Online Searches

Our online database search service (using STN) covers all areas of chemistry. There are more than 200 databases which can either be searched individually or, for comprehensive searches, by clusters.

Enquirers can also take advantage of our expertise in chemical structure/substructure searching. Structure searches are conducted in databases such as Chemical Abstracts, Beilstein and Marpat.

Example databases include:

• Chemical Abstracts (from 1907 to date)
• CAS Registry file of Substances (from 1907 to date)
• Beilstein (from 1771 to date)
• Biosis (from 1969 to date)
• Embase (from 1974 to date)
• Derwent World Patent Index (from 1963 to date)      

Example database clusters include:

• Agriculture
• Bioscience Literature
• Sci-Tech Business and News
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemical Literature
• Company based searches
• Environment
• Food Science and Technology
• Energy Sources
• Materials Science
• Medicine and Medical Science
• Metals
• Patents
• Pharmaceutical Science
• Polymer Science
• Reactions
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Structure Searching
• Product Directories and Suppliers
• Toxicological Information     

The STN website has more information about the individual databases.

There is a charge for using this service which depends on the databases searched and number of answers retrieved. Please email us if you would like a quote.