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Ruths, M. in Ruths, M. Friction of Aromatic Self-​Assembled Monolayers: Comparison of Systems with One or Both Sliding.... Langmuir (2003), 19(17), 6788-6795. 10.1021/la034003b
What is author?
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If present, this element always comes first in a Hill formula
What is carbon?
100
These help you do your searching more effectively
What are search tips, search hints, help screens, or librarians?
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This type of journal has experts review articles before they are accepted for publication
What is refereed or peer reviewed or scholarly?
100
Use this type of search to find articles written by a particular person
What is Author Search?
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Langmuir in Ruths, M. Friction of Aromatic Self-​Assembled Monolayers: Comparison of Systems with One or Both Sliding.... Langmuir (2003), 19(17), 6788-6795. 10.1021/la034003b
What is journal title or source?
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These numbers (xxxxxx-xx-x) are unique to each compound.
What are CAS registry numbers?
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When you put this word between words, both words must be present in the results
What is and?
200
You may have to do one when you get your PhD in chemistry
What is thesis or dissertation
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Do this to divide your results by categories, such as author, journal name, company/organization, language, CAS numbers, etc.
What is analyze?
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19 in Ruths, M. Friction of Aromatic Self-​Assembled Monolayers: Comparison of Systems with One or Both Sliding.... Langmuir (2003), 19(17), 6788-6795. 10.1021/la034003b
What is volume number?
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If present, this element follows carbon in a Hill formula
What is hydrogen?
300
When you put this at the end of a string of letters, it gets all the words starting with those letters
What is asterisk, star, or truncation symbol?
300
These older references are found in the bibliography of a publication.
What are cited references?
300
You can use this to cut down your results by author, language, publication type, journal title, CAS number, etc.
What is refine?
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Boundary Friction of Aromatic Self-Assembled..... in Ruths, M. Friction of Aromatic Self-​Assembled Monolayers: Comparison of Systems with One or Both Sliding.... Langmuir (2003), 19(17), 6788-6795. 10.1021/la034003b
What is title of the article title?
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This type of formula gives an indication of how the atoms are arranged?
What is a structural formula?
400
These are different names for the same chemical
What are synonyms?
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These newer references refer back to earlier publications in their bibliographies
What are citing references?
400
Use this type of search for a general subject, process or class of compounds?
What is research topic?
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10.1021/la034003b in Ruths, M. Friction of Aromatic Self-​Assembled Monolayers: Comparison of Systems with One or Both Sliding.... Langmuir (2003), 19(17), 6788-6795. 10.1021/la034003b
What is DOI or Digital Object Identifier?
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The Hill formula of (C3H7)2NH
What is C6H15N?
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Use these to nest words. The database operates first within them.
What are parentheses?
500
This type of publications gives someone the right to exclude others from making a certain type of invention
What is a patent?
500
Use this type of search to get references to a compound when you have its CAS Registry number or a synonym?
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