Module 3: Chemical Information

	MODULE 1: Information Literacy Concepts MODULE 2: Research Pro Tips MODULE 3: Finding Information by Topic
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.)