Popular Chemistry Databases

Recommended Chemistry Databases

The databases below are databases specific to the field of chemistry. They feature resources and have special tools and features specific to finding chemistry research.

Reaxys
Reaxys is your BEST BET for chemistry research. It is a powerful tool to search for substances, reactions, and articles. Search Reaxys by using keywords and phrases or drawing chemical structures and reactions as your search. If you can't access the full text of an article in Reaxys, submit an Interlibrary Loan request.
ACS (American Chemical Society) Web Editions
Provides full text access to peer-reviewed journals and e-books published by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Also provides access to the ACS style guide.

General Science Databases

The databases below are some of the general science databases that may be helpful when researching broad chemistry topics or topics that are interdisciplinary within other science fields.

Science Direct
Citations, abstracts and some full-text scholarly articles covering a wide range of science and health sciences topics. Quick search tutorial*China: Limited Access.
Science
Gale's In Context: Science is an engaging online resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. Includes academic journals, experiments, news, biographies, and more.
General Science Full-Text
Abstracts and articles from leading professional journals and popular science magazines.

Biochemistry Databases

The databases below are some of the nursing and health science databases that may be helpful when researching biochemistry topics.

Nursing & Allied Health Database (Proquest)
Articles from over 700 Nursing & Allied Health journals, plus over 12,000 full-text dissertations, covering research in nursing and related fields.
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 24 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

*China: Limited Access.
PubMed Central
Full-text subset of PubMed. This database is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of journal literature, covering multiple topics in medicine, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, psycho-pharmacology and more. It contains over a half million full-text, peer-reviewed articles.

Science Education Databases and Resources

Education Databases

For those interested in teaching Chemistry or are a part of the Teacher Education program, the education databases below are a good place to start your research for concepts in science education. While these are education databases, they include scholarly journals such as the International Journal of Science Education and the Journal of Chemistry Education, among others.

TIP: Search ALL of three databases at once by clicking "Choose Databases" at the top and check the box for "Education Full Text" and "ERIC (via EbscoHost)" and "Education Source" and click OK to integrate all of the results in one search.

Education Full Text
Article citations and full-text articles for all aspects of education. Can be searched simultaneously with other EbscoHost databases by clicking "Choose Databases" just above the search boxes.
ERIC (via EbscoHost)
Education Resource Information Center. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences and the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC contains more than 1.3 million scholarly journal articles as well as other education-related material, with the advantages of the EbscoHost search interface, more full-text, and the ability to search other databases at the same time.
Education Source
Combines content from other education databases such as Education Full-Text, Teacher Reference Center, and Professional Development Collection into one source.

Chemistry Education Journals

Below are a few specific journals relating to teaching chemistry:

Chemistry Education Research and Practice
The journal for teachers, researchers and other practitioners in chemistry education. CERP is free to access thanks to sponsorship by the Royal Society of Chemistry's Education Division.
Journal of Chemical Education
The Journal of Chemical Education is the official journal of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society and publishes peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education. JCE typically addresses chemical content, activities, laboratory experiments, instructional methods, and pedagogies.
The Chemical Educator
The Chemical Educator is a peer-reviewed journal serving the needs of all chemical education professionals as a reference to current topics, experiments, and teaching methodology.

Background Research (Secondary Sources)

Databases for Background Research

Sometimes you need to learn more about your research topic. The databases below will provide some background information from scholarly encyclopedias:

Credo Reference E-Book Collection
Reference e-books on a wide range of topics. Sources include dictionaries, encyclopedias, Key Concepts and Key Thinkers, handbooks, atlases, and more. Search by keyword or browse titles by topic.
Britannica Online
Britannica's consolidated search makes it easy to find the content you need. With a single search, choose from a variety of content types including: articles, high-quality images and videos, Merriam-Webster dictionary entries, EBSCO journals and periodicals, and primary source texts.

Databases for Popular Magazine or Newspapers

Sometimes you need to learn more about your research topic or find a popular source (like a magazine or newspaper article) that references a scientific or peer-reviewed journal. The databases below provide some resources for finding popular newspapers or magazines articles that discuss and reference scientific research:

New York Times
Students, faculty and staff now have access to the full content of the NYT.com and NYT mobile apps. Activate your free pass and create an account by going to
NYT Edupass . You must use your FHSU e-mail address to create an account.
***Accounts are active for 364 days. If your account has expired use the same NYT Edupass link and log-in at that page to reactivate your account.***

*China: Limited Access.
General Science Full-Text
Abstracts and articles from leading professional journals and popular science magazines.

