Government Websites
- Data.gov This link opens in a new windowDatasets on nearly every aspect of society, from climate to finance to agriculture.
- Clinical Trials This link opens in a new windowRegistry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Part of the US Department of Commerce. One of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories.
- NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and UncertaintiesFundamental Physical Constraints, International System of Units (SI), and Uncertainty of Measurement Results.
- Science.govScience.gov searches over 50 databases and over 2100 selected websites from 13 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
- Toxicity ForeCaster (ToxCast™) DataFrequently updated, publicly available, toxicity data on thousands of chemicals
- US Patent and Trademark Office Patent Database This link opens in a new windowFull text of all patents granted since 1976, and the patent number, issue date, and current US classification for all patents granted from 1790 through 1975.
- PubChemPubChem is the world's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.
- TOXNETFormer resource now integrated into various National Library of Medicine resources. Remaining page provides direction to various toxicology search strategies across PubMed, PubChem, and other resources.
Useful Websites
- Drugs.comProvides accurate and independent information on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products.
- BRENDA (Braunschweig Enzyme Database)Collection of enzyme functional data searchable by EC Number, Enzyme Name or Organism. Contains a wide variety of property information, including bibliographic references.
- IUPAC (International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry) Database"Recommendations on Organic & Biochemical Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc."
- RCSB Protein Data Bank"The Protein Data Bank (PDB) archive is the single worldwide repository of information about the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids. These are the molecules of life that are found in all organisms including bacteria, yeast, plants, flies, other animals, and humans."