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CHM Summer Research

Important Links

Here are a few resources to get you started in finding articles related to you research.

SciFinder
The most comprehensive database produced by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) for chemical literature that allows you to explore the CAS database which contains literature for many scientific disciplines. All users are required to register before using SciFinder. Click here to register using your @my.wheaton.edu email account. View pdf file below for step-by-step directions, or email the Chemistry Librarian for assistance.

SciFinder Registration Directions

Web of Science (All Databases)
Search the world’s leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the natural and social sciences.

Web of Science Quick Reference Guide
Features and limiters available when searching in the Web of Science database.

Google Scholar
A good familiar, general purpose starting point for research, especially when user accounts are linked to Wheaton College's resources.

Google Scholar Settings
Screen by screen instructions showing users how to link their Google accounts to some of Wheaton College's institutional resources.

Chemistry Subject Guide
A list of resources that can help you find additional information (spectral data, property data, nomenclature, etc.)