Library: Chemistry: General

Chemistry Research Databases

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ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences and Physical Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window Access to over 1,550 full text journals in health & life sciences, chemistry, computer science, physics, mathematics, and earth & planetary sciences. On the results page, green icons mean the full text is available (white means abstract only). Please note: Articles are available from 1995 to present only.
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Science Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window A definitive resource for both the applied and general sciences. Covers Physics, Engineering, Astronomy, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and more.
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Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window The world's largest academic, multi-disciplinary database with full text journals, newspapers, magazines, reports, eBooks and videos. Meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new window Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals, covering all subjects and many languages.
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Multidisciplinary eBook databases:

eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of subjects.
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Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window eBooks on a range of subjects such as business, information technology, education, engineering, health, history, humanities, life & physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.
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Skillsoft This link opens in a new window Note: This database has scheduled downtime every Sunday from 1-3 pm ET. Please plan ahead. The full STEM Bundle includes access to: Business, Engineering, & IT eBooks, IT & Desktop 3-5 minute videos, book summaries of popular books on leadership and business, and the Leadership Channel, which contains videos and live events.
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Films on Demand (Chemistry) This database includes videos in the humanities, social sciences, business, health, medicine, sciences, and mathematics fields. This link goes to the Physical Sciences subset. Then, click on "subject" on the right and choose "chemistry."
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Khan Academy (Chemistry) Free chemistry videos, practice exercises and assessments!

Alexander Street: Academic Video Online‎ This link opens in a new window A large multidisciplinary collection of streaming videos. Includes documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, field recordings, commercials, raw footage, award-winning films, including Academy® and Emmy® winners, newly released films, and archival material previously unavailable.
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ImageQuest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window Nearly 3 million rights-cleared images from more than 50 collections including Getty Images, the National Portrait Gallery of London, and the National Geographic Society.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Specialized reference eBooks for background information on all subjects, including audio, video, and image results.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window The largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world, this database contains articles, maps, images, videos, and yearbooks from 1993 to present. Use it instead of Wikipedia for your research!
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Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window More than 50 reference eBooks in business, communications, history, law, literature, medicine, nation & world, science, and technology.
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Physical Chemistry: How Chemistry Works

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Chemical Education Digital Library A wide variety of chemical information, including online textbooks, tutorials, biographies, and demonstrations. Check out the Periodic Table Live! for information about the elements, their reactions, their properties, their structures, and their histories.
ChemSpider “A free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 26 million structures from hundreds of data sources.”
ChemTube3D "Contains interactive 3D animations and structures, with supporting information for some of the most important topics covered during an undergraduate chemistry degree."
PubChem PubChem is a free service that consists of three databases (PubChem Compound, PubChem Substance, and PubChem Bio-Assay). The entries provide detailed information such as a general description, the molecular weight and formula, the structure, bioactivity results, chemical actions, detailed properties, and more.
Springer Open Links to several peer-reviewed open access journals in chemistry.
Visionlearning "Contains peer-reviewed materials for learning science including modular readings, interactive multimedia, and a glossary - all available for free on the web in both English and Spanish."

American Chemical Society
National scholarly and professional organization; technical divisions, local sections and student chapters. Undergraduate students may join at a discounted rate.
NIST Chemistry
The National Institute of Standards and Technology chemistry portal of this website contains news, publications, instruments, and subject areas to browse.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Includes news, conferences, careers, publications, events and more!

How to use this guide

This guide is designed to help you with your research, introducing a range of Chemistry resources available to you. The Chemistry Research Databases box lists recommended databases in your subject area that you can search to find articles, eBooks, etc.

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