Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Databases, Standards, Patents

Search and access the full text of all current British Standards and many international standards (e.g. ISOs/IECs). See Terms & Conditions for printing and copying.
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Search and access full text of patents from over 90 countries. To restrict to UK patents add 'GB' to the 'Publication number' field.

Reaxys covers an extensive collection of organic, organo-metallic, and inorganic chemistry data. Reaxys enables you to search by structure, substructure, reaction, text, and property data.

SciFinder, the online version of Chemical Abstracts, is the main database for chemistry. It provides easy access substance and reaction information, patent and journal references. It is for individual, not-for-profit use only. Personal registration required.
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ChemSpider covers 67 million structures, properties and associated information from freely available chemical data. It is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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SciFinder, the online version of Chemical Abstracts, is the main database for chemistry. It provides easy access substance and reaction information, patent and journal references. It is for individual, not-for-profit use only. Personal registration required.
Please choose Scifinder-n from the drop down menu

Reaxys covers an extensive collection of organic, organo-metallic, and inorganic chemistry data. Reaxys enables you to search by structure, substructure, reaction, text, and property data.

The PSDS is a new National Research Facility which brings together tools and resources for UK researches in physical sciences, including chemistry, crystallography, materials, and related fields.
To identify which resource to use in PSDS go to https://www.psds.ac.uk/resources

Core is the world’s largest collection of open access full text research papers - aggregating and enriching open access research papers from around the world.

ESDU is an engineering knowledge base which provides essential design and analysis methods and guides, data and software tools to help solve complex engineering problems. These design guides can be used in a wide range of engineering disciplines, including ISVR, aerospace, mechanical, civil, transportation and chemical engineering.

Full text access to all IET and IEEE journals and conferences since 1988 and all active and archival (but not draft) IEEE standards.

A leading database in the fields of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, computers and control, and information technology. It contains abstracts of articles from over 3000 journals, as well as conference proceedings, books, technical reports and dissertations. Coverage: 1966 to date. Further information

Includes 1,500+ leading academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences,

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Previously called the Web of Knowledge. Provides access to a number of databases including Web of Science Core Collection (covering engineering, science, health, social science, humanities, etc.), BIOSIS (biological & biomedical science) and Inspec (physics, computing, electrical & electronic engineering, etc.). Select 'All Databases’ to search multiple databases simultaneously or choose an individual database.