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CHEM 1405 Introductory Chemistry I

This guide will help you understand chemistry concepts and find success in your CHEM 1405 class.

Below are some selected ebooks and quick reference guides that will assist you with chemistry concepts. 

To Find More Ebooks in the TCC Library: 

1. Begin on the Library homepage at https://library.tccd.edu/ 

2. Scroll down to the box on the left that says TCC Catalog

3. Select the "Ebooks" button 

4. Type what you want to find in the search box, such as "periodic table," and click the Search button

5. Click the Available Online link on the ebook you want, and then click the link under Full text Availability 

Quick Reference

Chemistry Terminology Graphic

Chemistry Terminology

Quick reference guide

Nursing - Chemistry graphic

Nursing - Chemistry

Our 3-panel (6-page) guide is an ideal resource for nursing students who want a handy reference, this guide covers the key concepts, principles, figures and formulas that nursing and allied health students will need to know to excel.

Periodic Table Basic graphic

Periodic Table Basic

The ultimate reference tool and lab partner for any science student, authored and designed to fit as much info as possible in this handy 2-page format. One chart with the table on both sides with different values for each element per side.

Online Study Guides

50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know Book Cover

50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know

Quick and easy review for major concepts. 

Chemistry: 1,001 Practice Problems for Dummies Book Cover

Chemistry: 1,001 Practice Problems for Dummies

1001 Chemistry Practice Problems For Dummies provides students with practice and explanations on what they learn in class.

Chemistry: Understanding Substance and Matter Book Cover

Chemistry: Understanding Substance and Matter

In this illuminating volume, readers learn about the history of chemistry and the concepts they might encounter in an introductory chemistry course, including chemical and volumetric analysis, atomic theory, gravitation, elements and the periodic table, chemical reactions and formulas, and organic and inorganic compounds and bonds.

Chemistry Essentials for Dummies Book Cover

Chemistry Essentials for Dummies

Chemistry Essentials For Dummies contains content focused on key topics only with explanations of critical concepts taught in a typical two-semester high school chemistry class or a college-level Chemistry I course, from bonds and reactions to acids, bases, and the mole. oom who just need to a refresher of the core concepts.

Chemistry in the Marketplace Book Cover

Chemistry in the Marketplace

With chapters on the chemistry found in different parts of our home, in the backyard, and in the world around us, Ben Selinger and Russell Barrow explain how things work, where marketing can be deceptive, and what risks you should really be concerned about.

Chemistry Workbook for Dummies book cover

Chemistry Workbook for Dummies

Chemistry Workbook For Dummies is your ultimate companion for introductory chemistry at the high school or college level. Packed with hundreds of practice problems, this workbook gives you the practice you need to internalize the essential concepts that form the foundations of chemistry.

Counting Moles book cover

Counting Moles

Students studying chemistry often struggle with the mole. Counting Moles provides an effective aid to learning by giving clear and confident presentation of the essentials of the mole concept needed by those starting chemistry courses.

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Encyclopedia of Chemistry

The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Revised Edition, is the definitive reference to this vast subject area with its hundreds of chemistry-related entries, thought-provoking essays, leading discoveries, and biographies of notable chemists written for early college students.

General Chemistry book cover

General Chemistry

This book gives an introduction of chemistry covering its importance and applications in daily lives.