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About the Chemical Laboratory Technician Research Guide

This is a guide to recommended library resources, in various formats, for those doing research in the subject area of Chemical Laboratory Technology. Browse through different types of resources using the left navigation.

Quick Links to Databases

Most popular databases in this area:

Food Science Source This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals (College Edition) This link opens in a new window
Techstreet Standards This link opens in a new window
Simultaneous access to standards in electronic format. This custom collection is curated by the Library. To request a standard for electronic access, please contact library.resources@durhamcollege.ca. To open PDF downloads you must install FileOpen
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Other recommended databases:

BioMed Central This link opens in a new window
CCOHS - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety This link opens in a new window
General Science Collection This link opens in a new window
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Scitech Premium Collection This link opens in a new window

Creating your Search:

How to search for Library resources:

Select 2-5 keywords that describe your topic. Combine them by using the connectors (boolean operators) found in the table below.

The library catalogue and databases use this type of logic to search.

Operator	Explanation:	Examples:
AND	To narrow	online AND privacy ...results must include BOTH words used in the search
OR	To broaden	internet OR online ...results will include EITHER word from the search
NOT	To limit	NOT email ...results will NOT include the word 'email'
“ ”	To search for a phrase	"privacy settings" ...retrieves the enclosed words as a package
?	For alternate spellings	e?mail ...retrieves e-mail or email
* or $	For different word endings	protect* ...retrieves protect, protection, protected, etc.

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