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The most commonly used library database for chemical engineering is SciFinder Scholar.

SciFinder requires you to set up an individual account before you can access it. Use the Registration link below.

SciFinder Scholar
CAS database of chemical substances, reactions, and journal literature. Registration required.
Register Here. After registering, please always access SciFinder Scholar from here and not from the confirmation email.

SciFinder Scholar allows you to explore the journal and patent literature for information about chemical substances and reactions and chemistry-related research topics. You must register and create your own account and password to use this database, which is for academic, non-commercial use only (see license agreement for details). Full text access is available for those journals to which we have electronic subscriptions.

Article Databases for Chemical Engineering

Use these subscription e-resources to locate published research in chemical engineering.

SciFinder Scholar
CAS database of chemical substances, reactions, and journal literature. Registration required.
Register Here. After registering, please always access SciFinder Scholar from here and not from the confirmation email.

SciFinder Scholar allows you to explore the journal and patent literature for information about chemical substances and reactions and chemistry-related research topics. You must register and create your own account and password to use this database, which is for academic, non-commercial use only (see license agreement for details). Full text access is available for those journals to which we have electronic subscriptions.
ACS Publications
Full text collection of journals published by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Rowan account required.

Most current ACS journals are available in full text. The Legacy Archive includes access to journals formerly published by the ACS. For coverage dates of specific journals use the website E-Journals search.
SpringerLINK
Full text collection of Springer journals and e-books focusing mainly on science, technology, and medicine.

Access the full text of 1575 Springer journals and the full text of books collection licensed each year from the Springer family of imprints. Both journal and book titles cover the full range of academic subjects but with the main focus on sciences, technology and medicine.
Web of Science
Full text database of scientific journal articles with data on who has cited them.

Web of Science® provides immediate data on who has cited research papers, covering over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, including Open Access journals and over 150,000 conference proceedings. You'll find current and retrospective coverage in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, with coverage to 1900.
Compendex (Engineering Index)
Search tool for peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers in engineering.

Compendex is the broadest and most complete engineering literature database available in the world. It provides a truly holistic and global view of peer reviewed and indexed publications with over 17 million records from 73 countries across 190 engineering disciplines. Every record is carefully selected and indexed using the Engineering Index Thesaurus to ensure discovery and retrieval of engineering-specific literature that engineering students and professionals can rely on. By using Compendex, engineers can be confident information is relevant, complete, accurate and of high quality.
Science Direct
Peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters in the sciences.

ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 journals and almost 20,000 books. The database covers the Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and the Humanities.
Scopus
SciVerse Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources.
Applied Science & Technology Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
News and journal articles in applied science and technology.

Includes trade and industrial publications, journals issued by professional and technical societies, and specialized subject periodicals, as well as special issues such as buyers' guides, directories, and conference proceedings. Abstracting coverage begins with periodicals published in March 1993. Full text coverage begins in 1997. (VALE)