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CHEM 498 & 499: Research Proposal & Senior Project

This guide was created in October 2019 -- updated in 2023 & 2025 -- for senior researchers in Chemistry.

Identifying source types

For the Key Literature Article Presentation, you will need to locate relevant primary sources.

1. Which of these articles is a primary source and how do you know? 

2. What type of source is the other article? What makes it different than the primary source?

Chemistry Databases

How to use CAS Draw

Accessing Full Text

If SciFinder does not lead you to full-text of an article you need, use the following resources to obtain it:

1. Use Interlibrary Loan to request sources that the library does not have.

2. Need the article right away? There may be a free copy online. Use the following tools to find out. (Note that these may be pre-prints and not the final version of an article as it was published in the journal.)