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SciFinder and SciFinder-n
SciFinder and SciFinder-n, produced by the Chemical Abstract Service, are the most comprehensive databases for chemical literature. SciFinder is the classic platform, and SciFinder-n is the new, redesigned platform. We have access to both at the moment. Both have editors to draw and search for structures. Users must create a sign-in using their @ucsc.edu email accounts. The same login will work for either SciFinder or SciFinder-n.
CHEMnetBASE
Collection of CRC chemistry handbooks, including Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Properties of Organic Compounds, Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD), Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds, Dictionary of Drugs, Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Dictionary of Marine Natural Products, Dictionary of Natural Products, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Polymers: A Property Database.

ChemDraw

ChemDraw is a chemical drawing program, and is essential to learn for students who want to continue in Chemistry. The program is loaded onto all the workstations in the Digital Scholarship Commons on the ground floor of McHenry Library.

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