Research Infrastructure

Library and Information Center

Resources for each Lab - Photochemistry and Photobiology

Library References | Journals | Databases | Grants and Funding | Other Internet Resources

Databases

Combined Chemical Dictionary
More than 550,000 records on chemical substances. Requires plug-in downloadable at the site.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis
More than 3,500 reagents profiled

Integrated Spectral Database System for Organic Compounds

MEDLINE (Harvard ID and PIN required)
1966 to date.
Also search freely via PubMed; fewer search options, however

Methods in Organic Synthesis

NIST Chemistry WebBook

Science Citation Index (Harvard ID and PIN required)
The Institute for Scientific Information’s (ISI) Science Citation Index is a multi-disciplinary index of articles from more than 5000 journals. Search the database for current literature and for subsequent papers that have cited papers of interest. Coverage is from 1945 – to date. Some links to full text of papers provided.

ScienceDirect (Harvard ID and PIN required)
Search more than 600 journals published by Elsevier Science. Harvard does not subscribe to all titles contained within ScienceDirect. Subscribed titles are indicated by a green icon. Coverage for most journals is 1995 – to date. (Note: Harvard has not enabled personal profile functions).

Patents

U.S. Patents (1976 – to date)

European Patent Office

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)