Searching for Chemical Information
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Some of these databases require a GMU subscription and so you must access them either on campus or through the GMU Library links.
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Libraries
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GMU Libraries Home
Page
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GMU Libraries
Online Catalog
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WRLC Library
Catalogs
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Virtural Library of
Virginia - VIVA
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Journals and Literature Searching
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e-Journals
-comprehensive source accessed
through the GMU Library. Click
'Collections of Online Journals' to
access the big collections such as:
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Science Direct
(Elsevier) -"the world's
largest electronic collection
of science, technology and
medical full-text and
bibliographic information"
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American
Chemical Society - over 30
peer-reviewed journals and
magazines published by ACS
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Scirus -a
comprehensive search engine
specifically designed for finding
scientific information on the web
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ISI Web of Science (Science Citation
Index)
-access through library or on
campus (subscription-based).
Citation and keyword searching
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Science Resources Directories
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GMU Databases
-Links to subscription journals and
databases (see above); especially
useful if you are off-campus
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GMU Chemistry and Biochemistry InfoGuide - One stop for scholarly resources for study and research in Chemistry and Biochemistry; contains many of the resources listed elsewhere on this page.
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GMU Web Guides
-Print and electronic sources of
chemistry information compiled by
GMU Librarian
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Infomine -the
database of (almost) all databases
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Intute -evaluated
Web resources in science, engineering and technology
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Links for
Chemists -an index of over
8,075 chemistry resources on the
web
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Chemistry Information Databases
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ChemSpider - database of 21 million chemical structures and related properties
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eMolecules - searching the world's chemistry by name or structure
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ChemExper -
physical properties; includes
supplier
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NIST - National Institute for Standards and Technology - a large collection of scientific and technical databases
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Material Safety
Data Sheets - a comprehensive
list of sites
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Organic Syntheses
Database - detailed experimental
methods from the 81 annual volumes
of Organic Syntheses.
[Avoid searching by molecular formula.]
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PubChem - three linked databases provide comprehensive substance and structure information along with information on biological activity
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SDBS Spectral
Database - IR, NMR, MS,
physical properties for organic
compounds
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SIS, NLM Chemical
Structure Searching Server - National Library of Medicine
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32 Free Chemistry Databases - the title says it all (some are listed above)
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Biomolecule Databases
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The RCSB Protein
Data Bank
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HIC-Up hetero
(small) molecules found in proteins
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Het-PDB Navi
another site for hetero molecules
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PDB At A Glance
proteins organized by function
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PDBsum a
pictorial database of schematic
diagrams of entries in the Protein
Data Bank
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GenomeNet
Ligand Chemical Database includes
the chemical reactions between
enzymes and substrates
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3Dinsight An integrated database and search
tool for structure, property and function of
biomolecules
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