Chemistry

Compilation of new acquisitions and electronic resources on the subject of chemistry

New acquisitions

List of titles on the subject (last and current month)

Journals

List of titles on the subject

Digital textbooks

List of titles on the subject

Databases
A selection of the main databases
- SciFinder – Comprehensive information on compounds and reactions based on the Chemical Abstracts databases – Further information
- Reaxys – Successor to CrossFire Beilstein/Gmelin, contains Beilstein and Gmelin data as well as the Chemistry Patent Database (approx. 480,000 patents) – Further information
- Web of Knowledge – Interdisciplinary, includes the Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science including the Science Citation Index Expanded and Journal Citation Reports – Further information
- SciVerse Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author-ID's – Further information
- Science of synthesis: Houben-Weyl methods of molecular transformations – Established methods of producing the main classes of substances, options for searching by substance, structure and text
Additional databases

Reference works
Selection of the main reference works
- RÖMPP online – Most comprehensive encyclopaedia of chemistry and related sciences (60,000 keywords), keyword or full text search option.
- Springer Materials – Based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, options for searching by substance, property or keyword
- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics – Physico-chemical data on organic and inorganic compounds, with options for searching by structure and substance properties
- Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry – Comprehensive reference work on all aspects of analytical chemistry, subject-based search function
- Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry – Systematic descriptions of metallo-organic reactions sorted by substance class, subject-based search function
- Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry – Systematic descriptions of metallo-organic reactions sorted by substance class, subject-based search function
- Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology – Comprehensive information on chemical substances, how they are produced industrially and chemical procedures in general
- Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook – Theory and practice of chemical engineering; formulae, tables and nomograms as the basis for technical calculations
- Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry – Covers a wide range of aspects of theoretical chemistry (from chemical informatics to quantum chemistry), with subject-based search function
Additional reference works

Specialist information
- Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis – Options for searching by substance, structure or term for about 70,000 reactions and 4,000 reagents
- WWW Chemistry Guide – Chemistry portal: compilation of resources on databases, software, jobs, material safety data sheets, etc.
- Physical Properties sources Index (PPSI) – Comprehensive list of databases, reference works and websites for physico-chemical and other material-related properties
- IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry – Instructions on the correct nomenclature for organic compounds, option for searching by keyword
- NIST Chemistry WebBook – Comprehensive thermodynamic and spectroscopic data, various search options

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