Chemistry: Databases

Register for your personal account; ask a Librarian for assistance. NOTE: If you try to register from off-campus, you will need to log into RCRC first. See instructions for RCRC at https://roanoke.edu/rcrc.

Use this link to log into your existing SciFinder Scholar account. Includes access to MethodsNow and PatentPak.

Search journals published by the American Chemical Society.

A bibliographic reference covering life science and biomedical research literature, this database contains archival records from as far back as 1969.

dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day and offering full text for graduate works added since 1997, along with selected full text for works written prior to 1997.

Covers environmental issues

Provides current members of the Roanoke College community complimentary access the Food Chemicals Codex.

Log in with your Scifinder username and password. MethodsNow is useful for analytical and synthetic methods in areas like pharmacology, HPLC, food analysis, natural product isolation analysis and water analysis. Saves time with easy access to method details from millions of disclosed procedures. Lets you quickly compare analytical methods side-by-side. Displays experimental details in easy-to-read table format. Includes materials, instrumentation, conditions and more. Covers synthetic preparations from top journals and patents. Features content curated by CAS scientists for superior discoverability and new CAS Method Number identifiers for quick reference.

Select "Applied Science and Technology" and "General Science" indexes to search for full-text articles from 1995-present on topics about chemical engineering, chemistry, environmental engineering, food and drug industry, forensics, mineralogy, petroleum and gas, plastics, robotics, space science, textile industry.

20 million citations for bio-medical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. NOTE: you can also link to "PubMedCentral" from this link - see bottom of page

Provides current members of the Roanoke College community complimentary access the USP-NF.