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Resource of the Month


Every month we recommend a free of charge chemical information resource based on our experience of answering members' queries at the Chemical Enquiries Helpdesk.

You may find this regular feature useful for:

  • Improving the scope of your research
  • Increasing awareness of freely available resources
  • Finding out more about the potential of familiar resources 

November 2009 - IUPAC Solubility Data Series

Solubility data from published results of experimental determinations.

October 2009 - Kompass Business Directory

Directory of company contact information

September 2009 - Household Products Database

The health effects of over 8,000 consumer brands.

August 2009 - CEFIC Facts and Figures

EU quantitative and qualitative chemical industry data.

July 2009 - The International Nuclear Information System

The International Nuclear Information System (INIS)

June 2009 - CSE - Carriage, Supply and Exposure Limits Legislation

Transport of dangerous goods information from the National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC).

May 2009 - SDBS

A spectral data search engine for organic compounds.

April 2009 - WebReactions

Free organic reactions database.

March 2009 - MatWeb

A free materials property database.

February 2009 - UK IPO Patent Databases

Free patent databases from the UK Intellectual Property Office.

January 2009 - ICISsearch

ICISsearch global chemical suppliers search engine.

December 2008 - Screening Information DataSets (SIDS)

Screening Information DataSets for High Production Volume Chemicals.

November 2008 - CosIng

A database of ingredients used in cosmetic products.

October 2008 - ChemSynthesis

Locate synthetic methods of creating compounds in selected journals.

September 2008 - NIST Chemistry WebBook

Physical and chemical properties and reaction data.

July 2008 - SureChem

A powerful gateway for chemical patent search.

June 2008 - PubChem

A structure searchable database of substance, compound and bioassay information.

May 2008 - EPA's Test Method Collections

The Environment Protection Agency's approved procedures for measuring pollutants.

April 2008 - EBSCO's GreenFILE

A free environmental database.

March 2008 - ESIS

European chemical Substances Information System.

February 2008 - Periodic Tables

Periodic Tables on the Web.

January 2008 - ChEBI

A dictionary of chemical entities of biological interest.

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