Electronic Resources

Beilstein Database

Beilstein is the world's largest organic chemical database. The chronological index dates from the eighteenth century and consists of over 8 million compounds, 10 million chemical reaction references, and over 35 million associated chemical, physical, and biological property records. The system also includes some 600,000 abstracts and titles excerpted from the organic chemical literature since 1980. All of this information is linked by more than 50 million hyperlinks which let scientists access exactly the information they need when they need it. Updated quarterly.

This is the Crossfire version of Beilstein, which includes journals (Excluding Organic Syntheses from 1980 to date, and the early issues of SynLett and Organic Letters) only, no patents or monograph series. The journals covered (and those dropped) are listed and annotated here: http://www.mdl.com/products/pdfs/BSJournals.pdf.

Special Instructions:
This database requires the Beilstein Commander software to run. The software can be downloaded from the Beilstein/Gmelin Help site.

The Crossfire Beilstein (and Gmelin) databases are now available on two workstations in the Science & Engineering Library.

Contact Alan Stevens or Sara Tompsonfor username and password.

NOTE: This software is NOT supported by ISD and is available to USC Hosts only.

Holdings: varies

Note: Crossfire Beilstein runs approximately one year behind current literature because the editors extensively extract actual property values.

For USC users only.