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- SciFinder
Web version of SciFinder Scholar, Chemical Abstracts Service's database of literature from many scientific disciplines including chemistry, biomedical sciences, materials science, environmental science, and more. Also covers patent literature, compound, and reaction information. Available to current WFU students, faculty, and staff only. Coverage: 1907-. Format: Articles: Scholarly Journals
- Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
A multidisciplinary index, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, covering approximately 2,100 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts, with all cited references captured. Some of the disciplines covered include: agriculture, neuroscience, astronomy, oncology, biochemistry, pediatrics, biology, pharmacology, biotechnology, physics, chemistry, plant sciences, computer science, psychiatry, materials science, surgery, mathematics, veterinary science, medicine, and zoology. Coverage: 1945-. Format: Articles: Scholarly Journals
- PubMed
PubMed provides access to MEDLINE, a database of citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Other services within PubMed include the Journal Browser, MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) Browser, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. A user-friendly online tutorial is available at the site. PubMed also provides access to molecular biology databases in the National Center for Biotechnology Information s (NCBI) Entrez retrieval system with components for searching DNA and protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes. Coverage: 1946-. Format: Articles: Scholarly Journals
Articles: Newspapers & Magazines (7)
- Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions
Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions was discontinued in 2014 and replaced by Synthetic Reaction Updates. Each monthly issue of Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions contained around 200 graphical abstracts selected from key journals in the field, covering all areas of catalysis research including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, and kinetic and theoretical studies.
- Chemical Hazards in Industry
Chemical Hazards in Industry provides you with details of literature reports on safety and health hazards surrounding chemicals encountered in chemical and related industries.
- Laboratory Hazards Bulletin
Laboratory Hazards Bulletin provides details of literature reports on safety measures, potential hazards and new legislation affecting workers in laboratories.
- Natural Product Updates
Natural Product Updates is a literature updating service keeping you current with recent developments in natural products chemistry. Covering a wide range of primary sources, Natural Product Updates includes articles published in the recent scientific literature, which are searchable by topic, natural source, biological activity and structure type.
- ProQuest Materials Science Database
Featuring content from 1962 to present, the database supports materials science research, covering topics such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials and dealing with areas such as corrosion, molding and casting, treatment, recycling, testing, finishing, welding, and forming.
- ProQuest Science Database
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s. Coverage: 1986-.
- Synthetic Reaction Updates
Synthetic Reaction Updates is a literature updating service keeping you up to date with recent developments in synthetic organic chemistry.
Articles: Scholarly Journals (16)
- AGRICOLA
AGRICOLA contains records covering every major agricultural subject. Coverage: 1970-.
- Analytical Abstracts
Covering a wide range of sources from 1980 to the present day, you can search literature records in Analytical Abstracts for specific analytes, matrices or techniques. Coverage: 1980-.
- Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions
Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions was discontinued in 2014 and replaced by Synthetic Reaction Updates. Each monthly issue of Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions contained around 200 graphical abstracts selected from key journals in the field, covering all areas of catalysis research including homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, and kinetic and theoretical studies.
- Chemical Hazards in Industry
Chemical Hazards in Industry provides you with details of literature reports on safety and health hazards surrounding chemicals encountered in chemical and related industries.
- Embase
Embase is a multipurpose and up-to-date biomedical database. It covers international biomedical literature from 1947 to the present day and all articles are indexed using Elsevier's Life Science thesaurus Embase Indexing and Emtree.
- Laboratory Hazards Bulletin
Laboratory Hazards Bulletin provides details of literature reports on safety measures, potential hazards and new legislation affecting workers in laboratories.
- Methods in Organic Synthesis
Methods in Organic Synthesis was discontinued in 2014 and replaced by Synthetic Reaction Updates. The historical content of Methods in Organic Synthesis is available to Synthetic Reaction Updates subscribers. Each monthly issue of Methods in Organic Synthesis contained around 200 graphical abstracts selected from key journals in the field, covering all areas of synthetic chemistry including new reactions and reagents, asymmetric synthesis, and enzymatic transformations.
- Natural Product Updates
Natural Product Updates is a literature updating service keeping you current with recent developments in natural products chemistry. Covering a wide range of primary sources, Natural Product Updates includes articles published in the recent scientific literature, which are searchable by topic, natural source, biological activity and structure type.
- ProQuest Materials Science Database
Featuring content from 1962 to present, the database supports materials science research, covering topics such as metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, and biomaterials and dealing with areas such as corrosion, molding and casting, treatment, recycling, testing, finishing, welding, and forming.
- ProQuest Science Database
This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences. With coverage dating back to 1986, ProQuest Science Journals features over 1030 titles, with more than 760 available in full text. Search over 2.7M records, dating back to the mid 1980s. Coverage: 1986-.
