Chemistry
Core Resources
PubChem
PubChem is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.
SciFinder-n (Chemical Abstracts) 1907+
Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of chemistry. Combines several Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases.
Reaxys 1772+
Detailed index covering organic and inorganic chemistry. Includes patents. Provides access to chemical reactions and physical, chemical and bioactivity data
Web of Science (ISI) Sciences (1900+), Social Sciences (1898+), Arts and Humanities (1975+), Conference Proceedings (1990+)
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research. Journal coverage in the social sciences, arts, and humanities is not comprehensive. Includes conference proceedings in the sciences and social sciences.
Science of Synthesis 2001+
Considers and critically reviews methods from journals, books, and patent literature and presents important synthetic methods for all classes of organic compounds. Web version covers former Houben-Weyl treatise (1952-2003) and its continuation title, Science of Synthesis (2001+). Critically reviews chemical reaction literature with emphasis on functional group conversions.
KnowItAll U spectra database
Offers access to the KnowItAll U reference collection of over 1.3 million spectra including structures and chemical property information; includes IR, UV/Vis, NMR, Raman and mass spectra.Access Note: Princeton University patrons can use off-campus by first registering for an account (https://get.knowitall.com/#/types/NewLicense/RTR4J) and then downloading the latest software (https://get.knowitall.com/Download). Installation instructions are available (http://www.knowitall.com/install) as well as the database collections that are available for manual download (https://get.knowitall.com/Databases/).
CHEMnetBASE
Consists of several chemical data handbooks from Chapman & Hall/CRC.
Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Comprehensive coverage of the entire field of polymer science and technology. Includes over 400 articles covering fundamental and practical aspects of polymer science including materials, properties, methods, applications, processing, and analytical methods.
Pharmaceutical Substances
Authoritative information resource for literature and data associated with the syntheses, patents, and applications for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Supplementary Resources
AccessScience (McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 10th ed.)
Includes The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology 10th edition, McGraw-Hill Yearbooks of Science & Technology, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, and the Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
ACS Directory of Graduate Research
Comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the United States and Canada.
Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate
General science and technology articles from English-language periodicals published in the United States and elsewhere; non-English language articles are included if English abstracts are provided.
BIOSIS Previews: Biological Abstracts
With more than 13,000,000 records from publications in over 90 countries, Biosis Previews is the most comprehensive index of journals, meetings, conferences, and symposia in the life sciences. Although this is not a full-text article database, our PULinks system conveniently links you to the full-text
Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities: Psychology & Psychiatry Whitelist, Math & Science Whitelist, and Complete Blacklist
A source for psychology, psychiatry, math, and science journal information, evaluation metrics, and submission details. Also includes the Complete Blacklist (blacklisted journals from all 18 disciplines).
Cambridge Structural Database
Repository for small molecule crystal structures compiled by Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre. Consists of the space group symmetry of the crystalline phase, its cell parameters, the relative atomic coordinates of all the atoms in the cell in 3D
Compendex (EI Compendex Plus)
Extensive bibliographic database of engineering research. Indexes journal papers and conference proceedings. The broad subject areas of engineering and applied science are comprehensively represented.
DGRWeb
Comprehensive source of information on chemical research and researchers at universities in the United States and Canada.
Directory of Chemical Producers: United States
Chemicals manufactured in the US indexed by company, plant location, chemical name, product group. Also published biennially in print.
Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses: Full Text)
Access to citations and abstracts for every title in the Dissertation Abstracts database. Dissertations written from 1997 forward are available full text. The database includes citations to dissertations from 1861 to those accepted last semester. Citations for dissertations and master's theses published from 1980 forward have abstracts. Simple bibliographic citations are available for dissertations dating from 1637.
e-EROS
Systematic and exhaustive coverage of reagents used in organic synthesis
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
Multi-volume encyclopedia covering applied chemistry and chemical engineering. Previous editions are also valuable as reference.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (CRC)
Wide coverage of data on properties of inorganic and organic compounds.
ICSD Web
Comprehensive database of inorganic crystal structures. Contains records for elements, and binary, ternary, quaternary and quintenary compounds. Over 70% have been assigned a structure type, and the remainder are prototypes. Detailed searching forms for chemistry, symmetry, structure type, etc. are available, as well as analysis of large, complex data sets.
