Subject Guide » Chemistry
Article Indexes
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SciFinder Scholar Online access to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases. This extensive chemistry index supplies abstracts of journal articles, conferences, dissertations, technical reports, patent references, substance records, substructure, formula and reaction searching. Covers all aspects of chemistry including chemical engineering, environmental science, pharmacology, medicine, and food science. Coverage from 1907-date. Updated daily. Personal access requires client download restricted to WMU community. Also available via terminals in Science Reference, Waldo Library.
ACS Web Editions Searchable collection of more than 30 peer-reviewed journals and magazines published by the American Chemical Society.
Science Citation Index
(Web of Science) Science Citation Index indexes articles published in the major scholarly journals for science, medicine and engineering. Search by topic, author, journal, affiliation, or use the Cited Ref. search to find articles that have cited a specific author or publication. The reference list for each article can also be viewed. Coverage: 1900 - present. More info
Scopus Scopus is a very large abstract and indexing database primarily covering scholarly literature in science and social science. Use this to get extensive inter-disciplinary access to journal articles and also to find out which articles are being cited by other scholars. Scopus includes 14,000 peer-reviewed titles from more than 4,000 international publishers. Coverage from 1995. Tutorial
RefWorks Info: Scopus will export marked citations directly into your RefWorks account. (You will be prompted to login.)
Science Direct Database for scientific research that contains the citations and abstracts of more than 1,800 Elsevier journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences as well as selected full text articles. Science Direct can be searched as a database or browsed by individual title. Coverage varies.
Web of Science Web of Science from the ISI Web of Knowledge contains three major databases covering all areas of knowledge: Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). The literature can be searched by subject, author, journal title, and author's address. Cited Ref. Search allows users to search for articles that cite a particular author or work. Please LOGOFF when finished, so others may use the database. Tutorial
RefWorks Info: For Import Filter, choose "ISI (Institute for Scientific Information)". For Database, choose "Web of Science".
Current Abstracts of Chemistry and Index Chemicus
Abstracts and index to articles that contain first time reports of synthesis isolation or identification of new compounds.
Call number: QD 1 .I53 (current issues in the Current Periodicals area on the Lower Level in Waldo)
Coverage: 1960-date. Updated: weekly.
Current Chemical Reactions
A guide to new and newly modified reactions and syntheses reported in current organic chemistry and pharmaceutical science journals.
Coverage: 1979-present. Updated: monthly. More info
Paperchem Part of Engineering Village 2., Paperchem covers the literature of the pulp, paper and paperboard industries, as well as such allied industries as packaging, chemicals, and equipment. Coverage is from 1966 to the present with over 12,000 records added annually.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Multidisciplinary index with abstracts of journals, conference proceedings, reports, books and government publications in the environmental sciences. Coverage: 1967- present. Updated monthly.
RefWorks Info: Imports checked citations directly into RefWorks.
General Science Abstracts Indexes more than 160 leading science journals and magazines from the United States and Great Britain. Includes such subjects as anthropology, astronomy, biology, computers, earth science, medicine and health. Coverage: 1984 - present, abstracts from 1993. Updated monthly.
InfoTrac General Reference Center Gold An index of general interest articles from magazines, newspapers, and reference books on all subjects. Many entries provide full-text and images. Coverage: 1980-present.
Wilson Select Plus Index to full text articles in science, humanities, social sciences, education and business. The index includes records from: Readers' Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts and Wilson Business Abstracts. Coverage: 1994 to the present. Updated weekly.
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