CHEM 3920 Communication Skills in Chemistry

ACS (American Chemical Society) Publications provides full text, full image access to most of the ACS print journals and their supplementary materials. ACS supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry, the ACS Publications division produces over 60 scholarly journals. Full text access to all current and archival ACS publications (some begin as early as 1879).

SciFinder by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) allows users to search the Chemical Abstracts family of databases. CAS includes indexing literature and patents in chemistry, engineering materials science, agriculture, biomedicine, and more. SciFinder is searchable by chemical name, chemical structure, CAS Registry Number, chemical reaction, molecular formula, research topic, author name, specific reference (patent or abstract number). To use this database, register for a personal account, must use UCMO.EDU email address to set up the account. https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=3A5CEF71-86F3-5055-6C49-4955386F9FA7

COS Conference Papers provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences, while older material also covers physics, engineering and materials science. Information is derived from final programs, abstract booklets and published proceedings, as well as from questionnaire responses.

Academic Search Complete is a multidiciplinary database and a leading resource for scholarly research. Academic Search Complete includes full-text access to peer-reviewed journals in key areas of academic study, as well as indexing and abstracts for magazines, monographs, reports, and conference proceedings.

MEDLINE offers over 23 million citations and abstracts. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, it has extensive subject coverage including: biomedical areas; mental health; reproductive health; epidemiology; surgical and pharmaceutical intervention; nursing practice; ethical and legal issues; institutional operations; laboratory techniques and procedures; diagnosis and management; clinical research trials and experimental treatment protocols; legislation and regulation; allied health specialties; continuing education; investigational drugs and new drug uses

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) is the world's largest and most widely used index to educational-related literature. Supported by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement and is administered by the U.S. National Library of Education (NLE) it contains over 1.5 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books. Many of these records contain links to the ERIC full-text documents.

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eBook Collection is the EBSCO platform for e-books purchased by the JCK Library. E-books can be viewed online. Limited downloading and printing is available with a free EBSCO account. Full downloading for offline reading is available with an Adobe account and Adobe Digital Editions (freely available from Adobe).

With over 1600 journals, 225 reference works, and 22,000 online books Wiley Online Library offers support for pursuing information related to agriculture, food science, the arts, business, economics, finance, accounting, chemistry, computer science and information technology, humanities, life sciences, mathematics, nursing, healthcare, physical sciences, engineering, psychology, and social and behavioral sciences.