Software Licensed by the Science Library: WebCSD and ICSD
The Robin Li and Melissa Ma Science Library has purchased campus-wide site licenses for several products. Access to all of these products is limited to current Stanford students, faculty, and staff.
WebCSD and ICSD
Web interface to Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) without the need to install client software. Contains published crystallographic data on organic, organometallic, and metal complex structures whose 3D structures have been determined using X-ray diffraction or neutron diffraction.
Features include:
- Substructure searching
- Similarity searching (only available in WebCSD)
- Text/numeric searching (journal reference, compound name, all text)
- Reduced cell searching
- Database browsing
- Customizable 3D display using embedded AstexViewer applet — no local software installation required. External viewers also supported.
- Single pane results window
- Easy structure and result export features
Don't miss this related databse, the ICSD is the world’s largest database for fully identified inorganic crystal structures. It is produced by FIZ Karlsruhe and currently contains about 185,000 crystal structures. Updates are made twice a year (in spring and in fall) with data taken from scientific journals and other sources. About 6,000 structures are added to ICSD each year. The oldest records date back to the year 1913.
