Explore The Merck Index* Online and get your personal quote
For more than 120 years The Merck Index has been regarded as one of the most authoritative and reliable sources of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals. Now this trusted resource is available online exclusively from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
With a coverage that extends from human and veterinary drugs to dyes, flavours and fragrances, The Merck Index Online is suitable for a wide range of university courses.
Take a closer look at what you’ll get
Take a closer lookFirst things first:
- Introduce yourself to the database and its coverage
- Try searching for a molecular formula (such as gluten or thiamine)
- Browse the full list of monographs or named reactions by first letter
- Have a look at the reference tables of general chemical conventions and terms
Key features:
- Access to over 11,550 monographs and19,000 compounds**
- Features historic records not available in the print edition
- Regular content updates made by our expert in-house editors
- Flexible searching options from simple text terms through to chemical structure searches
- Unlimited user concurrency***
- COUNTER compliant
- Shibboleth access
*The name THE MERCK INDEX is owned by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A., and is licensed to The Royal Society of Chemistry for use in the U.S.A. and Canada.
**As of January 2015
***For academic institutions, hospitals and pharmacies
