Library Guides/ Chemistry

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This guide covers a set of high quality sources of information for chemistry research.

SciFinder contains the complete Chemical Abstracts since 1907, including substance search, substructure search, reaction search, etc.

Database containing syntheses and properties of organic and inorganic compounds from the Beilstein and Gmelin handbooks

Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Leading bibliography for medicine and related fields

Chemspider This link opens in a new window
ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 26 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
Organic Chemistry Portal This link opens in a new window
The Organic Chemistry Portal offers an overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on important chemicals for organic chemists.
Nanotechnology Internet Resources This link opens in a new window
The purpose of this guide by Jill Dixon is to direct readers to online nano-resources
WebElements Periodic table This link opens in a new window
Wikibooks Chemical Information Sources This link opens in a new window
Gary Wiggins (Indiana University) guide to the many sources of reference materials available to those with questions related to chemistry, regardless of the format

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