Guides: CHEM 120 & 121 General Chemistry I and II: Finding Articles

Chemistry Databases

SciFinder Scholar
Online access to databases, including Chemical Abstracts, Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCAT, and MEDLINE.
Users must register to use SciFinder Scholar.
This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
American Chemical Society Web Editions
Provides access to peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences. Includes access to The ACS Style Guide.
Chemical Science

Non-commercial subject specific open access repository for chemistry papers published in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemical Science journal.
PLoS (Public Library of Science)

Open-access, peer-reviewed journals across all areas of science and medicine.
ScienceDirect

Access to peer-reviewed scientific, technical and medical journals.
PubMed

Access to biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books from the National Library of Medicine.
Science (AAAS)
Peer-reviewed articles, original research reports, news sections, editorials, and special issues devoted to science-related topics.
Nature

Weekly journal of peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology
National Academies Press

PDFs of books in the physical and social sciences published by National Academies Press since 1980. Includes full-text searching capabilities.

Scopus

Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Wiley Online Library

Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.

SciTech Connect

Electronic, full-text reports processed by the U.S. Department of Energy, topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environment, energy, engineering, computer and information science, and renewable energy.