Stanford University Libraries

Journals

Where information in textbooks come from.

Where we can get more information.

Kinds of journal articles:

  • Research articles
  • Rapid communications
  • Review articles

What’s in a journal article:

  • Abstract
  • Experimental
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • References

How to find journal articles:

  • Chemical Abstracts
  • Other subject indexes
    • e.g. Biological Abstracts, Science Citation Index, General Science Index
  • Other general sources
    • e.g. UnCover (indexes tables of contents of approx. 20,000 journals, approximately 50% are science).

How to obtain journal articles:

  • Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI)
  • UnCover
  • Library’s Interlibrary Loan service
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