LibGuides: Chemistry: Safety and Commercial Availability

Safety Data - Books

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, Three Volume Set by Richard J. Lewis
Call Number: Steacie: TE 55.3 L494 2004
Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards by Peter Urben (Editor)
Call Number: Steacie Reference: T55.3 H3 B73 2007
Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens by Richard Pohanish (Editor)
Call Number: Steacie Reference: RA 1215 S58 2008
The Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects by S. Gangolli (Editor)

More safety data books

Safety Data - Databases

TOXNET
As part of a broader NLM reorganization, most of NLM's toxicology information services have been migrated from TOXNET (the former portal to databases containing reliable information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and environmental health) into other NLM products and services. . Maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Databases include ChemIDPlus (a chemical index), the Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), Toxline (an article database containing biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals), and the Household Products Database (hazards of common household chemicals).
INCHEM Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
Consolidates information from intergovernmental organizations that manage chemicals. Searchable by keyword, CAS number, chemical name, and synonym.
Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR)
A repository of chemical toxicity data searchable by chemical name, CAS Number, and chemical structure. Maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ChemSpider
Safety data is linked to from substance records under Data Sources.
PubChem
A freely available chemical substance database that includes safety and toxicity data. Maintained by the National Centre for Biotechnology Information.
Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich is the world's largest provider of research biomedical and organic chemicals. The product catalogue is searchable by chemical name, CAS number, molecular formula, and chemical structure.
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) gives general industrial hygiene information for hundreds of chemicals/classes that are found in workplaces. The guide, designed to help users recognize and control workplace chemical hazards, offers key facts, but does not give all relevant data.

General Laboratory Safety

Laboratory Safety for Chemistry Students by Robert H. Hill; David Finster
Call Number: Steacie: QD 51 H55 2010
CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety by A. Keith Furr
Call Number: Steacie Reference: QD 51 C73 2000
Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories: Best Practices for First- and Second-Year University Students, 8th Ed. by American Chemical Society Staff
Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories Volume 2: Accident Prevention for Faculty and Administrators, 7th Ed. by American Chemical Society Staff

Commercial Availability

Commercial availability of a substance is linked to from its substance record in each of these databases.

SciFinder
Reaxys
Reaxys is a web-based search and retrieval system for chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions. Reaxys accesses the combined wealth of trustworthy, experimental substance and reaction data and bibliographic data housed in the Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry Databases.
PubChem
ChemSpider
Sigma-Aldrich
Sigma-Aldrich is the world's largest provider of research biomedical and organic chemicals. The product catalogue is searchable by chemical name, CAS number, molecular formula, and chemical structure.