Web Resources

ChemIDplus
ChemIDplus contains over 400,000 chemical records. More than 300,000 of those records include chemical structures. ChemIDplus is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, Structure, and/or Physical properties.
ChemSpider
ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 63 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
NIST Chemical WebBook
NIST site provides chemical and physical property data on over 40000 compounds.

Physics Databases

PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive, by the American Physical Society)
Articles from Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, and Reviews of Modern Physics

Chemistry Reference Books

Dictionary of Organic Compounds by John B. Buckingham (Editor); Finlay J. MacDonald (Editor)
ISBN: 9780412540905
Publication Date: 1995-10-01
This dictionary of organic compounds should be of interest to chemists, biochemists, biologists and pharmacologists working within academic, industrial or governmental organizations.
Encyclopedia of Chromatography by Jack Cazes
ISBN: 9780824727864
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Offering information for workers in analytical chemistry, experimental biology, physics, and engineering, this is a guide to specific chromatographic techniques and principles.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics by David R. Lide; William M. Haynes (Editor)
ISBN: 9781439820773
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Mirroring the growth and direction of science for a century, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, now in its 91st edition, continues to be the most accessed and respected scientific reference in the world, used by students and Nobel Laureates.
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry by James G. Speight; Norbert Adolph Lange; John A. Dean
ISBN: 0071432205
Publication Date: 2005-01-10
A standard reference for chemists for 70 years, this resource features an enormous compilation of facts, data, tabular material, and experimental findings in every area of chemistry.
The Merck Index by Maryadele J. O'Neil (Editor)
ISBN: 9780911910001
Publication Date: 2006-11-03
The Merck Index is a one-volume encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs. Each monograph in this authoritative reference source is a concise description of a single substance or a small group of closely related compounds.

Drawing Chemical Structures

MarvinSketch Software
Marvin suite is a chemically intelligent desktop toolkit built to help you draw, edit, publish, render, import and export your chemical structures and as well as allowing you to convert between various chemical and graphical file formats. It is free for individual, academic and non-commercial use.

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You'll need to install Java to run this software.

Searching for Chemistry Journals

E-Journals at Forsyth Library
Search by title to find out if we have electronic access to a journal, including the database(s) it is in and years held.
Open Access Chemistry Journals
Browse chemistry subject journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
Print Journals at Forsyth Library
Search by title or topic to find journals in print, microfilm or online. For best results, put the title in quotation marks. Click the title for the format(s), location(s), years held, and call number of print or microfilm versions.

Chemistry Journals Print

American Chemical Society Jl

QD 1 .A5

Angewandte Chemie

QD 1 .A67

Chemical Society Reviews

QD 1 .C624

Helvetica Chimica Acta

QD 1 .C624

Jl of Physical Chemistry

QD 1 .J85

Jl of Physical Chemistry A

QD 1 .J851

Jl of Physical Chemistry B

QD 1 .J852

Jl of Chemical Education

QD 1 .J93

Analytical Letters

QD 71 .A53

European Jl of Inorganic Chemistry

QD 146 .E97

Jl of Organic Chemistry

QD 241 .J6

Jl of Chromatographic Science

QD 271 .J66

Jl of Hetrocyclic Chemistry

QD 400 .J6

Jl of Chemical Thermodynamics

QD 501 .J78

Finding Ebooks

Proquest eBook Central
Proquest eBook Central is a highly interactive eBook database that covers all academic subject areas. The collection currently includes more than 186,000 titles from more than 280 of the world's leading academic, STM, and professional publishers.
*Includes Academic Complete

If you would like to download and read titles on a mobile device, be sure to download the BlueFire Reader for iOS or Android. Find a tutorial here.

Finding Books

If you would like to browse for books, look in these areas in the General Collection on the 2nd floor, or the Reference Collection on the Main floor:

QD 1-999 Chemistry

23.3-26.5 Alchemy

71-142 Analytical Chemistry

146-197 Inorganic Chemistry

241-441 Organic Chemistry

450-731 Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

901-999 Crystallography

Chemistry: Quick Start

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Popular Chemistry Databases

Recommended Chemistry Databases

General Science Databases

General Science Databases

Biochemistry Databases

Biochemistry Databases

Science Education Databases and Resources

Education Databases

Chemistry Education Journals

Background Research (Secondary Sources)

Databases for Background Research

Databases for Popular Magazine or Newspapers

Web Resources

Physics Databases

Chemistry Reference Books

Drawing Chemical Structures

Searching for Chemistry Journals

Chemistry Journals Print

American Chemical Society Jl

Finding Ebooks

Finding Books

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