Some of your assignments will require you to locate data (e.g. bioactivity data, physical properties etc) relating to a particular chemical substance.
There are a number of handbooks and databooks in the Library, which can be used for this purpose as well as numerous reputable online resources (see below).
A free chemical structure database providing access to over 28 million structures, properties, and associated information. Accessibility Statement Privacy Statement
Includes substance information, compound structures, and bioactivity data in three primary databases, Pcsubstance, Pccompound, and PCBioAssay, respectively. PubChem covers around 25 million chemical substances. Accessibility Statement Privacy Statement
This electronic resource aims to provide doctors, pharmacists and other health care professionals with sound, up-to-date information about the use of medicines. It provides key information on the prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines. Access to BNF online is free, but does require registration.
The BNF + BNFC app makes it quick and easy to access practical, evidence-based medicines information whenever and wherever you need it.
You need to register to use the app, including choosing a job role. "Student" is one option.
is the authoritative collection of standards for UK medicines. It is produced by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission Secretariat, part of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
You must Login to use this resource:
- Search for and select University of Huddersfield Library
- Click 'single sign on for students & staff'
- Enter your University username and password
Clarke's provides over 1700 entries detailing physical properties, analytical methods, pharmacokinetic data, ultraviolet, infra-red and mass spectra, and therapeutic and toxicity data of drugs and poisons.
The Martindale database contains information on drugs in clinical use worldwide, as well as selected investigational and veterinary drugs, herbal medicines, pharmaceutical excipients, vitamins and nutritional agents, vaccines, radiopharmaceuticals, contrast media and diagnostic agents, medicinal gases, drugs of abuse and recreational drugs, toxic substances, disinfectants and pesticides.
a source of up-to-date chemistry databases, plus associated manipulation and display software. The available databases cover Crystallography, Spectroscopy, Thermophysical Properties, and Reactions and Molecules. Access is included to the SPRESI database, which provides information on 8.7 million organic structures, and 4.1 million reactions.
