Chemical Information

Finding Information in Chemistry and the Life Sciences

Finding Literature

• EBSCO / Academic Search Premier Links to an external site.
• Engineering Village (Compendex) Links to an external site.
• Google Scholar Links to an external site.
• PubMed Links to an external site.
• Scopus/ScienceDirect Links to an external site.
• SciFinder Links to an external site.
• Web of Science Links to an external site.

Finding Properties of Chemical Compounds

• ChemSpider Links to an external site.
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics Links to an external site.
• NIST Chemistry WebBook Links to an external site.
• PubChem Links to an external site.
• Reaxys Links to an external site.
• SciFinder Links to an external site.
• The Merck Index Online Links to an external site.

Comparing literature databases

• Baykoucheva, S. 2011. Comparison of the Contributions of CAPLUS and MEDLINE to the Performance of SciFinder in Retrieving the Drug Literature. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship (Summer 2011). Links to an external site.

• Baykoucheva, S. 2010. Selecting a database for drug literature retrieval: A comparison of MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science. Science and Technology Libraries 29 (4):276-288. Links to an external site.

Additional Resources

• Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) Links to an external site.
• Managing Citations Links to an external site.
• Directory of Graduate Research Links to an external site.