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CHEM 1210 with Dr. Winkelmann: Searching ACS Journals

Introduction to library and career research resources for freshman Chemistry seminar students.

Direct Link to ACS Journals

Search Tips

Search Box

  • The Search box is located the near the top of the page.

  • You can search by author, title, or keyword.

  • You can search by citation.

  • Click the magnifying glass icon to run the search.

Example searching de la garza, Linda in the top search box of the ACS Publications page.

 

 

Author Search with Refine Search.

  • Click Refine Search.

  • Change "Anywhere" to "Author".

  • Type the Author's last name, first name in the search box.

  • Click Search to run the search.

  • The Advanced Search page also has search tips. 

Refining your search in the ACS Publications Page. Complete a search with your keywords and then select the options under Refine Search

 

On the Refine Search page, you can limit your search to a specific title using "Published in".

 

  • Start typing the Journal title

  • Select the correct title from the automatically generated list

  • Repeat the above steps to add multiple Journal titles to the search

Selecting a specific publication in ACS Publications

Article record page. Two arrows point down towards the abstract with the words, keep reading for more information. A pink square marks the area of the page that provides the citation. A pink arrow points to the PDF button with the text PDF Available.

 

Search Results

  • Click the article's title for more information.

 

Article PDF

  • Full text articles will have PDF button. 

 

Article Citation

  • Click on "Cite this:" to see the citation for the article.

  • You can copy and paste this citation.

  • This page will give you the full, unabbreviated, journal title.