Use these databases to find information about your compound. If you are not finding anything in any of the databases listed, go to the Help page on this guide to get in contact with a librarian. Searching for the history, production, impact, etc. of some of the compounds might be trickier than others.
SIRS Issues Researcher provides authoritative insight into the most-studied social issues by delivering the pros and cons from relevant, credible documents, and graphics selected by trained editors and curated from over 2,000 global sources.
Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offers articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability.
Here are some examples of the types of books you can find in Ebook Central.
Chemistry of Explosives
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Six Chemicals That Changed Agriculture
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From the Ebook Central search results list, click the title of the book you want to view.
Click the Read Online button, to open the book so that you can view the contents.
In the textbox labeled "Search within book," type a word or phrase. In this case, the word marriage was the search term.
Click the Search button.
Sections of the book that mention that word or phrase will be indicated by a blue bar. Click the down arrow next to the section title to view and/or navigate to the pages that list the search word(s).
