Useful web-based resources for MIP researchers

Chemicals databases

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eMolecules Structure-based searching. Allows uploading of .sdf files to browse contents. Lists possible commercial sources.
Chemexper
BuyersGuideChem
ChemFrog
EuroChem
PubChem Structure Search Structure-based searching from PubMed Central.
ChemSpider from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Search by structure, synonym, registy No. etc.
Zinc database database of compounds for virtual screening.
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds
Protein Databank
ChEMBLdb The ChEMBL database (ChEMBLdb) contains medicinal chemistry bioassay data, integrated from a wide variety of sources (the literature, deposited data sets, other bioassay databases). Subsets of ChEMBLdb, relating to particular target classes, or disease areas, are exported to smaller databases, These separate data sets, and the entire ChEMBLdb, are available either via ftp downloads, or via bespoke query interfaces, tailored to the requirements of the scientific communities with a specific interest in these research areas.

Chemical Suppliers

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Sigma-Aldrich chemicals (Aldrich & Fluka) and biochemicals (Sigma) supplier.
Thermo Fisher Scientific chemicals, biochemicals and equipment supplier. Product range includes Acros Organics, Fisher, Pierce etc.
TCI Chemicals Europe chemicals from the Tokyo Chemical Industry Co.Ltd. european distribution centre.
TCI Chemicals Asia Pacific chemicals from the Tokyo Chemical Industry Co.Ltd.
Fluorochem chemicals and equipment supplier.
Alfa Aesar chemicals arm of Johnson Matthey.

Literature databases

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mipdatabase.com of course!
Scopus from Elsevier (ScienceDirect) requires a subscription.
Web of Knowledge from Thomson Reuters requires a subscription. Includes Journal Citation Reports, (Impact Factors), ResearcherID, EndNote
Google Scholar free resource from Google, full text searching of scholarly articles, patent etc.
PubMed Central free resource from the US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Search for articles with bio/medical subject matter. Includes full-text archive of biomedical and life science literature.
SciFinder Scholar the biggest online chemical database service, provided by the Chemical Abstracts Service of the ACS. Requires a subscription.
Pubget free searching across publishers. Identifies pdf files. Downloading pdfs is subject to your subscription status with the publisher.
Oriprobe.com lists the contents pages of thousands of academic journals published in China. Easy to browse contents, includes title, author and page numbers of articles.
China National Knowledge Infrastructure lists the contents pages of thousands of academic journals published in China. Less easy to find journals than with the resource above and articles pages are frequently not available due to database errors. Article pages however have title, author, abstract and keywords (but not page numbers!).
Journal Abbreviation Resources provided by the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Gives links to web resources for looking up the correct abbreviations for titles of learned journals.
Journal Abbreviations List from the University of Leeds, UK. An alphabetical list of common journals and their abbreviations.
Journalseek website Search for journals by name.

Patent databases

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US Patent and Trademark site Search US patents and patent applications by full text. Patents may be viewed as text and page images downloaded as tiff files.
European Patent Office Search patent applications from 90+ countries by title, abstract, inventor, applicant, assignee, etc . Patents may be downloaded as pdf files.
Patentstorm Search US patents and patent applications by full text.
FreshPatents Search US patents and set up alerts by keyword.
Micropatent from Thomson Reuters, requires subscription.
Delphion from Thomson Reuters, requires subscription.
Free Patents Online free resource. Database now covers US, JP, EP, DE and PCT as well as non-patent literature. Allows e-mail alerts and downloading of pdf files.
Japanese Patents Office searching of Japanese patents and applications with machine translation into English.
Korean Intellectual Property Rights Information Service webpage in English.
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
IP Australia
Intellectual Property Office, New Zealand
German Patent Office

Journal Publishers

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American Chemical Society search and browse journals published by the ACS. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Science Direct search and browse journals published by Elsevier. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Royal Society of Chemistry search and browse journals published by the RSC. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Wiley search and browse journals published by Wiley. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Springer search and browse journals published by Springer. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Taylor and Francis search and browse journals published by Taylor and Francis. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Nature search and browse Nature journals. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Science search and browse AAAS journals. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
Ingenta search and browse journals indexed by Ingenta. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
American Scientific Publishers search and browse journals indexed by ASP. Viewing full text requires a subscription.
j-stage search and browse journals published in Japan. Open access and subscription journals are included.
SciELO Brazil search and browse journals published in Brazil. Open access with articles in Portuguese and English.
Korean Chemical Society Journals search and browse journals published by the KCS. Includes free full text papers.
IEEE Xplore search and browse journals and conference proceedings published by the IEEE. Full text access requires a subscription.
MDPI Journals publisher of a series of open access journals, including International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Sensors.
De Gruyter publisher of a series of open access journals, including Molecular Imprinting.
InTechOpen publisher of open access journals and books.
The Institute of Physics search and browse journals indexed by the IOP. Viewing full text requires a subscription.

Theses and Dissertations

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mipdatabase.com theses and dissertations page. Order by date, author or title.
DART-Europe e-theses portal theses and dissertations from european universities and colleges.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations links to many ETD (electronic theses and dissertation) sites.

Software resources

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j-mol java-based platform independent open source molecule viewer. Renders .mol files in 3d. Output can be sent to POV-Ray for rendering in high quality.
RasMol probably the most well-known molecular graphics viewer.
PyMOL alternative molecular graphics viewer.
ChemAxon Marvinsketch is an advanced, Java based chemical editor for drawing chemical structures, queries and reactions. It has a rich (and growing) list of editing features, is chemically aware and is able to call ChemAxon's structure based calculation plugins for structures on the canvas.
AutoDock AutoDock is a suite of automated docking tools. It is designed to predict how small molecules, such as substrates or drug candidates, bind to a receptor of known 3D structure.

Jobs, fellowships, studentships

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UK academic jobs site see what's avaialble in UK universities.

Grants and funding

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Networking and social media

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ResearchGate research-based netwroking site.
Linked in professional networking.
PublicationsList.org publicise your academic achievements.
ResearcherID identify your publications. From Thomson Reuters.
ORCiD identify your research profile online.
BioInfoBank This site is aimed at supporting and promoting the scientific activity of students and scientists.

Analytical services

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Instrument manufacturers

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