Major Databases

• Provides access to scholarly citations in chemistry and related fields.
• Updated Biweekly
• Available only to users at the Claremont Colleges or connecting to a Claremont Colleges proxy server or modem pool.
• Also requires download of proprietary CAS software, instructions for which are at this link. Check with your IT people before using with college owned equipment.
• Covers all the chemical literature. This is the database for chemists worldwide.

Web of Science

• Provides access to scholarly science and social science journal article citations, with "Get this item" links to fulltext.
• Sciences citation index: 1955-present
• Social sciences citation index: 1956-present
• Great for finding the most important (heavily cited) articles in the sciences and social sciences. Can also be used to find articles citing a known important work on your topic, or related to it based on shared citations.
• Help using this database is available.

Other Databases

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology

• Contains many helpful navigation tools; articles can be browsed by an alphabetically organized subject list, or by the database’s search feature. Also contains a handy acronym finder.
• Articles are full text.
• Subjects include, but are not limited to, Analytical Techniques, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chemical Reactions, Energy, Environmental Protection, Inorganic Chemicals, Materials, Organic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Processes and Process Engineering, and Renewable Resources.

• Provides access to over 11 million citations in medicine and biology.
• National Library of Medicine's search engine for Medline, PreMedline and related databases
• 1966-Present
• Great for finding scholarly articles in biomedicine and related fields of research
• Contains links to many full-text articles in journals to which we subscribe electronically