Review Articles
Review articles may appear in many different types of journals. Review journals can be a great source; here are a few examples. Find review articles on your topic by limiting your journal index searching to "review articles".
- Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Advances in Inorganic Chemistry
- Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry
- Annual Review of Biochemistry
Overview
Background information comes in many forms. Here are the standard tools you might consider in becoming more familiar with your topic:
- Dictionaries Use these to better understand terminology.
- Encyclopedias Subject encyclopedia, such as the ones listed below, provide context for a topic, and provide additional terminology and connections between terms that can improve the effectiveness of your literature searching.
- Review Articles Review articles provide an overview of a topic, highlighting the major work and providing many key references. Review articles may appear in many different types of journals. Review journals can be a great source; here are a few examples.
- Treatises Treatises provide the most in-depth coverage of a topic, while also offering abundant reference lists.
- Guides to the Literature of Chemistry Guides to the literature of a discipline provide a quick education in the important research tools of the discipline.
Subject Guide |
Sally WymanContact Info:
O'Neill Library, Room 408
Boston College Libraries
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-552-4452
Send Email
O'Neill Library, Room 408
Boston College Libraries
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-552-4452
Send Email
Description
Loading content... please wait
 |
Loading content... please wait