Subject guide for Chemistry

On this page you will find a selection of resources concerning chemistry.
You are welcome to contact the subject editor in case you need help, or if you have suggestions for additional information for the page.

Oil painting. ”Det naturlige system” (the Natural Table) by Lars Kristensen

Databases - Chemistry

Scifinder
Chemical database from ACS. Contains references, substances (structure, Markush, molecular formula, property, identifiers) and reaction structures. Access: create a profile with your AU mail address.
Reaxys
Chemical database from Elsevier. Contains reactions, substances, literature and entity/property hierarchy.
ChemSpider
Chemical structure database from RSC. Contains chemical names and structures, references, and related data.
PubChem
Chemical database from NCBI, with emphasis on biotechnology. Consists of the three databases BioAssay, Compound and Substance.

Databases – research articles

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Journal base with full text versions of all journals published by the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RCS)
Journal base with full text versions of all journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RCS). Older volumes of most journals are not available in e-form.
Scopus
Reference and citation database. Covers all research areas but is best suited for science and health sciences. Time period: 1960 – (full indexing from 1996).
Web of Science
Reference and citation database. Covers all research areas but is best suited for science and health sciences. Time period: 1900 - .

Dictionaries - Chemistry

Kemisk ordbog
Danish dictionary of chemistry. Part of Ordbogen.com.
Dictionary of Chemistry
7. edition, © 2016. Part of Oxford Reference (OUP).
Comprehensive Dictionary of Inorganic Chemistry
Author: Warren Carmen, © 2009.
Dictionary of Chemical Engineering
Author: Carl Schaschke, © 2014. Part of Oxford Reference (OUP).

Dictionaries - Language

Ordbogen.com
Collection of dictionaries which contains Ordbogen.com and Gyldendals Ordbøger. The collection of dictionaries covers a large number of subject areas and languages. The list of all relevant dictionaries is obtained when you search a word.
Oxford English Dictionary
Online dictionary. English-English. © 2016 Oxford University Press.
Dansk Sprognævn
Website from the Danish Language Council. Contains different tools on the Danish language and grammar.
Den Danske Ordbog
Dictionary on the modern Danish Language. Published by det Danske sprog- og litteraturselskab.
Google Translate
Translation tool. Machine-generated translations, many different languages and alphabets.
AU Language and Translation
AU’s Dictionary, Translate and English style guide.

E-Books

Analytical Separation Science
Editors: J.L. Andersen, A. Berthod, V. Pino, A. Stalcup. © 2016 Wiley.
Wikibooks: Chemistry
Online books on chemistry. Written and edited by the same principle as Wikipedia.
Bookboon.com: Kemi
Free Danish and English textbooks.

Web resources

Wikipedia: Chemistry
Chemistry portal on Wikipedia.
Eric Weisstein’s World of chemistry
Chemistry portal from Wolfram Research.
WWW Chemistry Guide
Portal with selected web resources in chemistry.

Reference works

Formel.dk: Kemi
Danish website with formulas, definitions, tables mm.
Periodical Table (RSC)
Interactive Periodic Table from RSC. Contains many additional data, podcasts, videos, resources and reference.
NIST Physical Reference Data
Reference tools on physical data from Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology.