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Best Bet Databases in Chemistry > Chemical Engineering

SciFinder
Access available via SciFinder Web or SciFinder Scholar (client). SciFinder Web requires account registration with UMass Amherst email account. License terms require that users connect to SciFinder Web or SciFinder Scholar through a computer on the UMass Amherst network. Off-campus access using the client (Scholar) is available via dial-up connections to OIT only.
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases of chemistry and related scientific fields. Mid 1800's -
Also known as: Chemical Abstracts
MEDLINE
CAPlus
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Web of Science
Works poorly with Safari.
Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language journals. Arts and Humanities covers 1975-present; Social Sciences 1956-present; and Science 1900-present.
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American Chemical Society Web Editions
The Society’s 30 or so journals online, 1879-present.
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ScienceDirect
Full-text scholarly journals in the sciences and the social sciences. Dates of coverage vary: oldest is 1994-present.
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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Online version of the 88th edition of this indispensable reference for chemical and physical data. Current.
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Additional Databases in Chemistry > Chemical Engineering

Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Analytical WebBase
The online version of the Royal Society of Chemists (UK)’s Analytical Abstracts. Indexes scholarly journals in the field of analytical chemistry, 1978-present.
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Beilstein
Beilstein will only work on a computer with a UMass Amherst IP address. A dial-up account from OIT will provide users with a UMass Amherst IP address.
Searching requires installation of CrossFire Commander client software. This software can be downloaded from http://minerva.library.wisc.edu

A compendium of organic chemistry data on over 7 million compounds, including structures, physical properties, reactions, and literature citations, 1800-present.
Also known as: Crossfire Reactions
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Dissertations and Theses
Most North American, and a few European and Asian dissertations and theses. Citations from 1861-; full text of first 24 pages 1997-; and UMass Amherst's in full text 1997-present.
Also known as: Proquest Dissertations and Theses
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Dissertations and Theses @ UMass Amherst
Fulltext of UMass Amherst dissertations 1997-present.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
Articles from scholarly and general-interest periodicals relating to the humanities, social sciences, and non-technical general sciences, 1980-present.
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Food Science and Technology Abstracts
Articles in 1,800 food science journals, plus other scholarly material, on all aspects of food science, nutrition, and processing, 1969-present.
Also known as: FSTA
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ISI Proceedings
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Indexes published literature of the most significant conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and conventions in the sciences and social sciences, 2001-present.
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Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Comprehensive articles on topics in chemistry and chemical engineering, with bibliographies. Current.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Official Methods of Analysis of the AOAC
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Standards for analytical chemists.
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Science.gov
A site that organizes access to agriculture, computer, health, energy and other scientific information from U.S. government agencies. Current.
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