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Genetics & Biochemistry Librarian

Jennifer Groff
303 Cooper Library
jgroff@clemson.edu (864) 656-4782

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More Genetics & Biochemistry Resources

Online:

Combined Chemical Dictionary (part of CHEMnetBASE, CRC Press)  

Structured database containing descriptive and numerical data on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of compounds, systematic and common names of compounds, literature references, structure diagrams, and their associated connection tables. Includes the Dictionary of Analytical Reagents, Dictionary of Carbohydrates, Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Dictionary of Natural Products, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, the Dictionary of Drugs (formerly PharmaSource), and the Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds.

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Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(2nd Edition, 1989)
  Terms from the biochemical literature

The Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2005)
  Contains approximately 5,300 chemicals and their impact on the environment, including toxicity, physical properties, and regulatory requirements

Oxford Biological Sciences Dictionaries
  Dictionaries of biology, ecology, genetics, plant sciences, zoology, and scientists.

Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry
(Oxford, 2004)

  Covers commonly encountered terms in chemistry, including physical chemistry and biochemistry


Selected Books available in Cooper Reference:

Dictionary of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - REF QH 324.2 .D53 2004

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience - REF QH 302.5 .M382 2003

 

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