Utah State University
Biotechnology
Center
Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Johnson
Lab
Merrill-Cazier
Library
Search, Databases and Tools
::: General
ISI
Web of Knowledge - Web-based platform, provides high-quality
content and the tools to access, analyze, and manage research information.
Scirus -
Web search similar to Google, however, dedicated only to science being
more specific.
::: Chemistry
ChemFinder
- Free chemical searching for physics, chemistry, etc. Links to other
electronic databases.
Cooling
baths
EXTOXNET
- The EXtension TOXicology NETwork - Information about pesticide
and toxicology.
Fundamental
Physical Constants - Fundamental physical constants.
Ionization
Constants - Ionization constants of organic acids.
IUPAC
- Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols &
Terminology etc.
Material
Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) - General information on safety and
the potential hazards of chemicals.
Mass
spec and isotope distribution calculator
Not
Voodoo - Fundamental laboratory techniques.
Organic
Chemistry Portal - Organic name reactions.
PFG
- Buffer design - Calculation of thermodynamically correct
recipes for the control of pH in aqueous biological systems.
SDBS
- Integrated Spectral Database System for Organic Compounds
- UV, IV, MS, Raman e RMN data of organic and inorganic structures.
TLC
visualization stains
WebElements
- Periodic Table, with physical, chemical and biochemical data, supplied
by The University of Sheffield.
::: Biochemistry
BoxShade
- Tools for the Pretty Printing and Shading of Multiple-Alignment files.
ExPASy
proteomics server - Analysis of protein sequences and structures.
Hinge
prot - An algorithm for protein hinge prediction using elastic
network models.
MolProbity
Server - Structure validation: Web service for all-atom contact
and geometrical analysis of protein structures.
Nucleic
Acid Database (NDB) - Assemble and distribute structural information
about nucleic acids.
Protein
Data Bank - Database of biological structures, such as proteins,
nucleic acids etc.
Prot-Web
- The official world-wide database for the annotation of the human genome.
PyMOLWiki
- User-contributed wiki to supplement the PyMOL documentation.
Free Software
ChemSketch
- This software offers chemical drawing (ACD/ChemSketch), naming,
and calculations of physicochemical properties.
Molden
- A pre- and post processing program of molecular and electronic structures.
PyMOL
- Python-enhanced molecular graphics tool. It excels at 3D visualization
of proteins, small molecules, density, surfaces, and trajectories.