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Information about the Garcia Program

For more information about the Garcia Program, click here to visit the program website. This guide is for the library session for the Garcia Program only.

Suggested Databases

To search for articles or chemical properties, use the databases listed below.

Engineering Village
1969-present. Citations and abstracts. Most comprehensive coverage of scientific and technical engineering research, covering all engineering disciplines; began as Engineering Index in 1896. Over 5000 international sources, including journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, etc.
PubMed
Search biomedical literature from 1950- present. Includes MEDLINE and other resources. Includes links to full-text articles when available.
Web of Science
(Note: does not currently support Internet Explorer 9.) Includes SCIENCE CITATION INDEX EXPANDED (1900 - present ), SOCIAL SCIENCES CITATION INDEX EXPANDED (1956 - present), and ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX (1975 - present). All subjects are covered. Indexes articles from almost 10,000 journals as well as the citations in the articles indexed. Recent years include abstracts.
SciFinder-n
1900s-present. Citations & abstracts. Largest substance database with more than 26 million substances, including 12 million organic substances. World's most comprehensive database of chemical literature and patents. The link leads to instructions for accessing the database.

Training materials for using SciFinder-n can be found here: https://www.cas.org/support/training/scifinder-n
Reaxys
Chemical information database including content from the Crossfire databases, Beilstein and Gmelin. Search inorganic, organic or organometallic substances. Reaction, citation and experimental data are available in this database. Some patent information is also available.
Science.gov
2002-present. Site searches over 36 databases and 1,850 selected websites, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information, including research and development results.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Corresponds to the current edition of the printed book. Coverage of all types of physical science data. Presents the major tables of numerical data in the form of interactive tables. Substances in these tables can be retrieved by searching on name, formula, or CAS Registry Number, and Structure.

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Includes chemical substance information including property data as well as industrial processes.

Helpful Print Books

Lange’s handbook of chemistry
Call Number: Reference - QD65 .L36
ISBN: 0748-4585
Available in the Science and Engineering Library and Chemistry Library.

Patent Searching

US Patents

USPTO

Google Patents

PAd2PDF.org

International Patent Sites

European Patent Office

Japanese Patent Office

Canadian Intellectual Property Database

French Patent Office

Intellectual Property Office (UK)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Other Sources

SciFinder - Covers patents from 61 patent agencies.

Google Scholar

A Google tool that limits your search to scholarly, academic or peer-reviewed articles.

For maximum benefit when off-campus:

Click on the menu icon in the upper left corner
Click on Settings
Click on "Library links" on the Settings page
Type "Stony Brook" in the search box
Hit the search icon
Check the box next to Stony Brook University - SUNY - Fulltext @ Stony Brook
Hit save

Note: Google Scholar does NOT search all our databases.

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