LibGuides: Chemistry and Biochemistry: Finding Articles & Databases

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This page contains a list of databases that will assist you in searching the chemistry and biochemistry literature and help you find the chemical information you need for your research. It also includes a list of the top ranked journals, which you can access through the University Libraries website, which contain articles that also support your library research as well.

Biochemistry and Chemistry Databases

SciFinder Scholar
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Index to scholarly chemistry literature and database of chemical information searchable by chemical name or structure.

Use the search options at the top of the page to search for references, chemicals, or reactions. Searching for chemicals and reactions can be achieved by drawing them with the Structure Editor or Reaction Editor, respectively.

Scientific Databases

Springer Protocols
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Laboratory protocols (procedures and techniques) in biology, medicine and biochemistry.

Update frequency: Annually
Scope: International
Springer Protocols is a searchable database of laboratory protocols. Links to lists of protocols within discipline areas--like bioinformatics or plant sciences--are also available.
Web of Science
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Web of Knowledge is a platform for Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Index, Journal Citation Reports, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, and Inspec.
Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)
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Index to more than 177,000 known inorganic chemical crystal structures, synthesis data, and related literature. Searchable by chemical name, mineral name, and chemical formula and other characteristics, as well as article title or author.
Web of Science
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Web of Knowledge is a platform for Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Index, Journal Citation Reports, Biological Abstracts, MEDLINE, and Inspec.
Scopus
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Scopus is an index to peer-reviewed scientific, medical, technical, and social science literature.

Scopus also features a citation index, allowing you to find the papers that cite a specific piece of research.

ChemFinder.com
ChemSpider
A free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 28 million structures from hundreds of data sources, produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
NIST X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Database
Protein Database
PubChem
PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules searchable by compound, substance or bioassay. PubChem includes physical data, drug information, and chemical structure graphics. This database is maintained by the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
RSCB Protein Data Bank
TOXNET - Toxic Data Network

Chemistry Journals

A good place to start your research journey begins by browsing the chemical literature, namely scholarly journals. The following journals, owned by UNLV Libraries, are the top ranked journals in the chemistry discipline, as measured by the Scimago Journal Rank indicator. This indicator measures a journal's impact, influence, and/or prestige.

Nature Materials
Covers all applied and fundamental aspects of the synthesis/processing, structure/composition, properties and performance of materials.
Chemical Reviews
Provides comprehensive critical analyses in all fields of chemistry: organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, theoretical, and biological.
Chemical Society Reviews
Provides short, introductory reviews on topics of current interest in the chemical sciences.
Nature Chemistry
Describes research in all areas of chemistry. As well as reflecting the traditional core subjects of analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry.
Accounts of Chemical Research
Contains information on major advances in basic research and applications. Brief, critical articles cover diverse areas of chemical research.
Nano Letters
Reports on fundamental research in all branches of the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Provides a central forum for scientists involved in nanoscale research.
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
Publishes reviews filter and synthesize primary research to identify the principal contributions in the field of physical chemistry.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Documents advances in all areas of chemical research. Publishes papers across a wide range of chemistry, presenting new methodologies applied to important problems, new synthetic methods, novel theoretical advances and significant new results on structures and reactions.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science
An important new forum to promote cross-disciplinary research on computational chemistry, biochemistry and materials science
Nature Communications
Covers research across the biological, chemical and physical sciences.
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
This journal contains review articles covering all aspects of chemistry.
Advanced Functional Materials
Covers all aspects of materials science from an interdisciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on new materials and methods for their preparation, modification and investigation.
Chemical Science
Publishes findings of exceptional significance from across the chemical sciences.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews
Forum for communication among scientists in various fields of photochemistry and aims to promote new interdisciplinary fields.

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