LibraryGuides: Chemistry: Library Resources

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Academic Video Online (AVON)
Streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press in a range of disciplines in the arts, social sciences, science, and business.
Films On Demand
A streaming platform for videos on a full range of academic subjects.
JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments )
A peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of biological and medical research in video format. These video-articles visualize experiments and experimental techniques in university laboratories in the fields of biology, medicine, and neuroscience.
Kanopy
A video streaming platform with a broad selection of streaming video titles for educational purposes, including documentaries, independent and foreign films, classics, and feature films.

ChemBioFinder
Physical property data and 2D chemical structures for common compounds. Free with registration.
http://www.cambridgesoft.com/databases/login/?serviceid=128
Chemical Information Sources Wiki
Directory of selected Internet sites, reference sources, lecture notes, and instructional materials from Indiana University.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chemical_Information_Sources
PubChem
Dictionary of 400,000 chemicals (names, synonyms, and structures) with links to NLM and other databases and resources.
http://chem2.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidlite.jsp
ChemSpider
A molecular structure-based search engine.
http://www.chemspider.com/
eMolecules
Another molecular structure-based search engine.
http://www.emolecules.com/
Organic Chemistry Information from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
A compilation of organic chemical information from the Hans Reich laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/areas/organic/index-chem.htm
Protein Data Bank
"Single worldwide repository for the processing and distribution of 3-D biological macromolecular structure data."
http://www.rcsb.org/
PubChem
"Information on the biological activities of small molecules," including chemical compounds, substances, and structures.
http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
WebElements
Colorful periodic table with links to physical and chemical properties for each element, from the University of Sheffield.
http://www.webelements.com

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Examines and issues patents and examines and registers trademarks.
Google Patent Search
Search patents issued in the United States from the 1970s to mid-2006.