General encyclopedias have information on science topics, however, chemical encyclopedias cover this field in depth and they usually provide longer articles, lengthier bibliographies, and more numerical data. General Encyclopedias Britannica Online Chemical Encyclopedias Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology . Wiley, 1991-1998 . Science Reference Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Technology Find Books Books provide comprehensive look or an in-depth review for a specific topic. The most current chemical research is in journal articles.
Most instructors request that scholarly journals rather than popular magazines be used.
This handout demonstrates how to determine if a journal article is scholarly. General Science Abstracts indexes approximately 125 journals from the areas of astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, health, mathematics, and physics. Journals range from popular magazines such as Discover to scholarly journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society . The ASU Libraries own most of the 125 journals. This is an excellent place for undergraduate students to start researching chemical journals.