Research guides: CHM237: Introductory Inorganic Chemistry II: Searching for Articles

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Use one or more the methods below to track down a known article. Still can't find what you're looking for? Contact your Chemistry Librarian for help.

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Enter the known citation information in the SciFinder-n Reference Search tool. Click References from the menu on the left, then select Publication Name from the drop-down menu and enter the citation information you have for the article.
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Journal articles available through UofT Libraries can be found by searching our catalogue and search engine, LibrarySearch. To find a specific article, search with quotations around your title phrase. Check out our LibrarySearch Tips Guide for more help!
Google Scholar
Set up Google Scholar to link to the University of Toronto's collection by following these instructions, then search by article title or citation information.

Journal Abbreviations

If you are unable to find an article by title or don't have the title of the article, it may be more effective to search first for the journal it was published in. ACS Citation Style requires journal titles to be abbreviated in citations, as in the examples below:

J. Am. Chem. Soc. = Journal of the American Chemical Society
J. Chem. Rev. = Journal of Chemical Reviews

This means that you may need to identify the full title of the journal before searching for it. Below are tools you can use to find the full title of an article based on its abbreviation.

Once you identify the full title, you can use the Journal Search tool in LibrarySearch to search for and access the journal. Click the Available Online link to navigate to the publisher's page, then look for a list of previous issues and narrow down by year, volume and issue.

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CHM237: Introductory Inorganic Chemistry II

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