Subject guides: Chemistry: Essential

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Reaxys
Reaxys is a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions. Combined data from three sources: The Beilstein Database, The Gmelin Database, and The Patent Chemistry Database.

SciFinderⁿ
SciFinder is the most comprehensive source of chemical information available. It indexes journal articles, conferences, books, reports and patents, as well as chemical substances and reactions. First time users must sign up for an individual SciFinder account.
Web of Science Core Collections
Covers major journals in all areas of science. Allows citation searching and analysis.
Scopus
Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database covering published material in the humanities and sciences. It also provides citation analysis of authors and subject areas. Also includes access to Scival via expanded top menu (Elsevier personal registration required).

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ICSD: Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
A comprehensive database on fully determined inorganic crystal structures recorded in the literature of the field from 1913 to the present.

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CHEMnetBASE
A collection of electronic reference works including the Dictionary of Organic Compounds and the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

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