Beilstein and Gmelin databases are available as part of the CrossFire system.
The Beilstein database provides worldwide coverage of the literature relating to the preparations and properties of organic compounds and covers the literature from 1771 onwards. The contents and the data structure are based on the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry.
The Gmelin database, the most complete collection of structures, properties, and references to the literature in organometallic and inorganic chemistry, contains all the structural, factual, and bibliographic data cited in the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry from 1648 to 1975 and 110 top journals from 1975 to 1994.
Please Note: After connection to a Crossfire server has been established, locate the "switch databases" section of the screen, then click the radio button next to BS for Beilstein or GM for Gmelin.
Connect to Crossfire using a Windows 95-based client interface (library only).
Connect to instructions for downloading. For assistance with downloading and for login ID and password, contact Susan Knippel, Information Technology Division, Room 34 Parks Library, or 294-9650.
Additional user guides are available in the Parks Library Reference area.
If you do not wish to download the software, the database is available on computer workstations in Parks Library (in the Reference Area in Rooms 188B and 188D) and also on workstations in the Physical Sciences Reading Room.