Subject Guide: Forensic Science
Subject Specific Databases
ACS Journals The American Chemical Society is the leading publisher of peer-reviewed research journals in the chemical and related sciences, serving scientific communities worldwide through an unparalleled commitment to quality, reliability, and innovation.
Analytical Chemistry This subsection of the Wiley Online Library features journals in chemical analysis, spectrometry, chromatography, and other forensic methods. The full Wiley Online Library offers an exceptional portfolio of over 1,600 journals covering life, health, physical, & social sciences.
Biomedical Reference Collection Contains over 4,000 full-text journals covering a variety of disciplines within the biosciences; compare to PubMed.
Criminal Justice Abstracts More than 600 journals in criminal justice, criminology, and forensic science, over half with full-text coverage.
PubChem The world’s largest collection of freely accessible chemical information from the National Library of Medicine’s National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
PubMed The National Library of Medicine’s comprehensive database; excellent for conducting health science literature research. It searches MEDLINE and other life science journals.
- NCBI Help Page Tutorials and training on PubMed, PubChem, and other resources from NCBI
SciFinder* The premier source for Chemistry – search journal articles from Chemical Abstracts, the CAS Registry of chemical substances, patents, and chemical reactions.
- Use the registration form to create an account for yourself using your Arcadia email.
- * NOTE: SciFinder will only work from the Glenside campus.
ScienceDirect from Elsevier. Scholarly articles from a broad range of science journals.
Related Databases & Resources
Google Scholar Search scholarly sources and institutional repositories (including Arcadia’s own holdings).
Sociology, Anthropology, Criminal Justice guide A list of Landman Library’s databases that serve the topic of criminology.
Psychology guide A list of Landman Library’s mental and behavioral health databases.
AccessMedicine Medical textbooks, including Harrison’s Online, Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, and Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine.
WorldCat A huge database of books and other materials found in libraries across the U.S. and worldwide that you can borrow using Interlibrary Loan.
Retraction Watch A website that reports on and tracks retractions of scholarly articles.
