Resources for Chemistry Undergraduates
Getting Started
New: Find it Faster
To access relevant information for your course:
- Start at the Library Catalogue and choose Title Search from the dropdown menu.
- Input your Course Code e.g. DT299
- Choose from the list of links to online dissertations, exam papers, dissertation lists or program documents.
FAQs
- Use the Off Campus Access infolink to open eJournals and eBooks outside the DIT network.
- Exam papers: use this access point for online papers.
- Borrowing and Renewals: entitlements for undergraduates.
- Program documents: access point to eDocs.
- Final year projects from previous years may be viewed at the library desk. Click here to find your course list. Some Final year projects are available in pdf format from 2014 - see the How to find Online Dissertations guide.
- How to Use the Library: full library help guides listing
eJournals
- So why use eJournals? Journals contain academic research which is not found in textbooks. Information is published on a monthly or weekly basis and consists of reports on current research by qualified experts in the field..
- The DIT Library chemistry ejournals can be searched by journal title or subject. Or search the entire journal collection including hardcopy titles on the Library Catalogue using Journal Title Search. Click on a title to open the fulltext or use the Kevin St Library guide Finding fulltext journal articles
eBooks 
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Browse via the eBook link:most of the Chemistry and medicinal/pharma titles are located in the MyiLibrary and Knovel sections. Or search for a specific electronic textbook on the Library Catalogue.
Kevin St Guides to Project Resources
Assignment & Information Skills Resources
First Year
- Finding information for a first year assignment
- Evaluating Web Resources
- Information types and sources
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Journal article critical reviews : how to get started
- Referencing and citing
Final year
- Finding information for a final year project
- Finding fulltext journal articles
- Databases and effective search strategies
- Evaluating Web Resources
- How to use Google Scholar
- Getting started with literature reviews
- Referencing and citing
Subject Databases for Chemistry
| Academic Search Complete | Chemicalize | |
| Knovel Library | PubChem | ChEMBL |
| Standards: IS, EN & ISO | Science Direct |
Why use these as opposed to google or other search engines? Subject databases index current scholarly research on various topics published in thousands of academic journals and are the ideal way to find out what’s new in your subject. Databases also link you to references and related articles and offer personalised services such as topic alerts and saved searches. You may need to use several to locate the information you need as no single database indexes every journal publication.
- See also the full list of DIT Library databases and passwords.
- To access the databases from outside the DIT network see the Off Campus Access link.
Try the following Kevin St Library Guides to get started:
Search Engines and Apps
- ScienceResearch
- WorldWideScience
- Google Scholar
- Zanran (stats and numerical data)
Citing Your Sources
Citing and referencing the information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. See the Kevin St Library Referencing and citing guide for introduction purposes. Another useful link is How to Avoid Plagiarism. Each subject has its own citation style and the School of Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences mainly uses the Numeric Style Guide
Journal Abbreviations
Abbreviated journal titles may be required depending on the citation style used. Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:
Bibliographic citation software
Back Up Resources
If you need additional resources see Using Other Libraries and Inter Library Loans for further options.
Study Skills
Textbooks relating to academic writing, study skills, assignment preparation and presentation skills are available at the 808 shelf number in BookStack 10 in Kevin St Library. eBooks relating to writing skills are also available in the MyiLibrary collection. See also:
