Databases for Engineers

The CHEMINDEX database is a guide to information resources on over 200,000 chemicals. Each CHEMINDEX record contains identification information including chemical names and synonyms, the CAS registry number, and a list of the CCINFO databases containing information on that substance. Chemindex forms part of the CCINFO suite of databases.

This is web-based version of Chemical Abstracts and requires a one time only registration to gain a personal username and password. Please go to this link to access the registration form:
https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=1DF29182-86F3-50AB-5B28-1F156308EAAB

SciFinder is the largest bibliographic database for the chemical sciences. In addition to the usual title/author/keyword searching it supports chemical structure and reaction searching, as well as searching for using CAS registry numbers. Journal articles, conferences and patents are also indexed.

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