Chemistry

This article briefly covers the common techniques of analytical chemistry. Follow links within the article for more detailed articles in AccessScience about particular techniques.

Here are some examples of ebooks about techniques in Analytical Chemistry.  Check the Tables of Contents for useful chapters or sections.  If none of these is relevant to your topic, use the Books at Meredith search in the box below to find other ebooks.

You are also permitted to use a generative AI tool such as ChatGPT to learn about your instrument or technique.  Engage with it in a conversation, asking questions to learn various details about how it works, how to configure it, how to interpret measurements, etc.

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The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society provides access to the most-cited peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences.

Use the ACS Journals Search to search for articles across all ACS journals.  You can limit to Open Access Content to find freely available articles.

For articles that are not Open Access, Meredith chemistry faculty and students may order them using our Interlibrary Loan service.  Articles will be delivered to you electronically within 24 hours (excluding weekends). There is no charge to you for ordering articles from ACS.

Developed by the American Chemical Society, this style may be used for research papers in the field of chemistry.  This guide describes basic examples for citing sources in ACS style according to the 3rd edition of the ACS Style Guide.

The most recent edition of The ACS Style Guide can be found in the Reference stacks (R 808.06554 Ac78c)

To see examples of in-text citations and bibliography entries in ACS Style, see:

• ACS Style Quick Guide, from ACS
• ACS Style Guidelines from the University of Wisconsin at Madison

To find the correct abbreviated title for a scholarly journal, search its name in the CAS Source Index.

Zotero is a free tool for managing your references, and creating citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word or Google Docs.  It involves two components: the Zotero program itself, and a browser "connector" for adding items to your Zotero library.

For more information, see our Zotero 101 guide.