LibGuides: Chemistry: Articles

Chemistry Specific Databases

SciFinder Scholar
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A research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) databases containing literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more!

American Chemical Society Search This link opens in a new window
Search American Chemical Society Titles for full-text content.

Chemical Sciences Article Repository
The Chemical Sciences Repository is a non-commercial subject specific Open Access repository for chemistry papers sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry
TOXNET: Toxicology Data Network
TOXNET is a group of databases covering chemicals and drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, occupational safety and health, poisoning, risk assessment and regulations, and toxicology. Use TOXNET to find specific chemicals, mixtures, and products; chemical nomenclature; chemicals that may be associated with a disease, condition or symptom; chemicals associated with consumer products, occupations, and hobbies; special toxic effects of chemicals in humans and/or animals; and citations from the scientific literature.

Other Useful Databases for Chemistry

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary database. Indexes newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals in all disciplines. Contains a significant amount of full-text. Content available from 1915-present.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google's index of professional publications. Recommended highly as an adjunct to library resources, and for research needs after graduation, in a work environment. Especially strong in the sciences & technology. NOTE: ON CAMPUS USE will include and access to MSU copies of the articles.
JSTOR - Full Text This link opens in a new window
This is a full-text archive of key academic journals in many disciplines, mostly in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Being an archive, it does NOT USUALLY have the current issues of these journals. Most journals have a “lag time” of 2-5 years.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 23 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.
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
A full-text scientific database offering articles from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and book chapters from more than 10,000 books. There are currently more than 9.5 million articles/chapters, a content base that is growing at a rate of almost 0.5 million additions per year.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
An integrated full-text database for journals, books, protocols, eReferences, and book series published by Springer. Currently offers 2,769 fully peer-reviewed journals and 53,829 books online.