Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Assignments Guide

Most of the lab assignments in lower division undergraduate chemistry can be answered using the following reference works. The typical assignment (i.e. components of cinnamon oil; or synonym for triphenylmethanol) is an introduction to using a print handbook, usually the Merck Index. Though the answer is important, the real exercise is how to use the print index, and find it in the library. The students are usually assigned to go directly to the Merck Index in print.

Merck Index (in print) Science Reference -- QD5.M55 (also available in the HUT)

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (in print) Science Reference -- QD65.H3

CHEMnetBASE -- An web-based collection of chemical handbooks and Combined Chemical Dictionaries (CCD)

Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds (included in CCD)
Dictionary of Drugs (Formerly Pharmasource; included in CCD)
Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (included in CCD)
Dictionary of Natural Products (included in CCD)
Dictionary of Organic Compounds (included in CCD)

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
Polymers: A Property Database
Properties of Organic Compounds
CRCPress Periodic Table Online