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Academic journals assume some level of familiarity with complex concepts. You won't be able to find basic chemical information in an academic journal article. Online encyclopedias are your best bet!

SciFinder-n
Abstracts for chemistry, engineering, health sciences, biology, and technology. 1907 - present. See access information and sign up for SciFinder account.

PubChem
Database of chemical molecules, including substance information, compound structures, and bioactivity data.
CHEMINDEX
Search on CAS registry numbers, chemical names or name fragments.
ChemSpider
Chemical structure database.
Organic Synthesis
Procedures for synthesizing organic compounds.
Thieme Chemistry
Online synthetic methodology tool for chemical transformations.

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Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants
Thermodynamic, electrical, mechanical, and acoustical data from the UK National Physical Laboratory.
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds SDBS
Spectral data on organic compounds from AIST.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Thermochemistry, IR spectra, mass spectra, gas chromotography, ion energetics, and thermophysical property data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Additional Resources

National Technical Reports Library
Contains technical reports on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Basis and Synthetic Chemistry.
Science.gov

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