LibGuides: Chemistry: Getting started

Chemistry Librarian

Jodi Psoter

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Perkins Library

919-660-5926

Subjects: Chemistry, Sciences, Statistical Science

Key resources

SciFinder
Search for chemistry-related literature, patents, and substance and reaction data. NEW USERS: You must create an account here to begin using Scifinder.

Create a SciFinder account
This is the key chemistry database.
First time users: set up an account using your @duke.edu email address. You MUST be campus for this initial login.

Web of Science
Search for articles from scholarly journals in all areas of chemistry in this multidisciplinary literature database. See who cited an article and link to cited articles.
PubMed
Free database from the National Library of Medicine. Focus on medical with lots of biochemical literature. Link through the library website to get full text article access.
Reaxys
Search for chemical information and journal articles related to chemical compounds and chemical reactions. It covers less than SciFinder, but does some things better (like reactions)
Scopus
Search peer-reviewed literature, including scientific journals, books and conference proceedings from multidisciplinary resources.

Crystal structure data

Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)
Search a collection of crystal structure data of inorganic compounds recorded in the literature of the field from 1913-present
WebCSD (Cambridge Structural Database)
Find published crystallographic data on organic, organometallic, and metal complex structures whose 3D structures have been determined

International Tables for Crystallography
Articles and tables of data including physical and chemical properties.

Protocols

Current Protocols in....
Lab protocol series from Wiley. Duke University Libraries does not subscribe to all titles.
Methods in Enzymology, 1955-present
Find preparations and assays of enzymes.
Nature Protocols
Experimental and lab protocols focused primarily in the areas of chemistry and biology.
Springer Protocols
Protocols in a variety of subjects from Springer. Request those we do not own from InterLibrary Requests.
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Essential methods for biomedical research techniques.

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