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Database Information

Description:
A handbook of information on chemical substances including human & veterinary drugs, biologicals, natural products, agricultural compounds, laboratory chemicals, & environmentally significant compounds.
Date Range:
Current
Updated:
Irregularly
Includes:
Compound Search database includes name, synonyms, molecular formula and weight, structure, basic chemical, physical and toxicological properties, safety concerns, uses and selected literature references for each substance.
Organic Name Reactions database covers name(s), the original and/or primary contributor(s), a concise description of the transformation, a reaction scheme, key references, and cross references to other organic named reactions.
Additional Tables section contains over 60 pages on tables, including abbreviations, glossary, and chemical terms translator.
Subject Coverage:
Biochemistry; Chemistry; Sciences
Types of Materials Covered:
Contains information on 10,250 chemicals, drugs and biological substances, and 446 organic named reactions.
Content Provider:
Merck & Company Incorporated
Software Requirements:
Web browser for all searching formats except structure searching. Structure searching requires ChemDraw which is not available on Library Workstations.
Tips:
Reference librarians at the Noble Science and Engineering Library are available to answer questions about this database.