James Madison University
Libraries and Educational Technologies

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)- Users must be on-campus or using the VPN; requires one time download.

• Basic Searching Handout (PDF)
• Tutorial from Chemical Abstracts
• Tutorial: import citations into Refworks

Scopus - An enormous database to the scientific and social science literature

• Interactive tutorials made by Scopus
• Tutorial: import citations into RefWorks

PubMed - Freely available resource. Medical information and NIH funded research.

• Tutorial: import citations into RefWorks

Web of Science - Citation index for sciences.

• Tutorials made by Web of Science
  • Streaming Video
  • HTML
• Tutorial to import citations into RefWorks

...more chemistry/materials databases

SciFinder Scholar (Registry File) - SciFinder Scholar is the best place to search for chemical structures.

Chemfinder - A great source for finding chemical property information. Searchable by name, CAS registry number, and substructure.

eMolecules - eMolecules is the world’s most comprehensive openly accessible search engine for chemical structures.

Journal Collections

American Chemical Society

Science Direct

Directory of Open Access Journals

...more chemistry journals

...all journals

Journal Statistics:

Journal Citation Reports

Highly used journals by JMU affiliates

High Impact factor journals

LEO - James Madison University Library Online Catalog of book, journal, database, and movie collections.

Safari Tech Books Online - a collection of technical books available for JMU students, faculty and staff.

RefWorks - Create bibliographies for journal publications or posters.

CheckCite - Double check standard citation styles using CheckCite.

Other guides to chemical research

Still have questions? Contact Meris Mandernach, the chemistry librarian, 568-3366.

I want to pick the librarian's brain for cool information ideas.