LibGuides: Chemistry and Biochemistry: A Guide to McFarlin Library Resources: Home

Purpose of this Research Guide

This Library Research Guide will provide information about and access to some of the most significant research materials available from McFarlin Library related to the study of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

If you're just beginning your research or you want to develop a basic understanding of Chemistry and Biochemistry, check out the Books & E-Books tab. Books often synthesize the available scholarship on a topic. This makes them an excellent resource when you need a lot of information quickly (including historical information), you want to put a topic in context with other issues, or you need a good summary of research. McFarlin Library provides books in both print and electronic formats.

If you're doing more in-depth research, such as for an upper division or graduate class or a senior project, you'll probably want to track down some journal articles on your topic. Check out what's in the Journal Articles tab. You'll learn about the major resources McFarlin has that will help you identify and retrieve professional and scholarly articles on Chemistry-related topics.

Best Bets for Research

CAS Analytical Methods This link opens in a new window
"CAS Analytical Methods makes it simple to locate, compare, and understand analytical methods published in top journals. CAS Analytical Methods addresses the challenges that analytical scientists face such as time pressure, lack of process, lack of method details in literature and limited resources. With this solution it is easy to browse and find methods that may have not existed in or are buried in primary literature." -- CAS
CAS Analytical Methods is part of the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform. If you do not already have a SciFindern account, you will need to create one here. The account is free.
CAS Formulus This link opens in a new window
"The CAS Formulations collection is indexed by a team of scientists from a variety of patent and journal literature sources, as well as product insert databases. Literature originally published in Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean is curated and made searchable. Formulation results are grouped by “similarity” to reduce the number of results within an answer set. Similarity is determined by attributes such as intended use of the product, specific features of the product, and/or the physical form of the product. CAS curates formulations from journals, patents, and product inserts in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and cosmetics and personal care industries." -- CAS
CAS Formulus is part of the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform. If you do not already have a SciFindern account, you will need to create one here. The account is free.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window
The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics provides you with quick access to authoritative information relating to terminology, symbols, constants, properties and other data for elements, compounds, fluids, solids, gases, metals and more.
SciFindern This link opens in a new window
CAS SciFindern is the latest scientific information solution from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. In addition to the reference, substance, reaction and supplier content found in CAS SciFinder®, CAS SciFindern includes relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, sequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and much more—all accessible in a simple, easy-to-use interface. SciFindern now includes both ChemZent (over 3 million abstracts from Chemisches Zentralblatt) and PatentPak (full-text patent documents in PDF). It is also designed to function easily on mobile devices.
SciFindern is part of the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform. If you do not already have a SciFindern account, you will need to create one here. The account is free.

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