Chemistry & Forensic Science

This guide supports Chemistry and Forensic classes here at SSU.  Librarians worked with your professors to collect many sources (library and web-based) that may be beneficial for students in chemistry and/or forensic science classes. 

Remember, most library resources are available to you 24/7 through the library's webpage!  To access any of the GALILEO Databases off-campus, all you need to log in is your Tigerworld credentials. See the Journals tab for more details on off-campus access. If you need assistance, please contact the liaison librarian using the information shared on this page or drop by the library during our business hours.

This cycle follows the Creation of Information. 

• The internet often has the most current information. We see it posted as it happens in many cases, usually on social media and by news outlet livestreams.
• Radio & television fall in a close second to the internet. Again, think of Hurricane Sandy. We saw live news of the hurricane hitting the coast. We also saw live interviews of people affected by the hurricane and the damage done to the coast.
• Newspapers and magazines follow next. Especially print. It's usually the next day, or several days later that you read about an event in the print papers and magazines.
• Journals contain the most current information on scholarly research. Still, you must remember that you are looking at research that happened months or maybe even a year or so before the article was published. After journals publish it, news sources like radio and television outlets and social media influencers share it.
• Books are the final stop for information. Books are great for background information or historical information. However, publication and printing takes time, and they are NOT always the choice for the most current Information. Oftentimes, books reframe information from scholarly journals for the layperson, and then this information gets absorbed and shared by social media influencers and news outlets online.