Chemistry

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Library Hours

Monday - Thursday: 8:00am-6:00pm
Friday: 8:00am-1:30pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Contact the Library

Email: library@octech.edu
Phone: (803) 535-1262
Location: Building B, 2nd Floor

For free research consultations with a librarian, use this link:

or contact the library at library@octech.edu

These databases are most useful for chemistry.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information This link opens in a new window
A standard for patient drug information and includes more than a thousand drug information monographs written for consumers
Applied Science and Technology Full Text This link opens in a new window
A foundational research database providing access to full-text journals covering a wide variety of STEM disciplines.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Streaming service providing academic, career-related, and educational videos. Contains a large collection of videos covering a wide range of academic topics.
MEDLINE This link opens in a new window
A great resource for Nursing or Health Science research because it is authoritative, peer-reviewed, and complete. Contains 5,000 journals, which contains information about over 12 million journal articles.
Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for hundreds of science magazines, journals, reference books and high-quality videos. The database also contains science experiments, curriculum-aligned lesson plans, and a vast image collection.

Try these databases if you are not sure where to start

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides information in nearly every area of academic study, including arts, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, ethnic studies, engineering, language and linguistics, literature, medical sciences, philosophy, physics, psychology, religion, social sciences, and more.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Provides access to full text of hundreds of highly regarded and popular titles. And Credo brings the facts alive with images, sound files, animations, and much more. Find speedy, simple answers and authoritative, in-depth articles.
Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
A collection of eBooks ranging across all academic subjects. eBook Central gives students and faculty seamless and immediate access to the eBooks they need.
EBSCO Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of multidisciplinary eBooks representing a wide range of academic subjects.
Hoopla This link opens in a new window
Hoopla is allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV!

Give some of these apps a try: