Chemistry Databases

Connect to MedLINE on the Web A mini-guide on searching MedLINE is available
Also known as PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database. It includes such topics as microbiology, delivery of health care, nutrition, pharmacology, and environment health. 1966-present.
Connect to MSDS on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. Sigma-Aldrich-Flukamat Material Safety Data Sheets. Searchable database of approximately 325,000 MSDS files.
Connect to PapersFirst on the Web
PapersFirst    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
An index of papers presented at conferences. 1993-present.
Connect to Proceedings First on the Web
Proceedings First    - Access through FirstSearch Interface
Citations and table of contents for every congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop, and meeting received at The British Library. 1993-present.
Connect to Science Citation Index Expanded on the Web A mini-guide on searching Science Citation Index Expanded is available Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information, author abstracts, and cited references found in approximately 5,900 of the world's leading scholarly science and technical journals covering more than 150 disciplines. 1993-present. Updated weekly.
Connect to ScienceDirect - SCELC Comprehensive Core on the Web Contains full-text articles. Click to see all full-text databases. From publisher Elsevier, the ScienceDirect-SCELC online journal collection contains 400+ journals in science, technology, medicine, and business, including high impact-factor journals such as the Trends and Current Opinion series. Most are full-text. Dates covered: 1995-present. SCU is among the 90+ private institutions that make up SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium).
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SciFinder Scholar 2007
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SciFinder Scholar 2007 requires client software for either Mac OS X (10.3+) or Windows XP/2000/NT/98. This software provides simple point and click access to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases including:
  • CAPlus - bibliographic data included in Chemical Abstracts 'plus' other journals not included in CA, over 22 million records dating back to 1907. Updated weekly.
  • Registry - over 46 million records of unique compounds, searched by chemical, name, chemical structure, CAS registry numbers and formula. Substructure searches for substances and reactions. Now includes calculated property data.
  • CASREACT - more than 6.6 million single and multistep organic reactions, 1974 - present
  • CHEMCATS - commercial availability of chemicals from major suppliers
  • CHEMLIST - regulatory information on chemicals
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