Your subject librarians have designed this guide to highlight online resources at the University of Melbourne Library that are relevant to Chemistry.
Note: The buttons below will open resources in new windows.
Once you find a good book in the library catalogue, click on the subject links at the bottom of the record to find more items on that topic, e.g.
Most of the ebooks provided by the library can simply be read online using a web browser and/or downloaded, by section or chapter, in PDF format.
To access, download, read, and print most ebooks from the library you simply need:
Some ebook providers require you to check-out or borrow ebooks and use particular software, such as Adobe Digital Editions, to read their ebooks.
However, you will be prompted to do this when you try to access an ebook with special requirements and instructions will be provided.
Why not try our Source online and print resources page
Inter-library Loans |
||
|
University of Melbourne staff and students can request resources through the Library’s inter-library loans service. For more information visit the ILL web page, or you can access the request forms |
A CAVAL card allows you to borrow from other Unis and TAFES. Visit the CAVAL website to find out how to sign up for a CAVAL card. You can then use the Trove website to see which library has the book you want.
|
Find a list of key databases below that give you access to online references works, such as encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and other fast facts such as reference data, graphs, tables, equations, and material or chemical properties, etc.
To find further reference information you can search:
You can access some key databases directly by clicking the links below:
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.
Web of Science Core Collection provides quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900.
Basics of database searching from unilibrary on Vimeo.
Click on the buttons below to view a selection of online Science and Engineering eJournals that the Library subscribes to (these will open in a new window). For a complete list of eJournals please visit our A-Z eJournals page.
The databases below provide further information on e-Journals, such as:
You can use Google Scholar and the other search engines and repositories below to search for scholarly content and then access the full-text via the library, rather than having to purchase content:
Turn on “Find It @ Unimelb” links when browsing Google Scholar at home.
Use the Lean Library or LibKey Nomad browser extension to access full-text online resources in your browser without going through the library website or Discovery.
Find below a list of useful databases for finding newspaper and magazine articles, television news broadcasts and broadcast transcripts:
Standards are documents setting out specifications, procedures and guidelines. They are designed to ensure products, services and systems are safe, reliable and consistent. They are based on industrial, scientific and consumer experience and are regularly reviewed to ensure they keep pace with new technologies.
Standards cover everything from consumer products and services, construction, engineering, business, information technology, human services to energy and water utilities, the environment and much more.
Key standards databases are listed below, for more information on standards, and how to search for them refer to the Standards Library Guide
A web-based service that provides access to the full collection of Australian Standards, plus optional access to international Standards from ISO, IEC, EN, ETSI, NSAI, JSA, and a searchable index of standards from ANSI, BSI, DIN and ASTM.
A patent is an exclusive right that is granted by a government to an inventor for any device, substance, method or process that is new, inventive and useful. It also provides a legal right for the inventor or creator to commercially exploit the invention for the life of the patent.
This video gives a brief introduction to Espacenet and how it can be used.
The library provides support and services for students and researchers completing more in-depth research for a major project or thesis:
The Baillieu Library is the University's largest discipline library and is central to teaching, learning and research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
The Eastern Resource Centre (ERC) forms part of the Eastern Precinct Science Student Centre, supporting the Faculty of Science and The Melbourne School of Engineering, and also houses the East Asian Collection.
The ERC is part of the New Student Precinct Project.
The Science Library in Burnley resources teaching and research through the specialist collections for horticulture and the plants sciences. It provides user-focused services and an inviting environment for student collaboration and study. The Library serves students of horticulture and research students and staff from the School of Ecosystem and Forest Science. The collections' interdisciplinary nature provides a valued resource for programs across the University of Melbourne.
The Science Creswick Library is at the Creswick Campus and supports the School of Ecosystem and Forest Science and the wider University community. Its collections cover the areas of forest and plantation hydrology; community forestry; fire ecology and management; forest industries and wood products; forests climate change and greenhouse research; native forest ecology and restoration; tree developmental biology and forest biotechnology; tree ecophysiology; tree plantations and health.
Would you like help with expert searching?
Do you want assistance with managing your data or understanding how to maximise your research’s impact?
Is reference management your weak spot?
Librarians can help.
Researchers and graduate research students are eligible for a one-on-one 1-hour online Zoom consultation with one of our subject specialist librarians.
SciEng-librarians@unimelb.edu.au