Best Bets for Chemistry Research
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly articles in natural science and social science. Contains full-text articles and abstracts from peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
- American Chemical Society Web Edition This link opens in a new windowUse to find articles covering topics in all areas of chemistry. Contains full-text articles. Sourced from the American Chemical Society publications.
- SciFindern This link opens in a new windowUse to find information related to chemistry, biochemistry, and engineering. Contains journal articles, information on substances, reactions and references.
How to Use
First time users must register for a SciFindern account. You only need to register one time.
- PubChemPubChem is an open chemistry database from National Institutes of Health (NIH). It provides information on chemical structures, identifiers, chemical and physical properties, biological activities, patents, health, safety, toxicity data, and many others.
You can also find links to peer-reviewed literature in PubChem.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowUse to find interdisciplinary articles from academic publishers, professional societies, institutional and preprint repositories posted on the web. Use the "Find @ Le Moyne Library" links in the search results as well as other links provided by the search engine to locate the full-text of articles. Contains full-text and abstracts of scholarly articles.
How to Use - PubMed This link opens in a new windowUse to find a free and accessible version of MedLine from the National Library of Medicine, a database that contains references to peer-reviewed articles about life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. Contains citations and abstracts from over 4000 medical and biomedical journals in the U.S. and other countries. Sourced from the National Library of Medicine.
Scholarly vs. Popular Articles
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Scholarly Articles |
Popular Articles |
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· Author is expert in the field-author’s credentials in the field are established, and they likely hold an appropriate degree in their field · Lengthy bibliography at end of article · Based on original research, or new applications of others’ research · Written for a scholarly audience in that field of study (difficult for other s to read) · Example: : "Factors explaining alien plant invasion success in a tropical ecosystem" |
· Usually appear in magazines, newspapers or non-scholarly journals (lots of glossy, shiny pictures and advertisements) · Typically written by journalists (not experts in the field) · Written for a popular audience, easy to read and understand · Typically doesn’t include a bibliography · Summarize or present research findings for public · Example: "Gecko Tail Has a Mind of Its Own" |
What does Peer-Reviewed Mean?
What is the Peer Review Process?
Peer reviewed articles are the appropriate type of resource to use for your assignments. Peer reviewed articles primarily appear in academic, scientific, or other scholarly publications. When an article is considered "peer reviewed," that means that it has undergone the peer review process.
Peer review is a process in which an article is judged by an impartial panel of two or more experts in the field; these experts are called "peer reviewers." Peer reviewers primarily focus on ensuring that an article does not have any errors or biases in terms of its experimental procedures and analyses, that the article's findings make a substantial contribution to its field, and that the article provides new information within its specified field.
In order to find scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles, it is most efficient to use the library's databases (see Finding Articles on left).