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Finding Articles

  • SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts)
    SciFinder (1907 to present) is a comprehensive source for chemical information, covering scientific journals, patents, conference proceedings, and technical reports. SciFinder requires each user to create their own account for access.
  • Scopus
    Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature – scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
  • PubMed (NLM)
    PubMed (1948 to present) is a comprehensive index to biomedical and life sciences journals.
  • ScienceDirect
    Provides access to scholarly and peer reviewed journals in all areas of science.
  • BIOSIS
    Database available via Web of Science. Includes Biological Abstracts. Life sciences and biomedical research
  • Google Scholar
    Scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports and more.

Also useful:

  • ACS journals
  • RSC journals (some articles are available open access, otherwise request via interlibrary loan)
  • SpringerLink Journals
    Full-text coverage of scientific, technical, and medical journals, books, protocols and reference works.
  • Wiley Online Library
    A multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
  • Annual Reviews
    Database of review literature for focused disciplines within the biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences. Provides comprehensive, collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists.
  • Science Magazine
    Covers scientific articles and news, commentary, and cutting-edge research, with full text of the journal's news stories, research reports, and commentary.
  • Nature (NPG)
    Nature Publishing Group (NPG) combines Nature, Nature Research Journals, Nature Reviews Journals, NPG Academic Journals and NPG Reference publications. A major information resource for biological and physical sciences.
  • Oxford Journals
    Provides access to the academic and research journals of Oxford University Press, encompassing the science, technical, professional, medical, humanities, arts, and social sciences.