The Big 3: Recommended Databases
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Scopus This link opens in a new windowThis abstract and citation database covers thousands of scholarly journals, books, and conference proceedings. Covering a broad range of disciplines, Scopus enables one to track, analyze, and visualize research. Output data at the institutional and author levels are available. Authors will find h-index, Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), and citation counts helpful in demonstrating the impact of their work.
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ACS Publications This link opens in a new windowOnline editions of 36 scientific journals published by the American Chemical Society.
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Reaxys This link opens in a new window
Reaxys is an expert-curated database that provides comprehensive data on chemical structures, compounds, properties, and reactions, along with associated literature and patent information. The data originates from the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry, the Beilstein Handbuch der organischen Chemie, inorganic and organic scholarly journals, and a Patent Chemistry database. Note: Trial ends December 31, 2025
Additional Useful Databases
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Web of Science (and ESI & JCR) This link opens in a new windowWeb of Science is a citation database that covers three major tools: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. The complete database covers thousands of scholarly journals from 1975 to the present across a broad range of disciplines.
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Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Online This link opens in a new windowThe Royal Society of Chemistry publishes peer reviewed journals that cover the chemical sciences and related fields. The library subscribes to some of the journals from RSC. Others are available as open access.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull-text articles and ebooks in science, technology and medicine (STM), arts, humanities and social sciences. Click on "Journals and Books" link on the website to filter by subscribed, open access and complimentary access to know what is available to you. The Advanced Search screen also allows you to filter by subscribed, open access and complimentary access, and subject areas to know what is available to you.
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PubMed This link opens in a new windowSearches MEDLINE, the leading database of journal articles in the health sciences, including medicine, nursing, the allied health sciences, public health, and the basic sciences. Coverage is 1946 - present.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary full text, peer reviewed academic journals that support scholarly research in key areas of academic study.
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Springer Nature Link This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles covering the Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences. Library subscription also includes access to many ebooks and conference proceedings.
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PubChemFree database of chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities.
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Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary collection of e-journals and ebooks covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
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Google ScholarProvides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.