Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Databases

Optics InfoBase &  Optics ImageBank
Astronomy, Chemistry, Engineering, Physics
Varies: 1917--

Provides full text access to core journals and conference proceedings published by the Optical Society of America (OSA) and related publishers, covering optics and photonics. The ImageBank includes more than 200,000 images.

Reaxys   UCB access only
Chemistry
1779 - present

Reaxys is a web-based interface for three chemical information databases, Beilstein, Gmelin and the Patent Chemistry Database (PCD). Structure, reaction and citation searching are possible. Reaxys is a key resource for locating information on how to synthesis organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds. It is also a good source for critically evaluated data on on physical, chemical, spectral, bioactivity, or toxicological properties of chemical compounds.

SciFinder Scholar/Chemical Abstracts   UCB access only
Biosciences, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Physics, Public health
1907 - present

Indexes over 9,000 journals, patents, conferences, books, technical reports, and dissertations related to chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, and the biomedical sciences.
Use is restricted to current UC faculty, staff, and students.

TOXLINE   UCB access only
Chemistry, Health sciences, Public health
Last 5 years plus current year

Indexes journals, monographs, technical reports, theses, letters, meeting abstracts, conference papers, and reports in all areas of toxicology, including chemicals and pharmaceuticals, pesticides, environmental pollutants, and mutagens and teratogens. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, information is drawn from a number of sources including Toxicity Bibliography and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology.

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