DATABASES & E-REFERENCE MATERIALS: K

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The Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology provides a wide scope of articles on chemical substances—including their properties, manufacturing, and uses. It also focuses on industrial processes and unit operations in chemical engineering, as well as covering fundamentals and scientific subjects related to the field. Environmental and health issues concerning chemical technology are also addressed.

Features tables of properties for commonly used chemical compounds in the physical properties tables. Tables in KCT include Basic Physical Properties of Inorganic Compounds, Basic Physical Properties of Organic Compounds, Critical Properties and Acentric Factor, Enthalpy of Formation, Enthalpy of Vaporization, Entropy of Formation, Entropy of Gas, Gibbs Energy of Formation, Heat Capacity of Gas, Helmholtz Energy of Formation, Internal Energy of Formation, Basic Physical Properties of Common Solvents, and Safety Properties of Common Solvents.

Provides reference books, data sets, and information in the fields of chemistry, the life sciences, and materials science and engineering. Full text is available.

A digitized version of the print edition of Kokushi Daijiten, one of the largest encyclopedias of Japanese history published in the Yoshikawa Kobunkan. It encompasses every aspect of Japan's history and includes entries in fields such as archaeology, folklore, religion, art, the Japanese language, and Japanese literature.

Koseisha zasshi kijisakuin shusei contains journal citation indices for Japanese journals from the Meiji period to the present.