Chemistry - key resources
| Info | Database title |
|---|---|
  | American Chemical Society Journals (ACS) Provides peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences. |
| CAS SciFinder First time users must register (see entry below). If you have previously registered using the old version of SciFinder (SciFinder Scholar), this existing login will work for SciFinder. This comprehensive database for chemical reactions, substances, structures and indexed chemistry patents includes journal abstracts, patents and other literature references on all areas of science and its applications. Also containing detailed information on compounds and substances including their properties, reactions and full synthetic methods as well as protein and nucleotide sequences. A sophisticated Retrosynthesis Planner available can also be found in SciFinder. |
| CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform The CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform is designed to support multiple stages and types of scientific research. It combines task-specific information solutions including CAS SciFinder, CAS Formulus®, CAS Analytical Methods™ and other CAS resources. The CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform supports multifaceted scientific research such as retrosynthetic planning, formulation design, testing-related methods research, and biosequence searching. Access the platform using your SciFinder username and password, or first time users must register using the "CAS SciFinder registration" link below. |
| CAS SciFinder registration First time users for SciFinder must register, use this link. |
| CAS: Analytical Methods CAS Analytical MethodsTM is a curated collection of over 500 K step-by-step analytical protocols, extracted from peer reviewed literature and patent sources. Cut down on time searching for analytical methodologies with CAS Analytical MethodsTM, a platform containing collated methodologies highlighting analytes, matrices, reagents, instruments, consummables and validation information, in easy to read and downloadable documents. Access CAS Analytical Methods using your SciFinder username and password, or first time users must register using the "CAS SciFinder registration" link above. |
| CAS: Formulus CAS Formulus® is a curated collection of over five million formulation records from peer reviewed literature, patents and product inserts from the US FDA. Access a world leading collection of formulations to evaluate ingredients, manufacturing processes and regulatory information in a user friendly interface. Access CAS Formulus using your SciFinder username and password, or first time users must register using the "CAS SciFinder registration" link above. |
| Current Protocols (Wiley) Current Protocols is a source of laboratory protocols and comprises more than 20,000 step-by-step procedures and techniques spanning the major disciplines in the life sciences. |
| Inspec Analytics Inspec Analytics contains 50 years of literature across a range of Physics, Engineering and Computer Sciences disciplines. The Analytics tool combines semantic technology and Inspec's Index allowing researchers to uncover and visualise patterns and relationships between concepts, authors and institutions; look at research trends over time and discover new areas of cross-disciplinary research. |
| PubChem PubChem is a freely accessible online database for chemical information, providing comprehensive information on various chemical entities. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) eBook Collection An online reference library containing chemical science books published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. |
| ScienceDirect (Elsevier) Access full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Covers a broad range of subjects in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and, Physical Sciences and Engineering. |
| Scopus (Elsevier) A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. The database includes more than 5,000 international publishers including Elsevier (ScienceDirect), Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage. |
| SpringerLink Full-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Subjects include: architecture, design, behavioral science, biomedical and life sciences, business, economics, chemistry, materials science, computer science, earth and environmental science, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics, statistics, medicine, physics, and, professional and applied computing. |
| Web of Science All Databases Search across all subscribed Web of Science databases: Web of Science Core Collection; Current Contents Connect; KCI-Korean Journal Database; MEDLINE; SciELO Citation Index; and, Zoological Record. |
| Web of Science Core Collection Provides access to the world's leading citation databases: Science Citation Index Expanded; Social Sciences Citation Index; Arts & Humanities Citation Index; Emerging Sources Citation Index; Current Chemical Reactions; Index Chemicus; Book Citation Index; and, Conference Proceedings Citation Index. Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers the highest impact journals, including Open Access journals and conference proceedings. |
Chemistry - additional resources
| Info | Database title |
|---|---|
| Annual Reviews & Annual Reviews Backfile Provides searchable abstracts and full-text access to analytic reviews (back to volume 1) in disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. |
| Biological Science Collection (ProQuest) The Biological Science Database provides wide coverage of biological science fields including animal behavior, aquatic life and fisheries, chemoreception, biochemistry, ecology, plant science, toxicology, virology, microbiology, immunology genetics, health and safety science, oncogenes, entomology, and endocrinology neuroscience. The resource also includes access to MEDLINE, and the ability to cross-search over 30 abstract and citation databases. Content includes: scholarly and trade journals, conference papers and proceedings, books, magazines & newspapers, government & official publications, reports, tables, working papers, video & audio. |
 | ChemSpider A free-to-access collection of compound data from across the web. Provided by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), it aggregates chemical structures and their associated information into a single searchable repository. |
| Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Collection (ProQuest) This collection contains earth, atmospheric and aquatic science related full-text articles, granular access to figures and tables within articles. The aquatic science coverage includes the entire range of bibliographic records from Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA). The coverage for atmospheric science includes the entire range of bibliographic records from Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA). |
| Gale Interactive: Chemistry (Gale Cengage) This database includes interactive 3-D models that allow students to explore elements, reactions, crystals, molecules, and compounds. Explore 3-D models by zooming in, rotating, and dissecting them. |
| GreenFILE (EBSCOhost) A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. |
| IOPscience An online service for full-text journal content covering scientific, technical and medical fields. |
| Kanopy A streaming service that provides access to video content sourced from leading suppliers. The Library subscribes to a selection of titles from this collection. To use the advanced functionality, users are required to sign in. First-time users will need to create an account. |
| Medline (Ovid) An indexing database that covers the international literature on biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences, humanities, and information science as they relate to medicine and health care. |
| Merck Index Online A full-text database of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals. |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Journals Scientific publisher of journals in biology, biophysics, chemical science, materials, medicinal drug discovery and physics. |
| Science (Gale OneFile) Access information on the latest developments across a range of scientific disciplines. |
| Science Database (ProQuest) Supports academic research in both the applied and general sciences with access to full-text titles. Subject coverage includes: General science, Materials science, Aerospace,Engineering, Computers, Physics, Telecommunications, Transportation, and Military. |
| Springer Protocols (SpringerLink) Springer Protocols is a database of over 55,000 reproducible laboratory protocols in biomedicine and and life sciences, providing researchers with reliable and accurate lab techniques. |
| Taylor & Francis Online A collection of full text journals in humanities, social sciences, science and technology from Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press, including access to back issues from 1997 where available. |
| Te Puna A web-based search service giving access to the bibliographic details of what is held in New Zealand and international libraries. |
| Wiley Online Library A collection of full-text scientific, technical, medical, social science and business journals published by Wiley. |