Organic Chemistry - a Brief Guide to Information Sources

Dictionaries

    Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary  2002  Ref QD 5 .C5


Handbooks

         
      Chemfinder  http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/ - a large site that includes an online handbook that is free but requires registration after 5 searches.

      ChemIDplus  http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/  - handbook of compounds in the National Library of Medicine's databases.

      Dean's Handbook of Organic Chemistry  2003  Ref. QD 251.3 .G65 2004

      Dictionary of Organic Compounds   Ref QD 251 .D49

      Lange's Handbook of Chemistry  2005  Ref. QD 65.L36

      Merck Index  2006.  Ref  RS  356 .M524

      NIST Chemistry WebBook  http://webbook.nist.gov/

      Sigma-Aldrich    http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/search/AdvancedSearchPage - Web site of a well known  supplier of chemicals.  Provides free property data, including spectra.


Spectroscopy Sources


    Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra  Ref QD 96 .I5 P66 1985

    Aldrich Library of NMR Spectra  Ref  QD 96 .N8 P68  1983

    SDBS  A database of spectral data from the National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research in Japan. http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/SDBS

    Sigma-Aldrich    http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/search/AdvancedSearchPage


Indexes to Chemical Literature

    CA (Chemical References) through STN  –  Chemical Abstracts online back to 1907.  Accessible on weekends and after 5 pm , on campus only.  Access through the Library home page, http://www.bergen.edu/pages/683.asp  as follows:  go to: Find Books,  click in button next to “Reserves/Textbooks by Professor” and type “Pauling” in search box.  Click the link to get to STN Easy. Click on "Start your session"  (login and password not needed).
    Search directly, using CAS Registry number and/or words, or  find substance in  Registry (Chemical Substance) File, also on STN, and then search CA(Chemical References) to find references in the literature.

    Science Direct (1995 -)  A database of  over 2,000 science journals and books published by Elsevier.  Abstracts and some full text available online.  Access from  Library home page (select “Find Articles”, and then  “Full List of Databases”).  

   Google Patent Search. Searches over 7 million US patents.  Go to http://www.google.com, click on "More" and then "Patents". Use Advanced Search for best results.
   This links to the official U.S. Patent Office site, http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html , which can also be searched directly.


Recommended Organic Chemistry Sites

   Organic Chemistry Resources Worldwide.  A well organized site for organic chemists.  Many links .  http://www.organicworldwide.net/

    MolData - Organic Chemistry.  http://pages.pomona.edu/%7Ewsteinmetz/OrgChem.htm