Research Guides: Chemistry: Research Databases

SciFind Guide

Check this page for information about SciFinder and how to register to use it.

Google Scholar Search Tips

How to use Google Scholar to find full text articles that the library has paid for?

Go to Google Scholar website.
Click on the title of an article in Google Scholar. If the library has subscribed to that journal, you can access the article directly, when you are on campus (If you are off campus, you will need your MSU NetID and Password to access the article, or you can install VPN).
Click on “Find It@MSState Libraries”. This will open up a dialog box. The Find It button will either connect to the library's online catalog or take you to the InterLibrary Loan request page.

To learn more about searching Google Scholar, check the Google Scholar for Academic Research guide.

Tips for finding the full text

To find journal articles, you need to use the library's online databases . In the databases, you can conduct keyword, author, title, or subject searching.

Always use the Find It button for possible full text online. Examine any holdings statements to see if we have the volume and issue that the article appears in.
If no full-text available online, then use the Find It button to connect to the library's online catalog to see if the library has the journal in print format, so you can locate the article in the library.
If the library doesn't have the article online OR in print, use Interlibrary Loan to get it from another library.

(Note: Many authors post versions of their articles online. So you may be able to find what you need through a Google or Google Scholar search.)

Selected Article Databases

ACS Web Editions (American Chemisty Society journals)
ACS Web Editions includes the full text of more than 50 journals and magazines published by the American Chemical Society.
Analytical Abstracts
Covering a wide range of sources from 1980 to the present day, you can search literature records in Analytical Abstracts for specific analytes, matrices or techniques, tailor your reading to your subject area of choice or simply browse recently added articles.

Chromatography Abstracts
This index from the Royal Society of Chemistry provides indexing for journal articles on key aspects of chromatography and separation science. The areas covered include: general and miscellaneous techniques, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, electrophoresis, and thin-layer chromatography.
SciFinder_n
Explore chemical substances by chemical name, chemical structure, formulas, or CAS Registry Numbers®. Find literature relevant to a topic of interest, written by a specific author, or by CA abstract number or patent number.

Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.

Tutorial: http://info.scopus.com
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine comprising more than 26 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.

Tutorial: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3830/
HathiTrust Digital Library
This is is a digital repository of scanned books, journals, and other library materials. You must click the large "Login" button in the upper right of the HathiTrust site to access material, even when on campus.

You must click the large "Login" button in the upper right of the HathiTrust site to access material, even when on campus.