Chemistry
Find Articles
Key Databases
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SciFinder Scholar Web
(Individual registration link)
Limited to 3 simultaneous users. Individual registration required.
Web version of SciFinder Scholar. Contains more than 13 million single- and multi-step reactions, more than 1 billion predicted and experimental properties, abstracts and references from 9,500 journals, the CAS REGISTRY database, and patent records. Search by structure or keyword. NOTE: Upon access, all users must request a username and password from CAS using their UPS email address. Registration is complete after clicking the link within the return email from CAS. -
ACS Journals Search
American Chemical Society. Contains the full text of all titles published by ACS from 1879 to present.
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Google Scholar
Contains about 40% of Chem Abstracts. Worth a look. Link to UPS Library full text: Google Scholar > Scholar Preferences > Type 'University of Puget Sound' into the Library Links text box > Save Preferences. -
PubChem
Search PubChem Compound, PubChem Substance, PubChem Bioassy, or PubChem Structure Search. - Toxline
All areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. -
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Full text database covering all subjects. Contains peer reviewed and popular press literature.
Find Books
- SIMON: UPS Library holdings; Chemistry subjects
- SUMMIT: Borrow from 30+ Washington & Oregon academic libraries (Orbis-Cascade consortium catalog).
- WorldCat: Catalog of world library holdings.
- For older or out-of-print titles, try bookfinder.com. Still can't find it? Contact Rebecca Kuglitsch.
Chemistry books begin with the Library of Congress call number letters QD. View the Library of Congress Classification list Q and click on QD - Chemistry for the general chemistry subject breakdown.
Locations
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QD - New books in Library lobby - changed weekly
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QD - Reference section, first floor across from I-Commons
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QD - Bulk of collection, fourth floor
Find Web Resources
- CASSI
Find chemical journal title abbreviations for ACS citations. - chemistry.org
- ChemSpider
Offers chemical structure searching with information from over 120 databases, including PubChem. - Chemdex
- Chemfinder
- Chemistry Web Book (NIST)
- Royal Society of Chemistry Journals
Free access to "Hot Articles" and journal content from 1997 to two years ago. - Comic Book Periodic Table
- History of Chemistry
A small sampling of interesting chemistry sites
