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Chemistry

This guide is intended to provide resources and information on chemistry.

Useful links

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Recommended databases

  • AIST: Spectral Database for Organic Compounds Best Bet
    A publicly available site organized by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan. Search for different organic compounds by six different characteristics.
  • ChemSpider Best Bet
    A publicly available, free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 100 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
  • PubChem Periodic Table of Elements Best Bet
    Interactive periodic table with an encyclopedic entry on each element. Part of Pubchem, a publicly available database with chemical information. Search by keyword for more information on different compounds, experiments, reactions, and other topics in chemistry.
  • Academic eBook Collection

    Large database containing multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter.

How to use the databases