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Comparison of key databases indexing literature
in chemistry
| Database |
Years |
Materials indexed |
Full-text ? |
Special features |
Beilstein Abstracts
|
1980- |
journals |
abstracts only |
Requires free registration ; covers organic and related chemistry |
DOE Energy at LANL •
|
1974-2001 |
journals, books, conferences, reports |
Yes for some |
Covers government-sponsored science and technology research ;
offers alerts. (For earlier years, 1948-76, see Nuclear
science abstracts at LANL•) |
| FlashPoint• |
|
all types |
Yes for some |
Searches across 14 databases including the library catalog, covering
all subjects |
Knovel•
|
|
books |
Yes |
Searches across contents of approx. 600 books; includes productivity
tools such as interactive tables |
SearchPlus•
|
1969- |
journals, conferences, some books and reports |
Yes for some
|
Searches 5 databases simultaneously. ISI Proceedings and SciSearch
in particular cover chemistry; also BIOSIS and Inspec to some extent. Offers
cited reference searching and alerts. |
Comparison of key databases for finding chemicals
| Database |
Special features |
| Cambridge Structural
Database |
Bibliographic, chemical and crystallographic information for organic
molecules and metal-organic compounds |
| Inorganic Crystal
Structure Database• |
All inorganic crystal structures, with atomic coordinates,
published since 1913. Entries can be retrieved by chemical identification data,
bibliographic data, and crystallographic parameters. 3D structures with special
viewer |
| Knovel• |
Searches across contents of approx. 600 reference books such as
Lange's Handbook of Chemistry; includes productivity tools such as interactive
tables; Advanced Search allows searching by many different chemical properties |
NIST Chemistry WebBook
|
thermochemical, thermophysical, and ion energetics data compiled
by NIST under the Standard Reference Data Program |
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