Electronic Resources - Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Forensic Science

This list does not include individual e-journals. Please use the E-journals A to Z service to search for e-journals by title.

Many resources require Keele usernames for off-campus access. Please see our E-resources Access page for further information about this service.

Bibliographic Databases

These services enable you to find references for journal articles on a particular topic.  Some also index book chapters, conference papers and theses. They provide full bibliographic details for articles (references) and often abstracts (summaries).  Their extensive, international coverage means that items found by your search may not necessarily be available from the Library's collections.

If no full-text link is given for an article, clicking on the @Keele logo will search our e-journals and provide a link to the full-text if available, or direct you to where a paper copy may be found in the Library's print journal collection.  Items not available either online or in print can usually be obtained for a fee through the Inter-Library Requests service

  • Web of Knowledge (includes Web of Science)
    Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.  Includes Web of Science, Biosis Previews and MEDLINE.  Our Web of Knowledge Quick Guide will help you get started.  Click here for off-campus access.
  • ScienceDirect
    Leading scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters.  Our ScienceDirect Quick Guide will help you get started.
  • ProQuest Technology Research Database
    This database indexes world literature on technology and applied science, including materials science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, condensed matter physics, computer science and electronic engineering. It incorporates Materials Research Database with METADEX, Engineering Research Database, High Technology Research Database with Aerospace and all of their subfiles.  Our ProQuest Quick Guide will help you get started.  Click here for off-campus access.
  • ProQuest Science & Technology Databases
    Search not only ProQuest Technology Research Database (above), but a variety of other science and technology databases.  Click here for off-campus access.
  • EBSCO Life Sciences Databases
    Includes Academic Search Complete and MEDLINE.  Our EBSCO Quick Guide will help you get started.

Electronic Journal Collections

These are searchable collections of full-text e-journals.  They often lack the wide-ranging coverage of bibliographic databases, but the full-text of articles is immediately available in the majority of cases.

Other Useful Links

  • Chemical Database Service
    The Chemical Database Service (CDS) provides on-line access to a variety of quality databases in the field of Chemistry, plus support, training and advice. This is available (free of charge) to academics at UK Universities. Log-in via the Institutional Log-in button.
  • ChemFinder
    ChemFinder provides free chemical searching. It includes chemical structures, physical properties, and links to other websites with information about your compound.
  • ChemIDplus
    ChemIDplus is a free, web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases.
  • Chemistry Preprint Server
    The Chemistry Preprint Server is a permanent web archive and distribution medium for research articles in the field of chemistry.
  • ChemSpider
    Database of chemical structures and property predictions
  • ChemXSeer
    Integrated digital library and database allowing for intelligent search of documents in the chemistry domain and data obtained from chemical kinetics.
  • ECOTOX Database
    Provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life.
  • Energy Citations Database
    Bibliographic records for energy and energy-related scientific and technical information from the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • Environmental Fate Data Base
    Bibliographic and experimental values data files on environmental fate and physical/chemical properties.
  • Information Bridge
    Full-text and bibliographic records of Department of Energy research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences.
  • NIST Chemistry WebBook
    Access to data compiled and distributed by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program.
  • NIST Data Gateway
    Easy access to NIST scientific and technical data covering a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines.
  • PubChem
    Information on the biological activities of small molecules. PubChem is organized as three linked databases: PubChem Substance, PubChem Compound and PubChem BioAssay.   Also provides a fast chemical similarity search tool.
  • Reaxys
    Reaxys is a unique web-based chemistry database consisting of deeply excerpted compounds and related factual properties, reaction and synthesis information as well as bibliographic data, navigated and displayed via an actionable interface.  Click here for off-campus access.
  • SDBS - Integrated Spectral Data Base System for Organic Compounds
    Integrated spectral database system for organic compounds.
  • SPIN - Science Policy In the News
    Summaries of articles related to science policy.
  • SpringerProtocols (available at least until end of 2017)
    Database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the life and biomedical sciences.
  • Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission database (TSCATS)
    Information on unpublished technical reports submitted by industry to the U.S. EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
  • WebElements Periodic Table
    Web version of the periodic table of the elements, by Mark Winter of Sheffield University.
  • WebReactions
    Reaction search system offering direct retrieval of reaction precedents.

Internet Search Engines and Gateways

E-Books

To search for e-books held by the Library, use the Library Catalogue and change the 'View Entire Collection' option to 'Electronic Resources'.  E-books can be read in full, online, 24-hours a day.  The following e-book collections may also be useful:

Our E-books Quick Guide will help you get started.

Newspapers

The following services provide full-text access to a large number of newspapers:

  • ProQuest UK News Stand
    Provides the searchable full-text of articles published in around 30 UK newspapers including The Times, Telegraph, Guardian and The Independent.
  • Nexis UK
    A news and business service which includes around 12,000 publications, including worldwide, national and local newspapers.
  • The Times Digital Archive
    Search the complete digital edition of The Times from 1785-2006. The entire newspaper is captured with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

Theses

To search for theses held in the Library, use the Library Catalogue Advanced Search and set the material type to "THESIS".  The following resources may also be of use:

  • ETHOS
    The British Library ETHOS project provides electronic access to research theses from many UK universities
  • Index to Theses
    A searchable listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. You can only access the Index to Theses from computers on the Keele network
  • NDLTD – Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
    Details of theses and dissertations from universities in the United States and worldwide
  • PhDData
    An index of doctoral dissertations in progress around the world
  • Internet Detective
    A free online tutorial offering practical advice on evaluating the quality of websites.
  • RefWorks
    This is an online reference management software tool which can be used to import, manage and save references from your research, enabling easy creation of bibliographies.  See our Refworks information page for further details.
  • Zetoc
    Use this site to set up "table of contents" email alerts to your inbox when new issues of journals are published.

You may also find the resources listed on the Medicine subject pages useful:

Medicine - Undergraduate Medicine
Medicine - Postgraduate Medicine

You may also find the resources listed on the Criminology subject page useful:

Criminology Subject Resources Page