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Key Databases - Chemistry

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SciFinder-n is a new product from CAS and is the next generation of the SciFinder database. It will run in parallel with the existing SciFinder database. It offers high performance search and quick and relevant results.
Off campus? Use your University DS login, and then enter your SciFinder username and password. The same username and password can be used for both SciFinder and SciFinder-n. First time users should contact help@strath.ac.uk to register.
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Reaxys is a factual chemistry database combining three major databases: Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry databases. It covers organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry and includes data on single and multi-step reactions, physical properties, structures and catalysts.
Strathclyde users must sign in to access many library eResources. Please follow any on-screen instructions and enter either your DS username and password or your University email address and password where prompted.
Analytical Abstracts [RSC Publishing] This link opens in a new window
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Analytical Abstracts, from the Royal Society of Chemistry provides analytical chemistry information. It covers more than 100 international journals and includes the full content of Analytical Abstracts from 1980 to date.
Strathclyde users must sign in to access many library eResources. Please follow any on-screen instructions and enter either your DS username and password or your University email address and password where prompted.

Additional Databases - Chemistry

Web of Science - all databases This link opens in a new window
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Web of Science is a platform consisting of multiple databases designed to support scientific and scholarly research. Content spans multiple disciplines, document types and formats.
Strathclyde users must sign in to access many library eResources. Please follow any on-screen instructions and enter either your DS username and password or your University email address and password where prompted.
SCOPUS This link opens in a new window
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Scopus is a comprehensive scientific, medical, technical and social science database containing all relevant literature.
Strathclyde users must sign in to access many library eResources. Please follow any on-screen instructions and enter either your DS username and password or your University email address and password where prompted.
ScienceDirect [Elsevier] This link opens in a new window
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ScienceDirect contains over 25% of the world's science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.
Strathclyde users must sign in to access many library eResources. Please follow any on-screen instructions and enter either your DS username and password or your University email address and password where prompted.

Guides and help

SciFinder-n Training Materials
SciFinder-n Training materials from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. The materials include videos, tutorials and PDF guides

Reaxys Guide
A short Library guide to using the Reaxys database. This guide refers to the new interface.

Elsevier Reaxys LibGuide
Reaxys LibGuide produced by Elsevier.
RxEd: Learning Chemistry with Reaxys
Reaxys videos on YouTube.
Reaxys Support Center
Support and training on using the Reaxys database from Elsevier B.V.
Scopus LibGuide
Guide to using the Scopus database.
ScienceDirect LibGuide
Guide to using the ScienceDirect database.
Web of Science Platform Training
Get Started with Web of Science. Includes the self-guided Web of Science course and other resources to help you use databases available from the Web of Science platform.

The Royal Society of Chemistry - How to read a journal article on their Higher Education Resources area can help you read and understand journal articles.

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Useful shelf numbers

Library books are arranged by the Dewey Decimal classification scheme whereby each subject is represented by a number.

You wil find books on the same subject will have the same number. The shelfmark is preceded by the letter D and will be followed by 3 letters, which are usually the first 3 letters of the author's name.

Here are some useful chemistry shelfmarks.

D 543 Analytical Chemistry

D 546 Inorganic Chemistry

D 547 Organic Chemistry

D 574.19 Biochemistry

D 615 Pharmacology and therapeutics

D 660.2 Chemical engineering