These are the best databases for locating the relevant science and engineering journal articles and (in some cases) conference papers and patents.
Some of the databases have the full-text articles, so you can download them within the database. If the article isn't there, click the
button to get a link to the article if we have it, or to request the article if we don't have it. You can also use UC Library Search to find articles (limit results to peer-reviewed journals).
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Search millions of references to journal articles, patents and conference proceedings, plus millions of chemical substances with associated properties (CAS Registry) and single/multi-step reactions.
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