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Researching Chemical Elements

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Specialized Chemistry Sources

    Ref 540 CRC           CRC Handbook

    Ref 540.3 CON       The Condensed Chemical Dictionary

    Ref 540 FLO           The Dictionary of Chemical Names

    Ref 500.2 ENC        Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences

    Ref 540.3 DAI         Facts on File Dictionary of Chemistry

    Ref 541 STW           A Guide to the Elements

    Ref 503 BAR           Hammond Barnhart Dictionary of Science

    Ref 540.5 LAN        Lange's Handbook of Chemistry

    Ref 503 NEW          The New Book of Popular Science

    Ref 603 SCI             Science and Technology Illustrated

    Ref 503 VAN          Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia

General  Encyclopedias
                 Collier's Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Americana

World Book

Compton's

ONLINE DATABASES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Best web choice: Go to a new (as of 2004) search engine: www.vivisimo.com and use chemical elements as your search term. From there, you will find several excellent onlone sources.

Go to the following link http://opac.aacps.org/hs/anna/databases.htm
Choices for this assignment are: World Book Online, Groliers Online, Facts.com/Today’s Science, Gale Discovering Collection.