Online Help for Chemical Information Systems at UNH

• Cambridge Structural Database from Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC)
  • WebCSD Help and Documentation -- includes FAQ
    
    
  • CCDC website
    
    
  • Help & Documentation for all CSD and CCDC resources
    
    
  • CCDC Teaching materials
    
    
  • Cambridge Structural Database System, 2010 Release, Worked Examples for Mogul, Mercury, and IsoStar
    
    
  • Thomas, I. R., I. J. Bruno, J. C. Cole, C. F. Macrae, E. Pidcock and P. A. Wood.
    WebCSD: the online portal to the Cambridge Structural Database.
    J. Appl. Cryst. 43: 362-366 (2010) DOI: 10.1107/S0021889810000452
    
    
  • Allen, F. H.
    The Cambridge Structural Database: a quarter of a million crystal structures and rising.
    Acta Cryst. B58: 380-388 (2002) DOI:10.1107/S0108768102003890

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• ChemDraw Standard from CambridgeSoft:
  • CambridgeSoft Desktop Support Documentation site; users must sign in to view.
    
    
  • An extensive User Guide is also located within ChemDraw software
    
    

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• Reaxys:
  • Reaxys help system
    
    
  • Downloads for Structure Editor Plug-ins and Documentation
    

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• SciFinder
  • SciFinder 2007 Features
    
    
  • CAS Database Content at a glance
    
    
  • SciFinder – Support and Training

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• Selected free chemical information help resources:
  • Chemical Information Sources on Wikibooks

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• Discontinued resources:
  • Beilstein/Gmelin sites: The Beilstein and Gmelin databases that were available via Crossfire have been discontinued by the database producer. Please see Reaxys and SciFinder for relevant literature references, property information, structures, and reactions.
    
    
    --For UNH chemical information assistance, call or email Bob Constantine (603.862.1083 or rjc3 @ unh.edu) or Emily Poworoznek (603.862-4168 or el @ unh.edu).
    
    --For assistance with a Library subscription that doesn't seem to connect, UNH community members may email e.resources@unh.edu .
    
    --For general hardware or software issues, UNH community members may call or contact the UNH IT Help Desk (603.862.4242 or https://remedy.unh.edu/contactus/)
    
    Questions or suggestions about this page? Please send to Emily Poworoznek, Engineering and Physical Sciences Librarian. Email: el @ unh.edu

    This page last updated February 2012.