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Chemistry Research Tutorial

Getting to the Abstract

To look at the abstract of an article, click on the microscope icon in the list of results (circled in red). The abstract will usually contain the citation, a brief summary of the article, and terms used to index the article. Terms in an abstract can give you ideas of other ways to phrase your searches that might not have occurred to you.

List of Retrieved Search Results

Click on the little paper icon (circled in yellow), to see if UNC has electronic access to the journal. You will learn more about finding full-text articles online in the section on Accessing.

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