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Chemistry Research Guide

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Table of Contents:
Subject-Specific Databases
Reference Sources
Internet Resources and Web sites
Journals, Magazines, Newspapers


Core databases for finding articles in this subject area.

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
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Abstracts of articles from journals and trade publications in technology and the applied sciences. Subject coverage includes engineering, physics, chemistry, geology, and applied math.


Chemical & Engineering News Online
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Weekly online magazine published by the American Chemical Society covering all aspects of the chemistry field, including technology, industry, government, education, and employment. C&EN offers the latest news, special features, links to related web content, and back issues of the magazine since 1998.


Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science
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Part of the Web of Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science provides citations to papers and proceedings of science conferences from 1990 to present.


General Science Full Text
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Citations and select full text of scientific literature from popular and scholarly publications. Designed specifically for students and non-specialists. Covers a wide array of subjects including biology, chemistry, medicine, environmental science, botany, and zoology.


JSTOR
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Full text access to complete back runs of scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Journal coverage begins with the first issue but does not include the last 3-5 years. Users can search across the entire database or limit their search to journals in specific subject disciplines. Click here for a search tutorial


Science Citation Index Expanded
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Part of the Web of Science, Science Citation Index provides citations to journal articles in the sciences, including astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, medicine, physics, psychiatry, and zoology.


ScienceDirect
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Abstracts of scholarly literature in science, technology, and medicine with full text available for articles published after 1995. Core subjects include physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, environmental science, health and medicine. Also provides coverage of a number of titles in the social sciences and humanities (particularly management, economics, psychology, and linguistics). Please note that the Library does not subscribe to all journals in ScienceDirect. Subscribed content is marked by a green "full text available" icon.


SciFinder
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Electronic version of Chemical Abstracts. Provides citations to articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, technical reports, patents, and dissertations in chemistry and related fields. Also includes the CAS REGISTRY (CAS Registry Numbers, physical property data, and structure diagrams), CASREACT (reaction data), CHEMCATS (chemical source data), and CHEMLIST (regulatory information) databases. NOTE: Registration required. Click here to register for access to SciFinder.


Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and other reference works available in print or online.

Basics of Chemistry [electronic resource] /Myers, Richard
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Provided electronically by the CSI Library's license to Gale Virtual Reference, a collection of over 400 electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries.


Chemical Composition of Everyday Products/ Toedt, John et al.
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Electronic encyclopedia provided by the CSI Library's license of Gale Virtual Reference Library.


Chemistry: Foundations and Applications [electronic resource] / edited by Lagowski, J. J.
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Electronic encyclopedia provided by the CSI Library's license to Gale Virtual Reference Library.


Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Electronic reference book accessible via Oxford Reference Online


Resources freely available on the Internet.

Science.gov list of Chemistry Databases
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A guide that lists web resources and databases relating to Chemistry


Journals available online or in print at the CSI Library.

ACS Chemical Journals
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Full text of journals published by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Find articles in all areas of chemistry as well as related fields such as environmental science, biotechnology, material science, pharmacology, and toxicology


Engineering Journals
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All engineering journals available in print or online via the CSI Library. Click on a subject heading to see all of the journals associated with that subject.


MITs Technology Review
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Electronic Resource


Nature Magazine
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Interdisciplinary science journal covering research in all fields of science and technology, including biology, botany, medicine, chemistry, physics, earth and environmental science. Full text is available for all issues published since 1997. Issues from 1869 to 1999 are available on microfilm. See library catalog for holdings.


Science Magazine
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Weekly peer-reviewed general science journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science covering news, research, and commentary in all areas of the sciences. Full text is available for all issues published since 1997. Issues from 1880 to 2002 are available thru JSTOR. See library catalog for additional holdings.


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