Chemistry Research

SciFinder Scholar is the primary database for Chemistry research.

Why should I use SciFinder?

You can look for articles on your research topic just like in any other library resource, but SciFinder also has information and search features that are specialized for doing research in Chemistry:

• search by molecular formula, chemical structure, or reaction
• find information on the physical properties of substances
• categorize search results by areas of chemistry (analytical, physical, synthetic, etc)

ACS style citations for journal articles don't always include an article's title. They may look like this:

Gottschlich, N.; Jacobson, S. C.; Culbertson, C. T.;   Ramsey, J. M. Anal. Chem. 2001, 73, 2669-2674.

That means you might have to find an article without knowing its title. You will also have an abbreviated version of the journal's title.

Here are two methods you can use to do this.

• Option 1

1. If the article has three or more authors, enter all of their last names into the main search box on the library homepage.
2. Check the first result to see if the name of the journal, the year of publication, and the volume number all match your citation.
3. If they match, click the Full Text Online link. If they don't, look at the next few results until you find the correct source.

• Option 2

1. If the article has one or two authors, use the "Search for Periodicals" link on the Library website to look up the abbreviated journal title. In this example, it would be Anal. Chem. 
2. Follow the link to the journal website - make sure the year in your citation fits into the years you see before the link.
3. On the journal website, find a link to the journal's archive or list of all issues.
4. Link to the correct year and volume, then scroll through the list of articles until you get to the starting page number from your citation.