The core chemistry databases offered by Rutgers are SciFinder, Reaxys, and Web of Science. We also now have Scopus, which is similar to Web of Science.
SciFinder is the electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, which is published by ACS. Please see the SciFinder tab and review the tutorials before coming to our library session. We will briefly review searching in SciFinder then.
Reaxys contains content from three major data sources: Beilstein, Gmelin, and the Chemical Patent Database. It is useful for researchers who are investigating organic synthesis, and/or searching for data on physical, chemical, spectral, bioactivity, or toxicological properties of chemical compounds. It also contains information for inorganic substances, and older references dating back to 1771.
Web of Science includes citations and references for articles in almost 9000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals. It provides complete bibliographic data, searchable author abstracts, and cited references. Coverage is strongest in the sciences with more than 6000 journals.
Scopus is a citation and abstract database of peer-reviewed literature that can be used to determine the impact of specific authors, articles/documents, and journals. It contains over 50 million records in the areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage strongest in the physical sciences (7,200+ titles) and health sciences (6,800+ titles).