Common Databases for Chemial Literature Searches > Chemical Abstracts > Example
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Example: Last summer you had a chance to work in a chemistry laboratory where you used a technique called capillary electrophoresis to analyze mitochondrial DNA. However, you have recently been thinking about a career in forensic science. As such, when looking for a summer job for this year, you would like to be able to combine your past research experience with capillary electrophoresis of mitochondrial DNA with your new interest in forensics. However, you would also like to work in a laboratory outside the USA this summer. With these considerations in mind, suggest the name(s) and address(es) of at least one research group that you might consider applying to work for next summer.

Suggestion (note: there are no right or wrong answers for how one should conduct literature searches, but here is a suggestion or example search for you to look at):

1. Try Chemical Abstracts, select Advanced Search. (Click here if you do not know how to access Chemical Abstracts.)
2. Try using "capillary electrophoresis" for the Subject keywords, and "Not" "usa" for the Corporate Source keyword. You are welcome to try adding other Subject keywords for searches.
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Comments from Dr. Christa Colyer: The suggested search about ("capillary electrophoresis" (subject keyword), NOT "usa" corporate source) ends up with thousands hits!! What about if you include, in addition to the two search terms you've already got, "mitochondrial DNA" (subject keyword). Then you will only end up with one journal article.
It turns out if you do this search with the Science Citation Index that you get a couple, and you can further specify "Forensic" as a subject keyword, and come up with something. If you include "forensic" in the Chem Abs search, it comes up with nothing.