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The Chemical Literature

SciFinder Scholar Resources
Searches a wealth of chemical information including 20 million substances, 4.5 million
reactions, 2.2 million patents and documents from 8000 journals. It can be accessed at the Chemistry or the Health Sciences Library, which provides additional information on accessing and using this database.

Science Citation Index Expanded
The Science Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the sciences.

Chemical and Physical Property Information

ChemFinder
Database includes information such as boiling point, CAS registry number, melting point, molecular weight as well as 2-D and 3-D structures of molecules and links to relevant websites for about 75,000 compounds.

Sigma-Aldrich
Free registration is required to access additional features such as materials safety data sheets and NMR and IR spectra. Limited to Sigma-Aldrich products.

Spectra and Spectroscopy

Spectroscopic Tools
Includes primers on IR and NMR as well as background on theory and applications of spectroscopy.

Collections of Spectra

UNC Kenan Science Library Spectroscopy Subject Guide

NIST Chemistry Web Book
Includes IR spectra for over 16,000 compounds as well as thermodynamic and other spectroscopic data.

Spectral Database System for Organic Compounds (SDBS)
Provides spectra (including IR and NMR) for about 30,000 compounds and searchable by name, formula, and registry number.

Spectroscopic Theory

NMR Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications
Instructional materials from the Global Instructional Chemistry program.

NMR Spectroscopy: Theoretical Principles

Science of Spectroscopy
Includes primers on IR and NMR as well as background on theory and applications of spectroscopy.

Spectroscopy Interpretation Problems

Organic Structure Elucidation: A Workbook of Unknowns

WebSpectra: Problems in NMR and IR Spectroscopy

ACS Style Guidelines

ACS Style Guide: References

ACS Style Guide

ACS Style Sheet

The Web pages listed above only include selected aspects of the ACS style guidelines. For a more comprehensive source, see the ACS Style Guide at the Chemistry Library's reference desk.

Nomenclature

IUPAC Nomenclature Recommendations and Publications
Contains the full text of many IUPAC recommendations, including a Glossary of Organic Class Names

IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry

Material Safety Data Sheets

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) contain information on chemicals and their properties along with health, physical, and environmental hazards. As they are provided by manufacturers, there is no centralized location so you may have to look in multiple places.

Chemical and Other Safety Information
Includes useful info such as a glossary of terms related to chemical safety, toxicity abbreviations often included in MSDS, and how to interpret an MSDS.

Where to Find MSDS on the Internet
A guide to finding MSDS. Also includes MSDS-related news and updates.

MSDS Sources to Start With

MSDS Search (National MSDS Repository)
Vermont SIRI MSDS Collection