An advancement is a general movement of the field. As newcomers, you will have to tease this out from the literature. I suggest you find a topic of genuine interest first, then look at the news over the last six months and try to find multiple news items on a change to your topic. Below are some places to look for news and industry reports.
The "Industry Reports & Research" topic on the Activity 3 page might also help.
The databases in this section will mostly help you find articles.
Access library resources through Google Scholar including peer-reviewed journal articles, theses, books, abstracts and more.
To learn more about how to use this resource visit the Reaxys training page. To use some functionality setting up an account is necessary (if you already have a Knovel or other Elsevier account you can use that to login).
Provides access to information and insights on chemical literature, patents, substances, reactions, and bioactivity, along with a retrosynthesis tool. It includes the ability to draw chemicals and reactions and then search for data and literature based on what was drawn.
A rich collection of citation indexes representing the citation connections between scholarly research articles found in the most globally significant journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences and art & humanities.
If you are searching for a specific book, try using ZipSearch.If you can't find what you are looking for there try
Sometimes it is convenient to search electronic books directly particularly when looking for quick facts or code syntax. Refer to the electronic book sources in this section or the previous section, Databases to Find Aritcles, Books and More. Use the descriptions to find the databases that contain electronic books that are most closely related to your topic. Keep in mind that not all books will be available for download. It depends on the database and the library's subscriptions.
Over 800 essential reference books and databases from the world's leading scientific publishers and professional societies in 18 industrially important subject areas.
Electronic books in computer science, information technology, business, and related fields. Note: Here are Instructions for accessing O'Reilly eBooks
Library Search (formerly called ZipSearch) is a great place to start most research projects. Use Library Search to find: