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SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Service)

Interface change coming soon! Click here to preview the changes. [tutorial] Online version of Chemical Abstracts. Use this resource to find Journal Articles, Structure Searching, and Citation searching for topics in Chemistry. See [more info] for help with searching. [more info]

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Scopus (Elsevier)

Excellent source for citation searching or finding original articles in chemistry. Check out the list of journals they index here. [more info]

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PubMed (NLM)

An important database for biochemical literature. Contains over 12 million citations, dating back to 1966. [more info]

Internet

Materials Research Databases (ProQuest)

Search several Materials Research indexes simultaneously [more info]

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Citation Searching

Scopus (Elsevier)

Excellent source for citation searching or finding original articles in chemistry. Check out the list of journals they index here. [more info]

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Chemical Structure

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Service)

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ChemBioFinder

A great source for finding chemical property information. Searchable by name, CAS registry number, and substructure. Results usually include an extensive table of links to other databases including NIST, OSHA, and Material Safety Data Sheets. [more info]

Internet

eMolecules

eMolecules is the world’s most comprehensive openly accessible search engine for chemical structures. [more info]

Books / Book Chapters

JMU Library Catalog (LEO) (JMU Libraries)

Search the JMU Libraries for Books, Journals, or Videos. [more info]

Internet

InterLibrary Loan (JMU Libraries)

Order a book or journal article from another library. Note: This process takes 7-10 business days. [more info]

Safari Books Online (ProQuest)

A collection of technical books available for JMU students, faculty and staff. [more info]

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WorldCat (OCLC / Firstsearch)

Search a catalog of over 40 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide. [more info]

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Help / Research Guides

Chemistry Research Guide (JMU Libraries)

Here is the chemistry research guide. A good place to start when you don't know where to start. [more info]

RefWorks

RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database of bibliographic citations by importing references from text files or online databases.

Need to export from LEO Library Catalog into RefWorks? See the tutorial.
Need to export from other resources into RefWorks? See the tutorials. [more info]

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Atomic Learning

Web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use every day. [more info]

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COS Funding Opportunities (ProQuest)

A comprehensive source of available opportunities for grants, fellowships, prizes and other type of funding. [more info]

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SciFinder Basic Handout

Learn the Basics about SciFinder Scholar [more info]

SciFinder Scholar 2006: Under the Hood

Here is a diagram of what happens behind the scenes of SciFinder Scholar created by A. Ben Wagner. [more info]

Reference Information

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (Taylor and Francis)

Authoritative source for all types of data commonly needed by physical scientists, engineers, and students. Search by text or substance/property. [more info]

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E-EROS (Wiley)

This is the online counterpart of the Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (HROS) [more info]

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Merck Index Online (Royal Society of Chemistry)

Find physical property information for commonly used chemicals and drugs. [more info]

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Lange's Handbook of Chemistry

The sixteenth edition of Lange's Handbook of Chemistry is the main reference source for chemists and chemical engineers. [more info]

Rose Library Reference, QD65.L36 2005

Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry

Covers the fundamentals of supramolecular chemistry ... [more info]

AccessScience: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online (McGraw-Hill)

Encylopedia articles, illustrations, definitions, biographies, bibliographies, and learning resources ... [more info]

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Journal Citation Reports (Thomson Reuters)

Provides data that helps with evaluation and comparison of scholarly journals. [more info]

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Websites

Google Scholar

Search the Internet for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research... [more info]

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International Council on Nanotechnology: EHS Database

The ICON Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) database contains summaries (abstracts) and citations for research papers related to the EHS implications of nanoscale materials. You may have to check Periodical Locator to retrieve full text of the articles [more info]