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Lab safety
Stanford Links
A online compendium on how to work safely with chemicals in laboratories at Stanford. Includes these reference information sources: Chemical Hazard Classes, Laboratory Chemical Safety Sheets, Material Safety Data Sheets, Stanford Lab Safety Data Sheets, and TOXNET.
Stanford EH&S has licensed MSDS from Chemwatch, an electronic MSDS provider. Chemwatch provides access to over 1 million MSDS documents.
Safety Resources
The Safety Song
A musical extravaganza on the importance and execution of laboratory safety.
Properties quick search
Finding Properties/Spectra for Known Substance
- (Str) = can search by chemical structure.
Print spectral resources
Swain Reference Books on Spectra
Spectral Resources - Selected Textbooks
Compounds, reactions, syntheses
Quick search
- (Str) = can search by chemical structure
- (Rxn) = can search by drawing chemical reaction
Find Key Literature References
The Dictionary of Organic Compounds includes key literature references to spectra, crystallography, synthesis, and review papers.
Locating full-text from references:
- Enter reference into Citation Linker on the eJournals page to see if the full-text is available online
- Search journal title in SearchWorks, Stanford Libraries Catalog, to see if the library has the print or online version
The Dictionary of Organic Compounds (DOC), part of CHEMnetBASE, contains chemical, structural, and bibliographic information on over 290,000 of the most important organic compounds. Data provided includes names and synonyms, formulae, chemical structures, CAS Registry numbers, physical properties, and key literature citations. Search by properties, molecular formula, and substructure.Data provided includes names and synonyms, formulae, chemical structures, CAS Registry numbers, physical properties, and key literature citations. Search by properties, molecular formula, and substructure. (Str)
Search the Two Largest Chemistry Databases
It is possible to search Reaxys and SciFinder by a chemical structure, reaction scheme, and bibliographic data. Reaxys is the largest handbook of physical property data and includes links to articles that contain spectra. SciFinder is the largest chemistry database and is compiling handbook type of information - properties and links to spectral diagrams - in the full display of chemical substance records.
Reaxys Xcelerate is a fully integrated electronic chemistry database that contains organic, inorganic and organometallic substance, property, and reaction data for small molecules housed previously in the Beilstein, Gmelin, and Chemistry Patent databases. Includes coverage from 1771-present for 400 journals. Coverage also includes English language-only patents from the major chemistry patent classes of the U.S., European, and World Patent Offices. Reaxys Xcelerate is a premium version of Reaxys that allows faster analysis of results using visualization tools, automate synthesis planning, and use flexible reporting outputs for sharing their results and annotations with colleagues. (Str, Rxn)
SciFinder is the most comprehensive database for coverage of chemistry & chemical engineering. It has the world's largest collection of organic and inorganic substance information. The web version of SciFinder provides integrated access to CAPlus, CAS Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, and CHEMCATS which are produced by Chemical Abstracts Service, and to MEDLINE which is produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Sources covered in SciFinder include 10,000 journals, patents from 61 patent authorities, book chapters, conference proceedings, dissertations, evaluated reference works, technical reports, as well as book reviews and biographical information. (Str, Rxn)
Check Synthesis, Reaction, & Reference Materials
Software
Site-licensed by Swain Library
Swain Library has purchased campus-wide site licenses for several products. Access to all of these products is limited to current Stanford students, faculty, and staff.
Some software licensed by Swain Library is also accessible using a web browser and Citrix plugin via CDSERVER. For more information, please see instructions for off-campus access to resources.
ChemOffice Professional / ChemDraw Professional
Instructions to Download & Install ChemDraw Professional
1. Account Verification: go to http://sitelicense.cambridgesoft.com/sitelicense.cfm?sid=188 and enter Stanford domain email address.
2. Create Account/login to CambridgeSoft website and then view "Services" on middle right side of page.
a. Download software: click on "My Site License"
b. Get Registration Code: click on "My Downloads." (Please contact Grace Baysinger (graceb@stanford.edu) if you do not see a Registration Code.)
3. Copy and paste Registration Code and activate software during installation process.