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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 * (1970 to present) This interdisciplinary engineering database provides citations and abstracts to journal articles, technical reports and conference proceedings. All engineering disciplines are covered.
INSPEC*(1968 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.

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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.

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
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)
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

Other Web Databases

Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery Copyright 2007
DGRweb2005 Online version of the ACS Driectory of Graduate Research. DGRweb2005 also includes access to the 1999, 2001, and 2003 databases.
e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis Copyright 2006
Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry
Fieser and Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis 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

Cambridge Structure Database. Crystal structure data for organic and organometallic compounds
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 October 30, 2007