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Quantum Chemistry Research

As you get started investigating your topic, you may find it helpful to begin with 'big picture' sources to help you investigate foundational information and necessary context that will allow you to identify and understand the specific nuances of your topic. Secondary and tertiary sources like books, handbooks, encyclopedias, etc., are very useful for this!

Below are some electronically accessible sources available to you through Collins that might help you get started. These are just a very few of the many many books available to you! Not seeing what you need? Feel free to get in touch with Pavel, your science librarian, who can help you identify relevant sources for your particular topic

Gale eBooks
This collection of online encyclopedias and reference works is a great place to find some basic definitions and explanations of terms and concepts.

Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology
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ISBN: 9780471238966
Publication Date: 2004
Browse this chemistry-specific encyclopedia for more information about your topic. If searching instead of browsing, be sure to click "search in this book" under the searchbox on the right.

Ideas of Quantum Chemistry by Lucjan Piela
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ISBN: 0444594574
Publication Date: 2013-11-21
Ideas of Quantum Chemistry shows how quantum mechanics is applied to chemistry to give it a theoretical foundation. From the Schroedinger equation to electronic and nuclear motion to intermolecular interactions, this book covers the primary quantum underpinnings of chemical systems.
Relativistic Quantum Chemistry by Markus Reiher; Alexander Wolf
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ISBN: 9783527667574
Publication Date: 2014
Einstein proposed his theory of special relativity in 1905. For a long time it was believed that this theory has no significant impact on chemistry. This view changed in the 1970s when it was realized that (nonrelativistic) Schrodinger quantum mechanics yields results on molecular properties that depart significantly from experimental results. Especially when heavy elements are involved, these quantitative deviations can be so large that qualitative chemical reasoning and understanding is affected.
Neither Physics nor Chemistry by Ana Simões; Kostas Gavroglu; Jed Z. Buchwald
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ISBN: 0262016184
Publication Date: 2011
The evolution of a discipline at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Quantum chemistry--a discipline that is not quite physics, not quite chemistry, and not quite applied mathematics--emerged as a field of study in the 1920s. It was referred to by such terms as mathematical chemistry, subatomic theoretical chemistry, molecular quantum mechanics, and chemical physics until the community agreed on the designation of quantum chemistry.

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