LibGuides: Chemistry and Biochemistry: Articles, Journals, & Databases

Articles, Journals, & Databases

Below is the link to our full list of databases, as well as some key databases that may be helpful for you to consider.

Databases A-Z

Databases

ACS Web Editions & ACS Journal Archives This link opens in a new window Database of American Chemical Society journals and archives.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics This link opens in a new window The CRC Handbook is a dynamic publication, and every year the editors add new data tables and replace existing data tables with new data values when available. In addition, we are constantly improving the usability and accessibility of the Handbook with more informative introductions and minor data updates.
JoVE This link opens in a new window A peer reviewed, PubMed-indexed journal devoted to the publication of biological, medical, chemical, and physical scientific experiments in a video format.
Medline (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 5,400 biomedical journals published in the U.S. and internationally. Covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and pre-clinical sciences. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings, and explosive capabilities to search citations.
Organic Reactions This link opens in a new window A comprehensive online resource (ebook) for synthetic organic chemists uniquely focused on 200,000+ of the most important and useful synthetic reactions.
PubChem This link opens in a new window Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. It is organized as three linked databases: PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound, and PubChem BioAssay.
PubMed @ Duquesne This link opens in a new window Enables you to connect directly to Gumberg Library holdings via PubMed. PubMed provides access to bibliographic information that includes MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, as well as the out-of-scope citations from certain MEDLINE journals; citations that precede the date that a journal was selected for MEDLINE indexing; and some additional life science journals that submit full text to PubMedCentral and receive a qualitative review by NLM.
Science Journals Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Coverage dates back to 1986 and featuring over 1,145 titles—with more than 965 available in full text. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and technical literature.
SciFinder This link opens in a new window Login with your personal username and password to search SciFinder. First Time Users must register before logging in: First time users
Scopus This link opens in a new window The largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. indexes content from 24,600 active titles and 5,000 publishers which is rigorously vetted and selected by an independent review board, and uses a rich underlying metadata architecture to connect people, published ideas and institutions.

Journals

Duquesne affiliates have access to several journals relevant to chemistry. See a searchable list of journals at the link below. Additionally, see below for some relevant publishers with accessible collections.

List of Chemistry Journals

ACS Web Editions & ACS Journal Archives This link opens in a new window Database of American Chemical Society journals and archives.
Nature.com This link opens in a new window A collection of journals including "Nature"—the leading international weekly journal of science first published in 1869—as well as selective subject-specific subscription journals including "Nature Genetics" and "Nature Physics" and broad open-access journals such as "Nature Communications and Scientific Reports,"
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window Full text of hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals published by Elsevier, Academic Press, and selected additional publishers from 1995 to present, and enables searching of abstracts of articles from more than 3,000 journals.
Science Journals Database (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Coverage dates back to 1986 and featuring over 1,145 titles—with more than 965 available in full text. In full-text format, researchers have access to all the charts, diagrams, graphs, tables, photos, and other graphical elements so vital to scientific and technical literature.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary collections of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

Full Text Options

This guide explains some of the most frequently used ways to find full text at Duquesne.

Finding Full Text Guide

This tool will pop up in many databases and web pages and help you find full text. It takes less than one minute to setup.

See our LibKey Nomad guide for more information and help with setup.

Borrow From Other Libraries

There are ways of getting access to materials not available at Duquesne by contacting and borrowing from other libraries.

When Gumberg doesn’t have an article, you can order it for free electronic delivery using ILLiad.

See our ILLiad Guide for more information.