Answered By: Beverly Colby
Last Updated: Jan 17, 2023     Views: 59

Depending on what you want to find, you can use different strategies to search a chemistry database. You might want to look up registry numbers, unique physical properties, a specific chemical structure, or technical journal articles.

A good place to start is the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), which is available through SciFinder-n. To learn how to create an account and access the database, visit our SciFinder-n FAQ page.

You can also check this this list of databases for more Chemistry-related scholarly resources.

NOTE: When you search the library catalog, you are NOT searching our databases. If you want to search all of our databases for articles, select the Article Quick Search tab before entering your keywords. This option is located on the library home page, as shown in the screenshot below:

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Comments (2)

  1. The most important database by far is Chemical Abstracts on Scifinder Scholar.

    See: http://libguides.uml.edu/c.php?g=110997&p=721083

    You will need to register at:
    https://origin-scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=4ADC1A7C-86F3-F00A-11EB-C56B747632B1
    To login go to
    https://scifinder.cas.org/scifinder/login?TYPE=33554433&REALMOID=06-b7b15cf0-642b-1005-963a-830c809fff21&GUID=&SMAUTHREASON=0&METHOD=GET&SMAGENTNAME=N5LURS3ZP27EsoWzPgDW3t9KUJFAHyn0sNCiKTUMDz08SdINDODcOthrLqaLzJNX&TARGET=-SM-http%3a%2f%2fscifinder%2ecas%2eorg%3a443%2fscifinder%2f
    by Margaret A. Manion on Sep 05, 2017
  2. Thanks Margaret! I have updated the answer to include your information.
    by Sara Marks on Sep 05, 2017