1 Research Guide

You can access all materials at USC Libraries, books, journal articles, conference proceedings, dissertations, patents, etc. (see Science Literature). To find information you are looking for, you need to access some “tools” (information resources), such as

• Catalogs (aka OPAC, On-line Public Access Catalog)
• Bibliographic Databases (printed, or on-line, or electronic versions)

Here conclude these search tools (or Information Resources) at USC or in the Chemistry Information World (see also Chemical Information Sources Wiki – Guide to a wide variety of sources).

Catalogs (Cats)

Search materials at USC

• HOMER
• HELIX

Search materials that may not be at USC (see the USC Interlibrary Loan service to get materials)

• CLAS (the CalTech Library Catalog)
• LEONARDO
  The online catalog shared by The Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology and The Spencer Art Reference Library of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
• Library of Congress Catalog
• Melvyl Catalog (the University of California System Catalog)
• WorldCat (search materials may not be at USC)

Search electronic materials at USC

• E-books at USC
  • eBrary
  • NetLibrary
  • Safari Technical Books
  • ScienceDirect Enzymology Book Series
  • Springer Book Series
  • Thieme ElectronicBook Library
• E-Reference books
  • AccessScience
  • CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
  • Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology
  • Encyclopedia of Catalysis
  • Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
  • Knovel Library
  • Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
  • Oxford English Dictionary
• Journals, Dissertation & Patents, etc.

Electronic Information Resources (or Databases, DBs)

For primary literature (journal articles, conference proceedings, etc.)

Most Useful Chemistry and Related Information DBs

• Chemical Abstracts (via SciFinder Scholar)
  • Core Journals (cover to cover indexing) + abbreviation
  • To access it, contact Librarian for more information
• Beilstein & Gemlin (via MDL CrossFire Commender)
  • To access it, contact Librarian for more information
• Web of Science
• MEDLINE (Ovid)
• Applied Science and Technology (AST) Full Text

Most Useful Biochemistry and Related Information DBs

• BioOne.1
• BasicBIOSIS
• BIOSIS Previews( Ovid )
• CINAHL (Ovid)
• EMBASE (SilverPlatter UK)
• PubMed@USC
• Wilson Biological & Agricultural Index Plus

Most Useful Engineering Information DBs

• ACM Digital Library
• Compendex (via Engineering Village 2)
• Xplore (IEEE Electronic Library)
• INSPEC (via Engineering Village 2)
• SPIE Digital Library

General Science and Engineering Information DBs

• CSA Illustrata: Natural Sciences
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• General Science Abstracts
• OCLC First Searc (including Article, Paper, Proceedings)
  
• ProQuest