LibGuides: Chemistry: Articles

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The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for Chemistry.

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American Chemical Society Core+ Collection This link opens in a new window
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific communities worldwide through an unparalleled commitment to quality, reliability, and innovation.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles published in 900+ selected Elsevier journals (1998 - present).

Providing access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical, and health journals that span major scientific disciplines. Articles published open access are peer-reviewed and made free for everyone to read, download and reuse in line with the authors' choice of user license.
SciFinder This link opens in a new window
SciFinder provides access to chemistry and related information including chemical substances, reactions and literature references.

First-time users must use the Stan State registration link to create a personal account. Once you have registered, you can go straight to the login link to access the SciFinder database.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Article searching and citation tracing of very select, high-quality peer reviewed journals in science, social sciences, and humanities disciplines. Conference proceedings and book data are also available.

Covers entries from Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index, and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (2004 to the present).

Additional Chemistry Databases for Your Research

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary, full-text database offering full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; also includes indexing and abstracts. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
Annual Reviews provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in more than 45 scientific disciplines.
BioMed Central This link opens in a new window
BioMed Central has an evolving portfolio of peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine.
General Science Full Text This link opens in a new window
General Science Full Text™ provides full text from periodicals dating back to 1995, in addition to indexing and abstracts for periodicals back to 1984.

Subject coverage includes astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, conservation, health & medicine, oceanography, physics, zoology and much more.

More Research Databases & Resources

Directory of Open Access Journals This link opens in a new window
Full-text of articles from over 6000 scientific and scholarly journals
GPO Metalib This link opens in a new window
MetaLib, a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.
Wiley Online This link opens in a new window
Publisher site with many science journals.

SciFinder Scholar
Index to research published in chemistry journals and chemical reference databases. First time CSU Stan users must register for a SciFinder account.
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Annual Review of Biochemistry
Critical review of each year's most significant primary research in Biochemistry.
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Critical review of each year's most significant primary research in Physical Chemistry.
PubChem
Repository of chemical data focusing on biological activities of small molecules. PubChem provides a fast chemical structure similarity search tool.

Google Scholar

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