately 12,000 libraries worldwide. Coverage: 1000 A.D. to the present.

Major Online Book Collections

ACS Symposium Series eBooks, 1974-on

UC Davis has the ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium books online from 1974 on. Volumes published in 2010 and earlier are also available in print.

To locate a print volume: search the Library Catalog for "ACS Symposium" then add either the volume number or title you want.

ACS Advances in Chemistry, 1949-1998

Founded in 1949, Advances in Chemistry series was the predecessor to the ACS Symposium Series.

Annual Reviews, 1996-on

Critical reviews covering primary research literature in the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Can provide a good overview topics you are not familiar with. Chemical fields covered include: analytical chemistry; biochemistry; physical chemistry; pharmacology and toxicology; and chemical and biomolecular engineering.

Online: 1996 - present.

Tables of Contents only: 1984 - 1995. Use the library catalog to find these in print.

International Tables For Crystallography

Theo Hahn; U. Shmueli; A. J. C. Wilson (editors). 1984-2012. Dordrecht, Holland; Boston, U.S.A. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, most current volumes availale through Wiley. Use the link above or this alternate link to access the volumes below.

Volume A1 Symmetry Relations Between Space Groups
Volume B Reciprocal space
Volume C Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Tables
Volume D Physical Properties of Crystals
Volume E Subperiodic Groups
Volume F Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules
Volume G Definition and Exchange of Crystallographic Data

International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography

Norman F.M. Henry & Kathleen Lonsdale (Editors), International Union of Crystallography, Kynoch Press 1969. Freely available via Internet Archive.

Volume 1:  Symmetry Groups    (also in print:  PSE Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 2: Mathematical Tables (also in print: PSE Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 3: Physical & Chemical Tables (also in print: PSE Library QD945 .I55)
Volume 4: Revised and supplementary tables to volumes 2 and 3 (print only: PSE Library QD945 .I55)

RSC eBooks, 1968-on

The RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) ebooks package, includes over 1000 books published since 1968, including the Specialist Periodical Reports series and Tutorial Chemistry Texts.

Springer eBooks, 2005-on

Springer ebooks package includes over 28,000 scholarly books, covering all scientific disciplines. Books are published in English and German. Book series in chemistry include:

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
Advances in Polymer Science
Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science
Structure & Bonding
Topics in Current Chemistry
Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Topics in Organometallic Chemistry

Wiley eBooks, 2011-on

Over 1300 ebooks focused on chemistry, physical sciences, biosciences & engineering. The UC's purchased all 2011 and 2012 ebooks, including IEEE ebooks (older years on IEEE Xplore platform).

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