Research Guides: Chemical and Life Sciences Engineering: Books

Research Librarian

Contact:

jaarendt@vcu.edu
(804) 828-1539
Cabell Library, Room 121-J

Subjects: Engineering, Science and Mathematics

Full text searchable Electronic Handbooks

AccessEngineering
Consists of engineering content from McGrawHill's handbooks.
Taylor & Francis eBooks
A collection of electronic books, including an extensive chemistry section
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Includes over 2300 books in engineering.
Knovel Library
This collection of electronic reference books in engineering has full-text searching of books and interactive tables to access data such as materials properties.
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Full-text searchable database of handbooks and reference books, including more than 50 materials science books. Search or browse individual books, or search multiple books. Texts are in interactive PDF format.
SpringerLink
Collection of Science, Technology and Medicine journals, book series, books and reference works.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics by David R. Lide
Call Number: QD65.H3
ISBN: 9781420090840
Provides all types of physical science data. Chemical structure drawing and searching. Look for the link to it on the bottom of the page within CHEMnetBASE
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology by Kirk, R.E., Othmer, D.F.
ISBN: 9780471484943
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
ISBN: 9783527306732
Details the science and technology in all areas of industrial chemistry, including inorganic and organic chemicals, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys, biotechnology and biotechnological products, etc.
Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry by Jerry L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed
Call Number: QD876.E53
ISBN: 9780824750565
Authoritative, centralized information on the rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field of Supramolecular chemistry.
Encyclopedia of Cell Technology by R. Spier
ISBN: 0471161233

If you can't what you're looking at VCU, try these resources to get what you need.

Interlibrary Loan (also called ILL or ILLiad)
Via Interlibrary Loan, you can order books, articles, and various items that VCU does not own.
Suggest to Ronke Lawal, the Science and Engineering Collections Librarian
If what you want is something you think VCU Libraries should have, contact the science and engineering collections librarian, Ibironke Lawal directly at ilawal@vcu.edu or (804) 828-8739 to suggest it.
Purchase Request Form
Suggest something for VCU to purchase by filling out a form. The suggestion will go the collections librarians to review and possibly get for VCU Libraries.
WorldCat.org
Over 1 billion items (books, music, video, and articles) in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.