Grey literature databases identify resources that are key to research and scholarship. Many are open resources that go through a quality control process before they are published.
The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication is an ACS publication that is constantly updated and provides access to the ACS Quick Style Guide that includes excellent information on writing, scholarship and style.
Definitions are scholarly dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks that help define terms and provide additional context.
Dictionary of Chemistry (2020) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006) Biomedicine (2010)
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2021)
Compendium of Chemical Terminology (current, IUPAC)
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics (2014/2015)
Periodic Table Gallery (ACS)
Patents, standards and trademarks are intellectual property resources of potential interest.
Occupational Health and Safety information is essential to dealing with injuries, accidents, government and regulatory information.
Theses and Dissertations are important unpublished resources granted and retained by universities as capstone projects, these, and dissertations.
Open Education Resources (OERs) are digital ebooks and learning objects that can be used as open textbooks on a wide variety of general and disciplinary subjects.
