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Beilstein and Gmelin Handbooks Online
 

The Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry and the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry are available electronically through various search interfaces.  The Beilstein database contains the literature of organic chemistry from 1779 to date; the Gmelin database contains that of inorganic and organometallic chemistry from 1817 to date; the databases are updated 4 times a year.

Site Administrator: Leah Solla (LRM1@cornell.edu, 607-255-1361)
Searching Tutorials: Elsevier MDL Learning Center (requires registration)

 

NEW DiscoveryGate
DiscoveryGate is a web-based search interface for searching the Beilstein and Gmelin databases.  It is available for both Mac and Windows platforms with some technical restrictions.  The Mac version requires OS 10.4 or higher.The Windows version is built for Java runtime environment (JRE) 1.5, error messages may occur with JRE 1.6x.  

Direct Link - remote access coming soon!

Mac Getting Started
Windows Getting Started
- download required

 

MDL CrossFire Commander
MDL CrossFire Commander is a client application with extensive searching features for searching the Beilstein and Gmelin Handbooks.  It is not available from off-campus except through EZ-Remote.

IMPORTANT - Settings Changes 2008!

Mac Installation
Windows Installation