LibGuides: Chemistry Help Guide: Find Articles

Finding Articles

EBSCOhost Titles

Below is a small selection of journals available through the EBSCOhost Databases. Click on each title to browse and search current issues in EBSCO. You may also conduct advanced keyword searches in these journals by listing the journal's ISSN as part of your search.

Science
A peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This journal publishes news, opinion, and research for multiple scientific disciplines.
ISSN: 00368075
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary scientific journal that publishes research, reviews, and commentaries.
ISSN: 10916490
Materials
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes research on materials science and engineering.
ISSN: 19961944

American Chemical Society (ACS) Titles

OCCC subscribes to the following five journals from the American Chemical Society. Click each title below to browse and search issues on the ACS website.

The Journal of the American Chemical Society, and the Journal of Chemical Education publish research in a broad range of topics related to chemistry. Chemical Reviews publishes reviews of chemistry research that may be more accessible to beginner researchers. The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters publishes research and reviews on topics specific to organic chemistry.

The databases linked below may be helpful in finding resources related to chemistry. Academic Search Ultimate, in particular, offers a large collection of scientific journals.

Academic Search Ultimate
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with most full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.
GreenFILE
Offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,000,000 records.
MEDLINE Complete
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing to search citations from over 5,400 current biomedical journals.
Newspaper Source Plus
Includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

JSTOR
Contains peer-reviewed journals, books, images, and primary sources. This database is an useful resource for historical information on any subject.

When using a database to find articles from magazines, journals, and newspapers, it is important to understand the different types of sources.

Scholarly Sources

Scholarly, or "peer-reviewed" sources, are written by scholars for other scholars and students in a particular field.
These sources undergo an extensive review process (peer-review) before they are published.
Usually uses highly technical, specific language in the article.

Trade Sources

Trade sources are written for experts and students in a given field.
Although they are not scholarly in nature, trade publications can be excellent sources of information.

Popular Sources

Popular sources are written for a general audience.
Popular sources range from entertainment magazines like People to highly regarded national newspapers, such as The New York Times.
Evaluate articles to make sure they are credible and relevant to your assignment.

Researching platforms, like EBSCOHost, uses a different set of vocabulary words than you may have used before. Below you will find terms that will help you refine your results while searching.

Databases: Select relevant databases that are related to your search. Selecting all the databases will bring back results that aren't related to your topic.
Keywords: Use keywords, not sentences .
Add Keywords: Add additional keywords in the second or third search box to help narrow your topic.
Exclude Keywords: If your results bring back a lot of articles that isn't what you're looking for, but has a keyword in common, you can remove it from your search by using "NOT" instead of "AND" in the keyword area.
Full Text: Limits your results to only articles that are available to be viewed in their entirety. This is good for when you really want to find an article you can start reading right away, but bad because you will not see results for articles that are available in paper format in the OCCC Library. Also, you will not see other relevant articles that are not owned that you could then order via Interlibrary Loan.
Peer Reviewed: Limits your results to only peer reviewed or scholarly articles.Your instructor will let you know if you need this type of article. If you aren't sure, ask your instructor or let a librarian read your assignment.
Publication Date: Check to see if your assignment requires an article to be published within a specific date range.
Source Type: Limits your results to a specific source like newspaper, magazine, or academic journal.
Change Keywords: Sometimes there are synonyms for different words. If you don't like your results, consider changing the keyword to something similar (example: child, infant, toddler, etc.)

Using an EBSCOHost Database

EBSCOHost is a great way to get the articles you need for class. Follow the steps below or use the slide show to get started.

From the library homepage, locate the "Start Your Search" box.
Select "EBSCOHost Databases" from the "Articles" tab.
Type in your keywords or search terms into the search bar.
Review your results by scrolling down the page.
- You can add filters or limiters from the "All Filters" button.
Click on the title of the article to view the item's record.
To begin viewing, click on PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text under the title of the article.
- If an article you want does not have these options, use the Interlibrary Loan form to request a copy. A link to the form should be in the article record where you would see the PDF Full Text or HTML Full Text.

You can access citation and emailing tools from icons located towards the top right of your screen.

Chemistry Help Guide

Finding Articles

EBSCOhost Titles

American Chemical Society (ACS) Titles

Using an EBSCOHost Database

EBSCOhost Article Tutorial [Video]