Setting up remote access to RSC content
You can find details about how to access information remotely in this step-by-step guide. The guide will also help if for any reason you have difficulty accessing the content you want.
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Databases
MarinLit
A comprehensive database of the marine natural products literature, covering new and revised structures, synthesis, ecology and biological activities. Features flexible searching and powerful dereplication tools based on predicted and experimental data.
The Merck Index* Online
For over 120 years, the most authoritative and reliable source of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals. Now available online and fully searchable with over 11,500 monographs, including new and historical records not available in the print edition.
ChemSpider
A free database of over 50 million chemical structures, properties, and associated information. ChemSpider integrates data from hundreds of sources, and includes additional properties, related information, and links back to original data sources.
Literature updating services
Analytical Abstracts
For coverage of the latest techniques and applications. The premier current awareness and information retrieval service for analytical scientists.
Natural Product Updates
Keep current with the latest developments in natural product chemistry. Set up personalised alerts to get the latest research direct to your inbox.
Synthetic Reaction Updates
Keep up to date with the latest developments in synthetic organic chemistry. Browse or search recent reactions and create custom email alerts based on your research interests.
Chemical Hazards in Industry
Health and safety issues surrounding chemicals encountered in the chemical and related industries.
Laboratory Hazards Bulletin
Comprehensive coverage of hazards encountered by laboratory workers. Includes waste management, occupational monitoring and legislation.
Discontinued products
These products have been discontinued. Access to the historical content is available to subscribers of Synthetic Reaction Updates.
Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions
Graphical abstracts of advances in catalysis, including reaction schemes. Entries indexed by catalyst class, reaction, reactant, catalyst and product.
Methods in Organic Synthesis
Graphical abstracts of advances in organic synthesis, including reaction schemes. Entries indexed by reaction, reactant, reagent and product.
National Chemical Database Service
The Royal Society of Chemistry hosts the National Chemical Database Service for the UK academic community. This is an EPSRC-funded facility which allows free access to a suite of commercial databases for UK university staff and students.
*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.