Chemistry Databases
Databases for Chemists and Chemical Engineers
Bibliographic and Patent Databases
Structure, Property and Spectral Databases
Other Web Databases
Databases Accessible in the Science & Engineering
Library
Bibliographic and Patent Databases (* Vanderbilt
users only)
BIOSIS Previews *(1980 to present)
Chemical
Abstracts* (See SciFinder Scholar)
Ei Compendex Web * (1884 to present) This interdisciplinary engineering database provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, technical reports and conference proceedings. All engineering disciplines are covered.
Google Patents All patents available through Google Patent Search come from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
INSPEC*(1896 to present)
Includes links to electronic journals. Excellent source of information on
most aspects of physical and theoretical chemistry including atoms, molecular,
intermolecular forces, and thermodynamics.
PubMed - Web Medline
(1967 to present)
Also includes ties to sequence and genome databases as well
as connections to online journal articles from several publishers.
SciFinder Scholar* Electronic Chemical abstracts.
Click **HERE** for instructions on
setting up access on Vanderbilt campus or registering for the web version.
SciFinder Scholar web version- Requires registration, see link above.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Databases Fulltext and page images of US Patents from 1976 to present.
Web of Science *
(Expanded Science
Citation Index, 1965 to present) Includes links to fulltext electronic journals.
Free Bibliographic Databases
Google Scholar Articles from scholarly journals and websites.
Scitopia Federated search portal to the
digital literature of twenty-one scientific and technical societies.
scirus A database of scientific articles produced by Elsevier.
Coverage includes non-Elsevier titles, draws heavily from PubMed.
Structure, Property and Spectral Databases
on the World Wide Web (* Vanderbilt users only)
ASM Handbooks Online*
Includes the complete
content of 20 ASM Handbook volumes plus two ASM Desk editions.
The Binding Database
A public database of measured binding affinities for
biomolecules and synthetic compounds.
Brenda: the Comprehensive Enzyme Information System
Cambridge Structure Database. Crystal structure data for organic and organometallic compounds. Pop-up blocker needs to be disabled.
ChemBank: Initiative for Chemical Genetics
A freely available
collection of data about small molecules and resources. The project is currently in an
early stage and will be adding tools and data frequently.
Chemical Kinetics Database on the Web Version 7.0 (Web Version) Release 1.4
NIST Standard Reference Database 17. A compilation of kinetics data on gas-phase reactions.
ChemFinder
Chemicool Periodic Table
CHEMnetBASE A resource for chemical properties that includes: Dictionary of organic compounds,
Dictionary of inorganic & organometallic compounds, Dictionary of analytical
reagents, Dictionary of natural products, Dictionary of Carbohydrates, PharmaSource,
Properties of organic compounds, CRC handbook of chemistry and physics, Polymers
- a property database, and Dictionary of commonly cited compounds.
Crossfire
Beilstein & Gmelin* (Link to software download page)
Crystal Lattice Structures - a concise index of common crystal lattice structures.
DIPPR Project 801 Interactive, Knovelized 2005 Update Evaluated Standard Thermophysical Property Values.
ENGnetBASE* - a searchable database of CRC engineering handbooks.
IUPAC-NIST Solubility Database. Version 1.0. A database containing solubilities originally published in 11 volumes of the IUPAC - NIST Solubility Data Series.
IUPAC Recommendations on Organic &
Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology
Knovel:
Online Interactive Books and Databases A large number of online science
and engineering handbooks including
Perry's
Chemical Engineers' Handbook,
Lange's
handbook of Chemistry, and
Chemical
Properties Handbook.
Merck Index Online
14th ed. Requires ChemDraw ActiveX plugin.
NIST Chemistry WebBook NIST Standard Reference Database no.69.
(
June 2005 release)
Provides thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled under the National Standard
Reference Data Program.
NIST X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Database NIST Standard Reference Database no.20,
Version 3.4 (Web Version)
NMRShiftDB An open access, open submission, open source
NMR database for organic structures.
Organic
Syntheses Database
Requires ChemDrawActiveX Plugin
Protein Data Bank (PDB) an information portal to biological macromolecular
structures. a variety of tools and resources for studying the structures of biological macromolecules and their
relationships to sequence, function, and diseases.
Protein Information Resource (PIR) A single, centralized, authoritative resource for protein sequences and functional information.
Research Information
Database (RIO-DB) including Molecular Spectroscopic Constants Database;
AIST:RIO-DB Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
(SDBS); and Supercritical Fluid
Data Base
Sigma-Aldrich Catalog Includes FT-NMR and
FT-IR Raman spectra for chemicals in the catalog.
SOLV-DB a one-stop source for solvent data.
Thermodynamic
Data and Property Calculation Sites on the Web Also includes links to Classical, Quantum & Statistical Mechanics &
Thermodynamics Educational Sites.
Visual Elements Periodic
Table
WebElements
Burger's Medicinal
Chemistry and Drug Discovery Copyright 2008
DGRweb2007
Online version of the ACS Driectory of Graduate Research. DGRweb2007 also includes
access to 1999-2005 databases.
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic
Synthesis Copyright 2006
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry
Fieser and Fieser's Reagents for Organic SynthesisCopyright 2008
Contains all contents from the print volumes of this essential reference.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Copyright 2001
Science of Synthesis
Includes Houben Weyl Methods of Organic Chemistry
Non-Networked Databases Available in the Science & Engineering
Library
ICSD Crystal structure data for inorganic compounds
NIST critically selected stability constants of metal complexes,
Ver. 6.0
NIST/EPA/NIH Mass spectral library
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Updated February 20, 2009