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Chemistry Databases

Scientific American Archive Online full text
The Scientific American Archive Online presents developments that have taken place in every field of science. It contains the entire editorial content and all special issues of Scientific American from January 1993 through to the present -- updated monthly. The Archive ALSO includes the monthly title: Scientific American Mind. The issues are presented as PDFs (Portable Document Format files) and include all the graphics.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

General Databases

Academic Search Premier full text
Provides full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. More database info.
A (largely) full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Bio Digest
Life-science information written in a non-technical style. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online full text
The full-text online version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Expanded Academic ASAP full text
Meets research needs across all academic disciplines, from arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Lexis-Nexis Universe full text
Provides full-text documents from over 5,900 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Periodical Abstracts
Periodical abstracts from general and academic journals. More database info.
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Proceedings First
An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

WorldCat
OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. More database info.
Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

Journal Collections

Academic OneFile full text
Academic OneFile is a collection of more than 8,000 journals with full manual indexing, a robust backfile and coverage of a variety of academic disciplines -- from science, technology and medicine to the humanities, and includes full-text of major newspapers. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

BioONE full text
An aggregation of research journals focused on the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number, user name, & password. More access info.

JSTOR full text
A collection of full-text scholarly journals. More database info.
A full-text database. Off-campus access with I.D. number. More access info.

How to Find a Specific Journal

Simon’s Rock Full Text Journals
A searchable database of all the journals, magazines, and newspapers available to the Simon's Rock Community, both in print and online.
Works best from on-campus. More access info.

Chemistry Websites

ACS Directory of Graduate Research
The most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the U.S. and Canada. Includes information on faculty (specific research area, academic rank, gender, state, contact information) and institutions (departmental contact information, statistical data on the number of faculty and students in the department, and a complete list of faculty active in graduate research).
Open access from anywhere.

CHEMINFO
CHEMINFO, Chemical Information Sources, is designed to help people find and learn how to use chemical information resources on the Internet and elsewhere. It brings together Web sites at Indiana University with significant chemical information content.
Open access from anywhere.

Chemistry.org
The website of the American Chemical Society.
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Classic Chemistry
The principal purpose of this site is to post the texts of several classic papers from the history of chemistry. Also includes links and exercises. Maintained by Carmen Giunta, a faculty member at Le Moyne College.
Open access from anywhere.

Highwire
HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free full-text life science articles in the world, with more than 750,000 free, full-text articles online. More articles are available on a pay-per-view basis.
Open access from anywhere.

Interactives: The Periodic Table
Test your knowledge of the Periodic Table with this interactive tutorial from Annenberg Media.
Open access from anywhere.

Links to Chemistry Sites
Collected by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemsitry of Northern Illinois University.
Open access from anywhere.

NIST Chemistry Webbook
Provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Standard Reference Data Program.
Open access from anywhere.

Periodic Table
A web version of the periodic table from the University of Sheffield, UK.
Open access from anywhere.

Royal Society of Chemistry
"The largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences." Based in the UK.
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Safety Sheets. Material Safety Data Sheets
Links to a number of websites that provide access to Material Safety Data Sheets.
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Scirus
Scirus claims to be the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet. It searches over 200 million science-specific Web pages, allowing access to reports, peer-reviewed articles, patents, pre prints, journals, and university web sites. Only a limited number of full-text articles are available free, but all hits include citations, and many include abstracts. More info.
Open access from anywhere.

General Websites

Google Scholar full text
The ever-ambitious Google’s attempt to index “scholarly” information on the web. Not exhaustive or entirely reliable (the project is still in development), but worth a try if you’ve drawn a blank everywhere else. Note that many of the articles indexed require payment for viewing (though you can usually obtain the article citation for free). More database info.
Limited full-text. Open access from anywhere.