Now Available The two most comprehensive chemical handbooks ever published are now available in an electronic format to Stanford users. They are the Beilstein Handbook or Organic Chemistry and the Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. It is possible to search both handbooks by chemical structure or substructure, by factual data, and by bibliographic information. Because all data is critically reviewed and evaluated, the quality of the data is very high. Both handbooks are searchable under one interface called Crossfire.
Crossfire is a client-server product with a graphical user interface.
The search software or client is available both in Macintosh and Windows versions. The server containing the 18 GB of data from both handbooks is located in Colorado. Our license agreement allows five users to use Crossfire at one time and users may search Crossfire 24 hours a day. Because the Libraries have paid an annual subscription fee for using Crossfire, no charges are incurred by individuals or departments. It is also possible to arrange a special session for a lab group.