CHEM 4890: Molecular Science Capstone

There are many approaches or disciplines of chemistry, including analytical, organic, inorganic, biochemistry, physical, and polymer. The American Chemical Society provides a general introduction to several branches.

The World of Chemistry encyclopedia offers good introductions to the approaches:

• Analytical
• Organic
• Inorganic
• Biochemistry
• Physical

• Head into a journal the focuses on a chemical approach. Start by searching our journal list for one of the approaches and see if any journals appear with the approach in the journal's name. For example, I searched analytical chemistry and found the Analytical Chemistry journal.
• Try using "chemical approaches" or "chemical approach" as one of your search phrases.
• Use a specific approach as one of your keywords. For example: "physical chemistry" AND "hydrogen bonds"
• Try searching by subjects in American Chemical Society journals.