The Great Chemistry Search-off 2025: Properties Searching Week
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Reaxys and PubChem vie for dominance in all things properties, while smaller databases like the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the Combined Chemical Dictionary, the Merck Index, and the NIST Chemistry Web Book assert their authority in their areas of expertise. SciFinder-n rounds out the list of competitors in the following challenges: finding physical properties of known compounds, locating health and safety data, and profiling substances by properties. Bring your own ingredients (structures/attributes for which you want to search) to increase the difficulty of the challenges. This event takes place in the Chemistry Library Computer Lab.
Everyone loves a good competition, and we at the Chemistry Library are no exceptions. Beat the midweek slumps during the month of July with the Chemistry Library’s third annual Great Chemistry Search-Off. In this series of training seminars, the databases compete for the honor of “Stellar Resource” as we demonstrate their prowess in three thematic challenges. The topics will be the same as last year.
Sessions will last for 75 minutes, including time for questions and answers, and you can attend as many or as few as you would like; you don’t need to come to all four. For an added challenge, you can bring your own “ingredients” (a device and queries or research questions that match each week’s theme). You can attend in-person or online, whichever is more convenient or comfortable for you.