Chemistry

Databases: find journal articles, technical reports, etc.

• Academic Search Premier. Full text for over 3,300 scholarly publications.
• AGRICOLA. Produced by the National Agricultural Library. Coverage includes agricultural and environmental chemistry.
• AGRIS. Produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Coverage includes agricultural and environmental chemistry.
• Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. Coverage includes aquatic pollution and water quality.
• BioMed Central. Full text for over 100 "open access" peer-reviewed biomedical and bioinformatics journals, including biochemical journals.
• Directory of Open Access Journals [DOAJ]. Provides access to the full text of over 1100 free scholarly journals.
• DOE Information Bridge. Full text DOE reports on a wide range of sciences.
• FSTA: Food Science & Technology Abstracts. Coverage includes food chemistry and toxicology.
• GeoRef. Coverage includes geochemistry and crystallography.
• Ingenta. References to articles from over 27,000 publications.
• MEDLINE. References on biomedicine and related basic sciences. Compiled by the National Library of Medicine. Subset of PubMed, with coverage including biochemistry and toxicology.
• Nature. Full text, 1997 to present. Nature is an international journal publishing original, groundbreaking research in all scientific disciplines.
• PubMed. MEDLINE references, plus "in process" citations, references to additional life science literature, and citations to older biomedical literature (1950-1965). Coverage includes biochemistry and toxicology.
• PubMed Central (PMC). Archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles, compiled by NIH. Includes biochemistry and pharmacology journals.
• TOXNET. National Library of Medicine databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Includes TOXLINE references.
• U.S. Patent Database.

Professional Societies

• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• ASTM International (American Society for Testing and Materials)
• The Electrochemical Society, Inc.
• IUBMB [International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology]
• Materials Research Society
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• TAPPI

Technical Data

• ATSDR Toxicological Profiles
• ChemAlliance. "Regulatory information for the chemical process industries."
• ChemFinder. Chemical structures and physical property data.
• Cole-Parmer: Chemical Resistance Database. Chemical compatibility of industrial materials.
• Hazardous Substances Data Bank. Compiled by the National Library of Medicine.
• IUBMB Nomenclature Home Page
• IUPAC Nomenclature Home Page
• MSDS SEARCH National Repository. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) from large collection of manufacturers.
• MSDS Solutions. Over 1 million Material Safety Data Sheets.
• NIST Data Gateway. Scientific and technical data from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, including the NIST Chemistry WebBook.
• Organic Compounds Database. Physical properties, spectral data, and more for over 2400 compounds.
• Organic Syntheses Website
• OSU Chemical Guide and Permeation Chart. Breakthrough time for protective gloves and suits.
• Spectral Data Base for Organic Compounds, SDBS
• Where to Find MSDS on the Internet

Scientific Product Buyers Guides

• ChemACX Net from ChemFinder.Com.
• ICIS Search - Global Chemical Suppliers Search
• Chemical Search Engine from ChemIndustry.com.

Internet Directories

• Chemical Search Engine from ChemIndustry.com.
• chemsoc "the RSC's chemical science network.
• Sheffield Chemdex
• WWW Virtual Library: Chemical Engineering
• WWW Virtual Library. Links for Chemists. Also available without frames.

Raymond H. Fogler Library University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-1661

Updated: 01/21/2008
by Nancy R. Curtis