BIBLIOGRAPHIC/ARTICLE DATABASES

Bibliographic/Article Databases


Main Databases

Chemical Abstracts / SciFinder Scholar UIUC
Chemical Abstracts, produced by Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society, is an index of journal articles, patents, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and books in many areas of the chemical sciences, including biochemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, applied chemistry, chemical engineering, macromolecular chemistry, and organic chemistry. In addition to the chemical sciences, Chemical Abstracts indexes information on agriculture, biology, engineering, geology, materials science, medicine, and physics.

Chemical Abstracts can also be searched via SciFinder Scholar, which can be accessed at the public access computers in the Chemistry Library.

Help with using SciFinder Scholar:

Beilstein/Gmelin UIUC
Beilstein is an enormous database of information on organic chemistry. It includes information on over 8 million compounds, 9 million reactions, and indexes over 180 journals. Gmelin is a database of information on inorganic and organometallic chemistry. It has information on 1.6 million compounds, 1.3 million reactions, and indexes 61 journals. Beilstein and Gmelin can be accessed via the public access computers in the Chemistry Library, or by installing the Beilstein/Gmelin Crossfire client on your computer. Here are download instructions for MDL Beilstein/Gmelin Crossfire 7.0.

Additional help with searching Beilstein/Gmelin can be found at UW-Madison Library Beilstein Page. Also Check out the University of Pennsylvania Library's Beilstein CrossFire Tutorial.

Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science in ISI Web of Knowledge) UIUC
This resource allows you to find articles by author, title, or keyword, then gives you the opportunity to trace ideas and their influence by following both forward and backwards references to an article appearing in the scientific literature. This electronic version of Science Citation Index covers from 1980 to the present.

There are several free ways to learn more about using Web of Science; those interested can follow a tutorial, listen to recorded training sessions, or attend a live web-based training class.

Scopus (1960-present) UIUC
This is an abstract and citation database containing over 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from over 4,000 international publishers. Scopus also covers books, conference proceedings, web sites, reports, and patents.

For help on using Scopus, check out the interactive tutorials, the quick reference guide [pdf], the getting started materials [pdf], or the how it works section.

Other Databases

  • Conference papers index (1982-present) UIUC
    Index to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings worldwide.
  • Current Contents (1993-present) UIUC
    Identifies international journal articles and books in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Includes access to tables of contents. Learn how to save a search or set up email alerts through this guide from the UIUC Education Library.
  • Entrez: The Life Sciences Search Engine
    Allows users to search across all NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) database (including PubMed, PubChem, protein sequence database, data sets, online books, and the National Library of Medicine catalog).
  • Faculty of 1000 (2002-present) UIUC
    Identifies important and interesting biological papers based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading scientists.
  • Google Scholar
    Search for academic articles on the web. Off-campus affiliates of UIUC should check out the library's guide to Configuring Google Scholar for off-campus use.
  • PubMed
    From the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Includes links to determine which articles are available through the UIUC library.
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (ISI Web of Science) (1982-present) UIUC
    See description above.
  • Toxicology Abstracts (1981-present) UIUC
    Comprehensive coverage of articles in the field of toxicology. Includes data on issues from natural to man-made toxins (including drugs), current and past legislation, and studies covering household products and pharmaceuticals.
  • Water Resources Abstracts (1967-present) UIUC
    Contains information from the world's technical and scientific literature on any issues related to water resources, including "characteristics, conservation, control, pollution, treatment, use and management."
  • Web of Knowledge UIUC
    Search for articles and cited references in the following databases: Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index); Biological Abstracts; CAB Abstracts (agriculture, forestry, and bioscience); Food Science and Technology Abstracts; MEDLINE; Web Citation Index; and Zoological Record.