This guide provides a set of resources for advanced undergraduate research in Chemistry at the Cabot Science Library. This list is not intended to be exhaustive or comprehensive. Cabot Library holds the general science collections for the university; additional resources are available at the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Library. Please consult the HOLLIS catalog and the E-Research @ Harvard site for all of Harvard’s holdings.
Chemical Society Publisher Alerts
American Chemical Society
Table of Contents Alerts (http://pubs.acs.org/journals/toc_alerts/form.html)
E-mail alerts of the Tables of Contents (TOC) for specific issues on the day the complete issue is posted on the Web, enabling you to scan the issue's entire contents at once. Use the alert you receive to access the full text via the Harvard Libraries portal.
Journals Email Alerting Service (http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/forms/ej_updateJoin.asp)
This service will provide you with an email as new content is available for RSC journals. To sign up, go to this Web page and follow the instructions. Remember to return to the Harvard Libraries portal to access the free text using the Harvard subscriptions.
Another service from RSC is the journal, Chemical Science (http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/index.asp). This free monthly publishes the latest developments from all RSC publications. The "Research Highlights" section showcases articles and significant scientific advances. The "Essential Elements" section highlights latest developments and new book announcements. It is also included in the Alerting service, above.
Commercial Publisher Alerts
BioMed Central (Harvard PIN Required) http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:biomedcr
BioMed Central is a publishing initiative providing open access, peer-reviewed articles in biomedical research. It is a gateway to more than 100 journals on many topics in biology and medicine. All research articles are indexed in PubMed. Once you have accessed BioMed Central, go to this page to set up an "Alert": http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/alerts.
Science Direct (Elsevier) http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:elsevier
Click on the "Alerts" button at the top of the page to sign up for the free alerting service which provides you with volume /issue and citation notification. You can save searches and create a favorite journals list. More than 1700 journals from all subject areas are included.
Wiley Interscience http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:wileysci
Click on the "Register now" button to sign up for email notifications from among the 330+ journals published by Wiley.