Chemistry Resources 

The resources on this page should help you get started finding the primary literature published in scholarly journals and conference publications using authoritative research databases. Most of these databases use SULinksto help you locate a copy of the article in the library's online or print collections. If you are looking for ePrints of article, also check the "Other Resources" page in this guide.

There is a complete list of databases at http://library.syr.edu/databases, including a browsable list of Chemistry Databases.

Some good choices are:

• COMPENDEX (Chemical Engineering)
• PubMed (Biomedicine, Biochemistry)

See also:

• Dissertations & Theses Databases
• Patent Databases
  

Getting Started? Try Scopus

If you just need article citations from the last ten or so years, Elsevier's Scopus is probably the best place to look. Scopus indexes journal and conference literature, as well as web sources and patents in the sciences, engineering and technology, medicine, and social sciences. It has unambiguous author searching, allows you to save searches and create email and RSS alerts, and links to the full-text of articles. Comprehensive backfile to 1996.

In-Depth Searching. Use SciFinder

If you need a database with full indexing of chemistry via structure searching, chemical reaction searching, and other chemical property searching, then Chemical Abstract's SciFinder is your best source. SciFinder comprehensively indexes the world's chemistry literature in journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, dissertations, book reviews and biographical information through its CAPLUS database. SciFinder also includes CASREACT reaction database, REGISTRY database of chemical substance information, and MEDLINE's biomedical database. Comprehensive backfile to 1907; updated daily.

• Login to SciFinder via the web (registration required).
• Download SciFinder Scholar for desktop use.

Both of these databases have very thorough coverage of chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, and the physical sciences and both allow you to do citation searching. 

Use this tool to locate a specific journal, or to find an article if you have a complete citation.

Why Use A Citation Database

• Discover who is citing your research and how your research is influencing newer research
• Uncover directions in which research is progressing based on an earlier study
• Track the work of a noted authority
• Verify the accuracy of a cited reference that has been listed in a bibliography
• Analyze the impact of published research
• Keep up to date with what has been published in your field.

Best Citation Databases