A guide to Web sources and reference works in the Library's collections devoted to the properties and reactions of inorganic and coordination compounds and the elements . Gmelin Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie. Gmelin is the major comprehensive handbook for inorganic compounds and organometallic compounds.
Earlier volumes are in German, later volumes in English.
The library discontinued its subscription to the series in 1994. Each element has a set of volumes identified by a Gmelin system number and containing information on the element and its compounds. See Guide to Gmelin . Dictionary of inorganic compounds. Chapman and Hall, 1992. 5 vols.