Research Guide for Chemistry & Biochemistry

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Other Relevant Databases

• Academic Search Premier
  Multidisciplinary database with over 600 chemistry-related periodicals, most peer-reviewed, some full text.
• PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  Highly-regarded, peer-reviewed weekly journal covering all scientific disciplines. Full text access is available online from 1915 - Present.
• Science Reference Center
  Full-text resource for 640 encyclopedias, reference books and periodicals in biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental sciences, history of science, life sciences, scientists, etc.
• OmniFile Full Text Mega
  Multidisciplinary database provides full-text to articles back to 1994 and indexing to articles back to 1984. Subjects include biology, chemistry, genetics, microbiology, physics, etc. Some full text included; that which is not may be available through other sources.
• AGRICOLA
  Search 50+ journals related to chemistry. Full text not included but may be available through other sources.
• MEDLINE (PubMed)
  Search nearly 17 million records covering medical literature from 1948-Present. Limited full text. Also available from FirstSearch.
• Chemistry Central
  Repository of open access, peer-reviewed chemistry research.
• PubChem
  Includes 3 databases: PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay.
• Google Scholar
  Search the chemistry content within Google Scholar. This includes academic journals, books, and conference proceedings. Some full text freely available.
• ChemXSeer
  Open access search index for chemistry. Links to over 40,000 full text documents, websites, articles, etc.
• Scirus
  Free online search engine that indexes 450 million scientific items including journal content, scientists' web pages, courseware, patents and science-oriented websites.
• ABC Chemistry
  Free full text journals in chemistry.
• ArXiv E-Print Archive
  Open access repository for papers in physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology and statistics.
• Clase and Periodica
  Periodica indexes journals published in Latin America that specialize in science and technology, including chemistry, physics, biology, and geosciences. Citations are from documents published in Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. Full text not included, but may be available through other sources.
• BioMed Central
  Open access collection of 200 full-text, peer-reviewed journals with coverage of the biological and medical sciences. Free registration required for searching.
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
  Over 750,000 downloadable full text dissertations and theses, covering a wide range of graduate research topics, including chemistry.
• Chemical Abstracts
  For Chemistry/Biochemistry Majors Only. Search citations and abstracts from approximately 8,000 publications, including journal articles, books, reports, conference proceedings, and dissertations. Available via STN Easy after 5pm. See Chemistry Department for access.

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