Chemistry (UNH-Durham)

Looking for a journal article on your topic? Journal articles may be found in many different places, including databases, reference lists, print materials as well as directly from your professor.

The most common way to find journal articles on a compound or chemistry topic is to search a chemistry database or resource. The results of your research in these Chemistry databases should give you citations to articles on your topic.

Scholarly articles

• Lengthy; include references, footnotes or bibliographies
• Author(s) report original research or experiments
• Academic, professional readership
  
• May be illustrated with graphs or charts
• May not have color pictures or ads
• Titles like "Journal of the" or "Journal for the"

Popular articles

• Short, terse
• Rarely footnoted
• References seldom listed
• Written by staff or freelancers
• Inform, entertain general public
• Glossy/color photographs, ads
• Sold in stores, newsstands, etc