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ACS Legacy Archives
The ACS Legacy Archives includes all ACS journal content published up to and including 1995. That includes more than 460,000 articles spanning more than a century of scientific research. ACS Legacy Archives is available to institutions via annual or multi-year lease, or available to purchase outright. Pricing is based on usage and institution tier. The Archives are represented in all 80 Chemical Abstracts sections, demonstrating the depth and breadth of historic content from the following journals:
ACS Open Access Publishing
Covers journal publishing cost in American Chemical Society Journals as part of the MCLS ACS Open Access Agreement. Applies to researchers at all institutions participating in the Open Access Agreement.
ACS Science Essentials Package
Choose five ACS online journals from more than 70 titles, with no limitations on your journal selections. That means you can tailor this package to fit the needs of your institution. Focus on a specific area like materials science, medicinal chemistry, or environmental engineering, or build a multidisciplinary collection to serve a broad range of departments. The ACS Science Essentials package is available to academic institutions via annual or multi-year subscription. Pricing is based on usage and institution tier.
ACS Symposium Series
The ACS Symposium Series is a collection of peer-reviewed books that fully illuminate topics in more detail than a journal article can offer. These titles are backed by substantial original research, and each chapter authored by an expert in the field. For 50 years, the ACS Symposium Series has been delivering essential research from world leading scientists, including 41 Nobel Laureates, to audiences spanning disciplines and applications. Books are developed from successful symposia sponsored by ACS or other organizations. Topics span the entirety of chemistry, including applications, basic research, and interdisciplinary reviews.
ACS Web Editions Academic Core Plus
Whether expanding access from just a few titles or scaling back to meet a budget, the ACS Core Plus Pack offers the flexibility that libraries need. This package provides online access to a customized collection of 15 journals in addition to a subscription to C&EN Global Enterprises. Subscribers may change titles in their Core Plus packages at renewal time. Libraries can choose any 15 titles from the 2019 ACS Web Editions All Publications Package title list .
ACS Web Editions All Publications Package
The ACS All Publications Package provides access to all of ACS’s journals—including flagship titles Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Reviews—and essential objective science news via C&EN Global Enterprise. Equip your campus with a single package that supports the research and education needs of departments across the university including chemistry, physics, engineering, biology, and allied health professions.
View the current ACS All Publications title list (.xlsx) 2023
Advances in Chemistry Series
The Advances in Chemistry series is a high-quality, peer-reviewed book series that was published from 1949–1998 to provide the research community with an avenue to publish content and special topics that were beyond the scope of the existing ACS journals. Advances in Chemistry books were critically reviewed according to ACS editorial standards and receive the careful attention and processing characteristics of ACS publications.
Chemical and Engineering News
C&EN Archives contains 85+ years of C&EN, fully searchable and integrated on the same website as the journals and books of the American Chemical Society. C&EN Archives is a growing collection of full cover-to-cover C&EN issues, with the previous year's issues added on a rolling basis each year. C&EN Archives provides instant access to every page of every issue of C&EN.