Chemistry

Locating Reviews

In journals

Sometimes published as special articles in primary journals, or conference proceedings. Most are in serial or journal works whose titles can clue you in like "Reviews in" or "Progress in"

A few examples listed below from the Duke collections:

• Chemical Reviews (1996+) 
• Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry
• Critical Reviews in Biochemistry
• Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
• Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
• Critical Reviews in Surface Chemistry
• Critical Reviews in Toxicology

See also review issues of some journals such as:

• Analytical Chemistry (June issue)
• Journal of Chromatography (bibliographic Section)
• Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (Annual Surveys issues)
• Index for Annual Reviews, Inc. 1984-present at http://www.AnnualReviews.org/

In databases or indexes

• Chemical Abstracts
• Current Contents 
• Scifinder Scholar 
• Web Of Science
• Index of Biochemical Reviews in the Biological and Environmental Sciences library 
      z574.19 I38, 1971-1980; 1982-1985; 1990
• Index of Reviews in Organic Chemistry Chemistry Reference - CHM.); 1976(2ND CHM.);1981/82-1985.  SUPPL: 1973; 1979; 1981.

When searching databases for review articles, you can limit your search only to reviews by:

• limit to "review" as a document type
• use "review" as a search term with your topic (HPLC and review)

References:

Wiggens, Gary, CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources, Indiana University, http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo

Maizell, Robert E., How to find chemical information: a guide for practicing chemists, educators, and students, 3^rd Edition, Wiley, New York, 1997