Review and Comparison of the Search Effectiveness and User Interface of Three Major Online Chemical Databases

Online chemical databases are the largest source of chemical information and, therefore, the main resource for retrieving results from published journals, books, patents, conference abstracts, and other relevant sources. Various commercial, as well as free, chemical databases are available. SciFinde...

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Published in:Journal of chemical education 2016-05, Vol.93 (5), p.852-863
Main Authors: Bharti, Neelam, Leonard, Michelle, Singh, Shailendra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemistry
College Science
Comparative analysis
Educational Technology
Graduate Study
Graduates
Online Searching
Organic chemistry
Science Education
Searching
Technology Uses in Education
Undergraduate Study
Web Sites
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Summary:Online chemical databases are the largest source of chemical information and, therefore, the main resource for retrieving results from published journals, books, patents, conference abstracts, and other relevant sources. Various commercial, as well as free, chemical databases are available. SciFinder, Reaxys, and Web of Science are three major chemical databases that contain extensive search options. Herein, we review these three databases for their search effectiveness and interface. This comparison will be useful to the undergraduates, graduates, nonchemistry majors, researchers, and new librarians.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00601