INSPEC
Major bibliographic database concentrating on physics, electrical and electronic engineering, information technology, computer and control systems, and manufacturing, production engineering, and information technology.
IUPAC Standards Online Database
Unique compilation of the internationally-binding standards and recommendations for chemistry and related fields created by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). These standards and recommendations, extracted from the IUPAC Journal Pure and Applied Chemistry (PAC), provide access to the authoritative information on chemical nomenclature, symbols, terminology, units, weights, measures, and similar scientific conventions.
JCR Web
Science & Social Science Editions.
Knovel Engineering and Scientific Online References
Collection of the latest leading technical and engineering reference books.
Landolt-Bornstein, New Series, Group II: Molecules and Radicals
Group II includes structure and molecular constants, acoustical and optical properties, magnetic properties and reaction kinetics
Landolt-Bornstein, New Series, Group III: Condensed Matter
Group III includes crystallography, structure and morphology of organics and inorganics, phase and surface data, electronic, magnetic, optical and electrical properties, atomic defects, and spectroscopic methods
Landolt-Bornstein, New Series, Group IV: Physical Chemistry
Group IV includes densities of liquid systems, diffusion in gases, liquids and electrolytes, surface tension, viscosity and dielectic constants of pure and binary liquid systems, elecrochemistry, and multiple thermodynamic properties or pure organic/inorganic compounds, mixtures, gases, alloys and microporous structures, e.g. zeolites
Medline (PubMed)
Service of the National Library of Medicine, includes citations for biomedical articles.
Merck Index
Handbook contains 11,000 short entries describing significant chemicals, drugs, and biological substances.
NIST Chemistry WebBook
Provides chemical and physical property data for chemical species through the internet.
NTIS
Source for accessing unclassified reports from U.S. and international government agencies. Provides access to over two million critical citations from government departments such as NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense.
OSTI.GOV
Energy related full text technical reports, bibliographic citations, journal articles, conference papers, books, multimedia, and data information from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) and predecessor agencies the Energy Research & Development Administration (ERDA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Includes publicly available energy and energy related literature in the disciplines of biology, chemistry, engineering, environmental sciences, fission and nuclear technologies, fossil fuels, geosciences, materials, mathematics, computing, physics and more.
Patent Sources
Patents, many in full text, from many issuing agencies are available free on the web.
Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering
The articles contained in this database cover a wide range of fields, including physical chemistry, theoretical and computational chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and heterocycles, chemical biology, food chemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, biotechnology, polymers, separation science and engineering, electrochemical technology, spectrometry, spectroscopy and microscopy.
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Collection
Material produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Society and the Royal Institute of Chemistry, including minutes, magazines, annual reports, monographs and lists of Fellows. Also includes digital editions of books from the historical collections of the RSC.
SciTechNetBase (CRCnetBase)
Online books published by CRC Press. Princeton subscribes to select modules (Biomedical Science, Chemistry, Clean Tech, Economics, Environmental Science, Geosciences, Material Science, Math, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology).
Scopus
International coverage of journal articles, selected web sites, and patents in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities; provides citation tracking for 1996+ (select coverage for earlier periods) and cited reference searches back to 1970.
SPIE Digital Library
Extensive resource of information on optics and photonics, providing full-text access to technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings.
SRI Directory of chemical producers: United States
Chemicals manufactured in the US indexed by company, plant location, chemical name, product group. Also published biennially in print.
Toxicology Abstracts
One of the 12 subfiles of Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management and separately searchable. Indexes toxicological studies of industrial and agricultural chemicals; food, additives and contaminants; household products; pharmaceuticals; polycyclic hydrocarbons; nitrosamines. Toxicity testing methodology and analytical procedures for toxic substances.
TOXNET
Includes TOXLINE and many other databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
Web of Science (ISI)
Multidisciplinary index to journal literature in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Offers the option to find cited references, which are the authors lists of articles used in their research. Journal coverage in the social sciences, arts, and humanities is not comprehensive. Includes conference proceedings in the sciences and social sciences.
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