LibGuides: Chemistry: Journals & Databases

Key Resources for Chemistry

Science Direct This link opens in a new window
Journal articles from the publisher Elsevier. Advanced search gives you the option to choose subscribed journals so that you only find results available to you immediately - useful for getting started on a topic.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources in the fields of Medicine, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. The database also provides information on citation analysis for specific articles, authors, and journal metrics.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
A scientific citation indexing service that provides a comprehensive citation search. It gives access to multiple databases that reference cross-disciplinary research, which allows for in-depth exploration of specialised sub-fields within an academic or scientific discipline.

Web of Science for Chemists

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Useful resources for Chemistry

IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
IEEE covers electrical engineering, computer science and electronics but there are also articles related to chemistry and materials. We have access to the full text of all journal articles and most of the conference papers contained in the database.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE, NLM's database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences. Adds citations daily.

Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar

Google Scholar searches for scholarly materials. It is unclear what is indexed and how, so Google Scholar should be used in conjunction with other academic databases for more reliable results. It is important to note that Google Scholar links to some subscribed content. You can enable this feature on your device by going to the Google Menu, Settings, Library links and then selecting Swansea University from the access links for list.

Semantic Scholar is an artificial-intelligence backed search engine for academic publications including peer-reviewed research. It is useful to use alongside Google Scholar as it uses AI to extract meaning from research literature. To get started, visit semanticscholar.org and search for a paper, author, topic, or keyword. You can filter by field, date range, conference, and more to refine the search results as well as sort by relevance or recency.

Semantic Scholar Semantic Scholar is an artificial-intelligence backed search engine for academic publications including peer-reviewed research. It is useful to use alongside Google Scholar as the results can as it uses AI to extract meaning from research literature differ. To get started, visit semanticscholar.org and search for a paper, author, topic, or keyword. You can filter by field, date range, conference, and more to refine the search results as well as sort by relevance or recency. Mae Semantic Scholar yn ddeallusrwydd artiffisial wedi’i seilio ar beiriant chwilio ar gyfer cyhoeddiadau academaidd, gan gynnwys ymchwil a adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid. Mae’n ddefnyddiol i’w ddefnyddio ochr yn ochr â Google Scholar oherwydd bod y canlyniadau mae’n gallu eu cael yn defnyddio deallusrwydd artiffisial i echdynnu ystyr o lenyddiaeth ymchwil yn amrywio. I ddechrau, ewch i semanticscholar.org a chwilio am bapur, awdur, pwnc neu air allweddol. Gallwch hidlo yn ôl maes, ystod o ddyddiadau, cynhadledd a mwy i fireinio’r canlyniadau chwilio yn ogystal â’u trefnu yn ôl perthnasedd neu ddiweddaredd.
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Troubleshooting online journals

Many of our journals are available online, both on campus and from elsewhere using your Swansea University username and password. The documents below should help with common problems but if you still can't get into something which you think we subscribe to please let us know.

Online journals helpsheet

Browzine for Chemistry

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Download the browser extension to easily access full-text journal articles within our subscriptions when you are browsing the web and databases such as Scopus and PubMed.

Chemistry: Journals & Databases

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