SciFinder-n
Description: Is the Academic Interface for Chemical Abstracts (the most heavily used information tool in chemistry) by CAS (a division of ACS), which provides content from more than 10,000 major scientific journals worldwide, patent and patent family references from patent authorities around the world, dissertations, meeting abstracts, electronic-only journals, and other reputable web sources.
Special Note:
1) Visit this page https://apps.lib.csus.edu/databases/scifinder/ to obtain access.
2) Training materials are available online. You can contact the Physical Sciences Librarian Mary-Kate Finnegan and receive one on one training.
Important News! SciFinder has updated it's look and improved the usability of the database. SciFinder NO LONGER supports Explorer 6. Please see the list of supported browsers for more specific systems requirements.
Core index to the biomedical literature, covering 5,500 journals in medicine and related sciences. Excellent for biochemistry and other bio- topics like bionano-, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering. Search results are "mapped" to the database's subject headings to retrieve additional articles.
ACS (American Chemical Society) Web Edition
Description: A collection (over 30) of the most-cited, peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences. Includes the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society (the most cited chemistry journal in the world).
