LibGuides: CHEM 105: Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Find Articles

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Off-Campus Access to Journals, Ebooks, and Databases: Use AnyConnect VPN. When logging in, select the 2 Step Secured - althruucsd option (click to see an example). Duo two-step login also required. On campus? Use the UCSD-Protected wifi network.

LOOKING FOR JOURNAL ARTICLES? START HERE.

SciFinder Regstration: read the setup instructions, and click SciFinder Registration. SciFinder requires a one-time registration, and you'll need to create a username and password when you login to use it.

For examples of searching in Web of Science and SciFinder, refer to Find Articles (Examples).

Web of Science
Indexes 18,000+ journals and 180,000 conference proceedings, heavily in the sciences and engineering. Easy interface for building and/or searches to include alternative keywords. Article records include cited and citing references, with related articles identified based on common citations. Good place to begin your search.
SciFinderⁿ
Comprehensive index to the chemical literature. Use the Research Topic search to find articles related to your lab experiments.
Inspec
Indexes journals and conference proceedings in engineering and physics (including physical chemistry).
Google Scholar
A better alternative to searching Google because it searches the scholarly literature rather than "everything." Very limited tools for refining searches, but you can go into the advanced search to limit a word or phrase be found in the title only. Indexes at the full text article level so it may identify articles not found in other databases.

ACS Style Guide

The ACS Style Guide, 3rd edition
ISBN: 9780841239999
Covers all aspects of writing papers in ACS style, from grammar to nomenclature. For formatting citations, consult Chapter 14.

How do I get the article?

In most of our databases, you'll see this button next to each reference. Clicking this button may open up the article automatically, or you will see options to get the article: