Guide to Chemistry -
Databases Most Useful Databases
SciFinder Scholar
Provides extensive coverage of the
literature of chemistry and the life sciences including biochemistry, biology,
pharmacology, medicine, and related disciplines.
AGRICOLA
1970+
AGRICOLA is produced by the National Agricultural Library and it
provides bibliographic access to the literature of agriculture and allied
sciences including much information about agricultural chemicals. It indexes
articles, books, theses, patents, software, and audiovisual materials. Older agricultural literature can be identified using the
paper volumes of the Bibliography of Agriculture (1942-1997) shelved
on the main floor at Index 630.35061 .Un3.01.
American Chemical Society Publications
The American Chemical Society--the world's largest
scientific society--is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress
and is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through
its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences. The
American Chemical Society Publications Division currently publishes 35 leading
peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences, including the
Journal of American Chemical Society, as well as Chemical & Engineering News,
the Society's weekly news magazine.
CAB
Abstracts 1984+
The CAB Abstracts database provides worldwide coverage of the
literature of agriculture and related areas, including plant breeding,
plant pathology, field crops, grasslands and forage, and soils and fertilizers.
Journals, monographs, conferences, books, annual reports, and other sources
from more than 100 countries are scanned regularly for inclusion in the
CAB
Abstracts database. Many articles of interest to chemists and biochemists
are included.
Web of Science
Provides access to Science Citation Index and Social
Sciences Citation Index. It allows very sophisticated searching including cited
reference searching. For a broader search, click on the All Databases tab.
Ei Compendex Web
Engineering Village 2 is the world's premiere engineering abstracts database. Sources include journals,
conference proceedings, and technical reports in all areas of engineering. Site
also contains searchable link to US Patent Office Files (USPTO) (full text from
1976). Older paper volumes of this resource are shelved as Engineering
Index on the main floor at Abstracts 620.5 .En332.
Medline
This National Library of Medicine bibliographic database indexes biomedical
literature, including research, clinical practice, administration, policy
issues, and health care services.
Global Science
Gateway -
WorldWideScience.org
DOE and the British
Library, along with eight other participating countries, recently opened an
online global gateway to science information from 15 national portals. This
gateway was developed and is maintained by the DOE Office of Scientific and
Technical Information
to
accelerate scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership
to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases
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Other Useful Databases
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Biological Abstracts Briggs Library has this available in paper from 1926 through 2000 at Abstracts
570.5 .B52.
Biological
Sciences Database 1982+
Books
In Print
Current
Contents
Dissertation Abstracts International
(1861+)
Dissertations & Theses at South Dakota State University
Encyclopedia Americana
H.M. Briggs Library Instruction and Tutorials
NetLibrary
ProQuest
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Potentially Useful Paper Resources
Analytical Abstracts 1954+ (Abstracts 543.05 .AN14)
This monthly publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry covers worldwide
literature on all branches of analytical chemistry.
The fully searchable web version contains over one-third of a million records
from 1980 to date and is updated weekly. Applied
Science and Technology Index 1913-1998 (Index 605 .AP58)
This source indexes, and provides article abstracts for, about 200 leading
journals and magazines in the physical sciences, engineering and many
manufacturing processes.
Chemical Abstracts 1907+ (Abstracts 540.5 .C42)
This resource is the most comprehensive abstracting service in the
English language covering the world's chemical literature including biochemistry,
organic chemistry, macromolecular chemistry, applied chemistry, chemical
engineering, and all other areas of chemistry. Indexing by author, subject,
chemical substance, ring system, molecular formula, patent, and keyword
is provided. The electronic version of Chemical Abstracts is available
in the Chemistry Department.
A fee may be applied for electronic searches. Briggs Library holds the
paper volumes of Chemical Abstracts from 1907 through 1999, shelved
on the main floor at Abstracts 540.5 .C42.
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