Goal: To give an overview of the availability of electronic resources in Chemistry made available by Lehigh's library services.

Before proceeding, you might to glance over this webpage, which gives an overview of Lehigh University library resources in the sciences.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SciFinder Scholar 2004
Web of Science 
Other Science Databases
Obtaining Copies of Papers
Contact Information For Further Assistance
 
 

SciFinder Scholar 2004

What it is: an easy to use search interface for chemical literature and chemical information that you can download to your computer.

See here for information about accessing SciFinder Scholar 2004.

To learn more about SciFinder Scholar

If you want to learn more about SciFinder Scholar, see:

• CAS webpage about SciFinder Scholar
  

Allows you to start with a document and find references that cite it. This way you can build up a bibliography of related works.
 

Access

SciFinder Scholar and Science Citation Index are only two of the databases that Lehigh's libraries make available. See here for an alphabetical and subject breakdown of databases. Some databases on this list worth considering for chemistry research:

• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts

• Chemical Abstracts Student Edition

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

• INSPEC   Includes coverage of Physical Chemistry topics. Examples are: chemical kinetics, reaction mechanisms, polymer reactions, photochemistry, electrochemistry, radiation chemistry, chemical thermodynamics, surface chemistry.  See INSPEC Classification 1999 ,  025.06 I59c 1999 in FM Reference area,  for details of coverage.

If you have used bibliographic databases to find references and abstracts for papers that look interesting, how do you actually locate the paper(s) that are of interest to you?

(1.) First, check ASA to see if Lehigh has the journal, either in paper or electronic format.
(Also, check to see if there is a full text linkage from the bibliographic database you search.)

(2.) If not, you may want to see if one of the regional libraries has the journal.

(3.) You may order the article through interlibrary loan. An additional way to find papers: browse the tables of contents of recent issues or archived (bound) copies in the library, or look for relevant electronic journals browsable here by title or linked on ASA.
 

At any point in your research, email Brian Simboli if you have any questions. You may also call me at x5003 or drop by my office at Room 633 in Fairchild-Martindale Library. On Tuesday afternoons I am usually in the consulting office behind the help desk on the first floor of the library.