Chemistry

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

List of titles on the subject

List of titles on the subject

A selection of the main databases

• SciFinder – Comprehensive information on compounds and reactions based on the Chemical Abstracts databases, web and client versions – Further information
• Reaxys – Successor to CrossFire Beilstein/Gmelin, contains Beilstein and Gmelin data as well as the Chemistry Patent Database (approx. 480,000 patents)
• Web of Knowledge – Interdisciplinary, includes the Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science including the Science Citation Index Expanded and Journal Citation Reports
• 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
• DiscoveryGate – Comprehensive information on organic and inorganic compounds and reactions and on aspects of biology, medicine and pharmacy – 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

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

• 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