Chemistry & Physics Databases

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Most Useful

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Academic Search Complete

Multidisciplinary database that indexes journals from a wide range of subject areas, including literature, history, ethnic studies, computer science, engineering, physics, chemistry, and medical sciences. Includes many fulltext articles. 

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: scholarly articles
ACS Publications Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
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American Mathematical Society Journals

Collection of journals published by the American Mathematical Society. 

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: scholarly articles
Science Direct

Index to hundreds of journals from a wide range of subject areas, including science, computer science, medicine, education, business and social science.

Dates of coverage: 1993 - present
Content Type: scholarly articles
SciFinder Scholar

Full text access to: Chemical Abstracts since 1907, Chemical Abstracts Registry CASREACT: since 1974, Medline since 1985, Chemcats and ChemList since 1979. This service works best with Internet Explorer / Edge browsers.  First time users MUST register.

Dates of coverage: 1907 - present
Content Type: scholarly articles
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science)

Multidisciplinary database that covers over 1700 journals in a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, psychology, political science, public health and sociology.

Dates of coverage: 1980 - present
Content Type: scholarly articles

Also Useful

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Blackwell Science Journals/Synergy

Now called Wiley Online Library. Access to over 1,600 journals, 200 reference works and 21,000 online books. Subjects include: Business, Finance & Management; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth Science; Education; Engineering; Law; Life and Medical Sciences; Mathematics and Statistics; Physics; Psychology.

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: reference source, scholarly articles
IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Fulltext collection of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) conference proceedings, journals and standards. Some fulltext available from 1950 to the present.

Dates of coverage: 1988 - present
Content Type: scholarly articles
Wiley Online Library

Access to over 1,600 journals, 200 reference works and 21,000 online books. Subjects include: Business, Finance & Management; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth Science; Education; Engineering; Law; Life and Medical Sciences; Mathematics and Statistics; Physics; Psychology

Dates of coverage: Coverage varies.
Content Type: ebooks, reference source, scholarly articles