Finding chemistry information using Google Scholar: A comparison with Chemical Abstracts Service

Science and Technology Libraries

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-17

  Levine Clark, Michael ^a   Kraus, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical Abstracts Service; Google Scholar; Literature searching

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; ONLINE SEARCHING;

CHEMICAL ABSTRACT SERVICE; LITERATURE SEARCHING;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 38549100181     PISSN: 0194262X     EISSN: 15411109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J122v27n04_02     Document Type: Article

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