Graduate Chemistry Research Guide
A number
of other information sources can be very useful in chemistry. These include
patents, dissertations and theses, and technical reports. These sources
often contain primary information that may not be located elsewhere.
Patents
N.C. State University is a patent depository library. See
the patent
searching web site for more information on searching patents.
Patent searching can be done in the library using patent office software,
or through the patent office website: http://www.uspto.gov/.
SciFinder Scholar also indexes chemical patents.
Technical
Reports
National
Technical Information Service (NTIS)
NTIS indexes government technical reports. Reports indexed here are generally
available on microfiche in the Microforms Center, Second Floor, East Wing
of D. H. Hill Library.
Coverage: 1964-present.
Print version: Govt. Reports Ann., Doc Ref
C51.94/3 (-1996).
DOE
Information Bridge
Contains full-text of DOE research and development reports in physics,
chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies,
engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other
topics.
Coverage: 1996-present.
Print version: Energy Research Abstracts,
Doc Ref E1.17: (1976-1995).
Dissertations
Dissertation
Abstracts
Indexing and abstracting for doctoral dissertations from participating
colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, and selected international
institutions. Also contains citations, with abstracts (since 1988), to
masters' theses.
Coverage: 1861-present. Updated monthly.
Print version: Dissertation Abstracts, LB7
.M5.
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