The ACS Legacy Archives has been purchased by JISC Collections and is available free of charge in perpetuity to UK Higher and Further Education institutions and Research Councils.
Institutions now have free online access to over 464,000 articles from the complete backfiles of 22 journals published by the American Chemical Society between 1879 and 1995. Titles include some of the most highly-cited journals in the field, such as Chemical Reviews, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and the Journal of Organic Chemistry.
The ACS Legacy Archives contain all titles, volumes, issues, and articles published by the American Chemical Society from 1879 to 1995. There are 22 journals, 11,117 issues, and 464,233 articles.
This is an essential collection of some of the most influential research in the fields of chemistry and related sciences such as biological and medicinal chemistry, polymer science and materials science.
The articles are available as PDFs and include high resolution scans of all figures and graphs.
Subject areas
Agricultural science, analytical chemistry, applied chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology, biotechnology, chemical biology, chemical engineering, computer science, crystallography, energy and fuels, environmental science, food science, inorganic and nuclear chemistry, material science, medicinal chemistry, organic chemistry, pharmacology, physical chemistry, plant sciences, polymer science, and toxicology.
Academic level
This resource is relevant to postgraduates and researchers.
Date range
1879 to 1995
Updates
Content is not updated as this is a static collection.
Selection policy
All ACS journals published between 1879 and 1995.
Comparable resources
Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Archive
Other institutions subscribing
All major academic and government institutions, and corporations with a chemical research programme subscribe to this resource.
Complementary resources
Institutions with access to both American Chemical Society Legacy Archives and the Royal Society of Chemistry journals archive can access key articles from some of the most highly-cited journals from two of the world's leading chemistry societies.
Access and content are free in perpetuity.
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