World Databases in Chemistry provides evaluative and comparative information on a wide range of electronic databases, giving unrivalled access to all the electronic products available in the field of chemistry. It covers databases that are available worldwide in any language and any electronic form - whether on the Internet, on CD-ROM, online, realtime, diskette or tape.

The easy-to-use format provides information on both the database itself and the data providers, with all the details necessary to identify the source that best matches the needs of information specialists, online searchers and researchers working in this field.

Each entry includes, where available name(s) of databases, type of database, years of coverage, numbers of records, geographical coverage, languages, full description, search software, search aids and manuals, and comments from, or references to, database reviews. Detailed host or provider information is available in a separate section. A database name index and a detailed subject index complete the volume.