Background sources include encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, directories, and other online or print "books". You might want to consult one or more of them when you're first starting your research, especially if the topic you are researching is unfamiliar to you. In Chemistry, they are especially useful for finding chemical properties, formulas, tables and other data. They can also be excellent sources of factual information, concepts, theories, definitions, terminology and references to other, more in-depth, sources of information.
Some of the sources listed on this page are links to online resources, while others are books that are located in one or more campus libraries at Okanagan College.
AccessScience: Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
A Dictionary of Chemistry
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
The Merck Index
Dean's Analytical Chemistry Handbook
Lange's Handbook of ChemistryThis site is maintained by the librarians of Okanagan College Library.
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