- PubMed
PubMed provides access to MEDLINE, a database of citations covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and preclinical sciences. Other services within PubMed include the Journal Browser, MeSH (Medical Subject Heading) Browser, Citation Matcher, and Clinical Queries. A user-friendly online tutorial is available at the site. PubMed also provides access to molecular biology databases in the National Center for Biotechnology Information s (NCBI) Entrez retrieval system with components for searching DNA and protein sequences, 3-D protein structure data, population study data sets, and assemblies of complete genomes. Coverage: 1946-.
- Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
A multidisciplinary index, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences. It indexes more than 5,700 major journals across 164 scientific disciplines, covering approximately 2,100 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts, with all cited references captured. Some of the disciplines covered include: agriculture, neuroscience, astronomy, oncology, biochemistry, pediatrics, biology, pharmacology, biotechnology, physics, chemistry, plant sciences, computer science, psychiatry, materials science, surgery, mathematics, veterinary science, medicine, and zoology. Coverage: 1945-.
- ScienceDirect
Access to over 1,000 full text journals published by Elsevier. Search individual title or browse multiple titles. Coverage includes Biochemistry and Biology, Business & Management, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Economics, Engineering & Technology, Environmental Science, Materials Science, Mathematics & Computer science, Medicine & Pharmacology, Neurosciences, Physics, Social Sciences. Coverage: varies.
- SciFinder
Web version of SciFinder Scholar, Chemical Abstracts Service's database of literature from many scientific disciplines including chemistry, biomedical sciences, materials science, environmental science, and more. Also covers patent literature, compound, and reaction information. Available to current WFU students, faculty, and staff only. Coverage: 1907-.
- Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Areas of focus include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
- Synthetic Reaction Updates
Synthetic Reaction Updates is a literature updating service keeping you up to date with recent developments in synthetic organic chemistry.
Books & E-Books (3)
- ACS Symposium Series eBooks
ACS eBooks are developed from ACS technical divisions' symposia. The series covers a broad range of topics including agricultural and food chemistry, cellulose and renewable materials, chemical education, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, materials, and many others.
- Open Education North Carolina Collection
Open Education North Carolina Collection is a collection of free textbooks that are part of NC LIVE's Open Education North Carolina (OENC) initiative.
- Springer Protocols
Springer Protocols is a database of reproducible, step-by-step laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences. Compiles protocols from book series Methods in Molecular Biology, Methods in Molecular Medicine, Methods in Biotechnology, Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Neuromethods, as well as from a number of Laboratory Handbooks. Coverage: 1980-.
Encyclopedias & Reference (8)
- AccessMedicine
A comprehensive online medical education resource. Includes reference tools, images, a diagnostic tool, drug information, and patient information. Also includes medical textbooks, cases, videos, and self-assessment for medical students.
- ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication covers classic journal authoring topics, styling conventions needed for all scholarly communication, and emerging areas of interest in scholarly communication. The new Guide covers all instructions from previous editions of The ACS Style Guide - completely updated and modernized - as well as a wealth of brand new chapters covering everything from preprints, Open Access, machine-readable data, and much more.
- CRC Combined Chemical Dictionary
The Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) Web Version is a chemical database containing over 500,000 substances which are formerly available from the following products:<br /> Dictionary of Analytical Reagents<br /> Dictionary of Carbohydrates<br /> Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds<br /> Dictionary of Natural Products<br /> Dictionary of Organic Compounds<br /> Dictionary of Drugs (formerly PharmaSource)
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
An authoritative reference source containing physical formulas and mathematical tables used in labs every day. Includes all the figures, data, and tables found in the print version.
- Credo Reference
Credo Reference includes over 650 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,100 short reference videos, nearly 450,000 high-resolution art images, photographs and maps across all subject areas.
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
Systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents used in organic synthesis. The database lists reactions and the most frequently consulted reagents and catalysts. Searchable by structure and substructure, reagent, reaction type and experimental conditions, etc.
- Gale eBooks
Searchable full text of reference books in many subjects. Books can be searched together or individually. Coverage: varies.
- Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD)
Database of published structures with atomic coordinates.
Multi-Subject Databases (1)
- Scopus
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Areas of focus include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Video & Multimedia (3)
- JoVE Chemistry
JoVE Chemistry surveys a broad scope of chemical disciplines. This collection includes fundamental and applied research that investigates molecular interactions, properties, and structure spanning in the following core divisions: analytical, organic, organometallic, inorganic, bioinorganic, and biochemistry. This section also includes the design and preparation of materials and small molecules for advanced or unique applications.
- JoVE Chemistry Science Education
JoVE Chemistry Science Education includes access to Essentials of General Chemistry, Essentials to Organic Chemistry, and Essentials to Analytical Chemistry.
- JoVE General Laboratory Techniques
JoVE Science Education. This video collection exhibits how to use standard pieces of laboratory equipment and how to perform basic laboratory functions. Each video is paired with additional resources to show practical applications of the technique and other complementary skills.