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Crystallography
Compiled by Ivan Kassal
This guide focuses on crystallographic resources available at Swain Library and on the Internet.
Contents
Library Catalogs and Journals
Abstracts and Indexes
Structure Databases
Software
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Handbooks and Data
Selected Web Guides
Organizations and Conferences
Directories and Suppliers
Stanford Links
Library Catalogs
Stanford Library Catalog
Melvyl: University of California’s Web-based catalog. Limited to Stanford users
World Catalog (OCLC). Limited to Stanford users
LibWeb: Library WWW Servers
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Journals
Search Socrates, Stanford’s Library Catalog, for the most up-to-date information to determine if the Stanford Libraries own a print or electronic journal. Catalog records have a hot link in them. Search tip: to retrieve only e-journals, add “http†as a keyword to your search.
List of Crystallography Related Journals
Swain Journals List contains all journals held at Swain.
E-Journals in the Stanford University Libraries
HighWire Press: Free Online Full-Text Articles
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
JCR: Journal Citation Reports. Limited to Stanford users. Use to identify the most important crystallographic journals.
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. Limited to Stanford users. Use Ulrich’s to identify where your favorite journals are indexed.
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Abstracts and Indexes
Chemical Abstracts Online. Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Must download search software.
Derwent Innovations Index (Derwent World Patents and Patents Citation Index). Limited to Stanford users.
Engineering Index at LANL. Limited to Stanford users.
Engineering Village (EI/Compendex) (1884+) engineering. Limited to Stanford users.
Federal Research and Development Project Summaries. Includes DOE, NIH, and NSF.
FlashPoint (1998+) to search Biosis, Ei/Compendex, Inspec, SciSearch, and e-Print arXiv in one search. Limited to Stanford users.
Ingenta. Table of contents database for nearly 25,000 titles.
INSPEC at LANL. Limited to Stanford users.
Web of Science (SciSearch). Limited to Stanford users.
SciSearch (Science Citation Index and Current Contents). Limited to Stanford users.
All Databases in the Stanford University Libraries
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Crystal Structure Databases
Protein Data Bank
Cambridge Structural Database Available to Stanford users.
Inorganic Crystal Structure Database: ICSD Available to Stanford users.
Nucleic Acid Database
Metalloprotein Database and Browser
Macromolecular Structure Database
The Pauling File
International Centre for Diffraction Data
NIST surface structure database [electronic resource]. Swain Permanent Reserve QD921 .W38 1996
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
More Databases…
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Software
ORTEP-III (Oak Ridge Thermal Ellipsoid Plot Program for Crystal Structure Illustrations)
SHELX-97 (programs for crystal structure determination from single-crystal diffraction data)
PLATON (SHELX-97 compatible multipurpose crystallographic tool)
HKL
Molecular visualization
MOLMOL
MolScript
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PyMOL
Raster3D
Swiss PDB Viewer
Extensive Software Listings
List of Software from the Protein Data Bank
Google Directory
Software Database for Crystallography
Collaborative Computational Project Number 14
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Chemical Acronyms and Abbreviations Database
Inter Active Terminology for Europe (Multilingual terminological database of the European Commission’s Translation Service) [formerly EuroDic Autom]
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. In AccessScience: The Online Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Limited to Stanford users.
Oxford English Dictionary. Latest edition. Limited to Stanford users.
Britannica Online (Subscriber version)
Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation
Encyclopedia of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry
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More Encyclopedias…
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Handbooks and Data
Crystal Lattice Structures
Mineralogy Database
Biological Macromolecule Crystallization Database and the NASA Archive for Protein Crystal Growth Data
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
NIST Data Gateway
NIST X-Ray Form Factor, Attenuation and Scattering Tabulation
X-Ray Interactions with Matter
Elastic Photon-Atom Scattering Database
Neutron scattering lengths and cross sections
Atlas of crystal structure types for intermetallic phases. Engineering Library Reference TN690.4 .D33 1991
Crystal structures. Swain QD951 .W82 1982
Dana’s new mineralogy. Earth Sciences Library RQE372 .D23 1997
International tables for crystallography. Swain Reference QD908 .I56 F 2002
Point-group theory tables. Swain Reference QD911 .A48 1994
Tables of interatomic distances and configuration in molecules and ions. Swain Reference QD65 .T3
More Handbooks…
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Selected Web Guides
Crystallography Online
Crystallographic Education Resources
Teaching Pamphlets
Links for Mineralogists
Crystallography 101
Chemdex
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Organizations
Crystallographic organizations
International Union of Crystallography
American Crystallographic Association
American Association for Crystal Growth
More Crystallographic Organizations…
Synchrotron radiation sources
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory
More Synchrotron Radiation Sources…
Neutron radiation sources
High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory
Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center
More Neutron Radiation Sources…
More Organizations…
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Conferences and Seminars
Crystallography Conference Calendar by subject
Denver X-ray Conference
Gordon Research Conferences
Stanford Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Conferences
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Directories
World Directory of Crystallographers
ACS Directory of Graduate Research. Limited to Stanford Users. Latest print edition on Reserve.
American Men and Women of Science. In Academic Universe (choose Reference Sources and then Biographical Information). Limited to Stanford users. Latest print edition in Swain Reference Q141 .A48
Chemical Engineering Faculties. Latest edition in Swain Reference TP 165 .C45
Chemical Engineering Faculty Directory
Chemistry 2000: Two Thousand of the Best Chemistry Sites: Includes University Departments. From Cambridge University.
CorpTech: Database of 50,000 High Tech Companies
NSF: Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
More Directories …
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Suppliers
Suppliers of Crystallographic Equipment
Chem Sources Online (Stanford users only) Latest edition of print version on Reserve at Swain
SRI Directory of Chemical Producers. United States and European sections. On Reserve at Swain
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
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Stanford Links
Stanford University
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Chemical Engineering Department
Chemistry Department
Environmental Health and Safety Department
Research Centers and Institutes at Stanford
Stanford Bookstore
Stanford Directories
Emergency Preparedness at Stanford
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