Research Guides: ​Chemistry: Finding articles

Finding articles

Note: In most of these databases, click on the FindText button to see if the article is available online or in print via the UO Libraries, and if not, you can request it from another library via ILLiad.

See also 'Other Databases' in the Chemistry Databases list.

SciFinder
Research tool for information on chemical and chemistry-related topics.

You can search substances, Markush and reaction information, patents, documents, experimental and predicted properties, spectra and much more. Searches can be made on research topic, chemical structure, chemical name or structure, SMILES or InChI string, author or company name and many other options. SciFinder is available only to current UO students, faculty, and staff.

For more Scifinder information: see the UT Austin Library's SciFinder help and FAQs:

how to search
what SciFinder covers

Also see: SciFinder support and training pages

ChemSpider
Chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 29 million structures from hundreds of data sources.

Sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Accepts data submissions from researchers.
Web of Science
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Provides access to both the Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded, Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts & Humanities Index. The database can be searched by words in article titles and abstracts, by author, by journal, and to look for cited references.
Google Scholar
Covers scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles. Access Google Scholar items from off-campus.
IEEE Xplore
IEEE publications, including transactions, journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and standards in electrical engineering, computer science, physics, bioengineering, aerospace, and related fields. Access information for IEEE.
Natural Product Updates
Covers natural product chemistry, via graphical abstracts from over 80 primary journals.

NPU covers new natural products, known compounds from new sources, isolation studies, structural determinations, new properties and activities, biosynthesis and biological activities. Records contain structure diagrams, trivial and taxonomic names, molecular formulae, physical properties, and spectral data.
ToxNet
Covers toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas from the National Library of Medicine.

Impacts

Journal Citation Reports
A measure of the relative importance of a specific journal in it's academic discipline. This one now includes the Eigen Factor.

Related information about the relative ranking of journals is at the Eigen factor web site. Some international journals can be found with the SCImago Journal and Country Rank index. (This used to be Journal Citation Report (JCR) information.)

Web of Science
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Useful for article and author level metrics.
Google Scholar
Useful for article level metrics, if on campus or using VPN, there should also be a link to Web of Science citations.