Finding Chemical Prices

Finding Chemical Prices

Chemical and Engineering News (journal)

print: 1942-2003

electronic: 1998-present

Once a year, a “Facts and Figures for the Chemical Industry” issue is printed (usually in June or July). Figures are specific to category and company, not chemical. Finance, production, trade, and employment are covered.

§ Link to journal through Find Articles > Electronic Journals

§ Browse the Archive.

o The Facts and Figures issue for 2006 is July 10.

o The Facts and Figures issue for 2007 is July 2.

o The Facts and Figures issue for 2008 is July 7.

Chemical Market Reporter/ICIS Chemical Business (journal)

print: 1996-2003 and most recent 6 months

electronic: 10/21/1997-present

Until March 28, 2005, CMR provided weekly US prices for thousands of chemicals. Now, this information is only provided with an online subscription to ICIS Chemical Business Chemical Pricing and prices are given for only a fraction of the original chemical list.

§ Open Business Source Premier from the library’s list of databases (click Find Articles).

§ Search:

o SO Publication Name:

§ Chemical Market Reporter (<-2006)

§ ICIS Chemical Business(2006->)

o TX All Text

§ “chemical profile”

§ chemical name

ICIS Chemical Business Americas www.icis.com/chemicalbusiness

Logon: ggs@lib.nmsu.edu

Password: library

(Account: 10400733)

ICIS Chemical Business moved their full price reports to ICIS Chemical Business Chemical Pricing. Currenly, NMSU only has access to ICIS Chemical Business, but you can still access prices, just not the full ICIS price reports.

§ Choose Advanced Search

§ Search: “key chemical process”

ICIS Indicative Chemical Prices for students http://www.icis.com/StaticPages/A-E.htm

SciFinder Scholar (subscription database)

Online version of Chemical Abstracts (American Chemical Society). Lab grade chemical prices sometimes available – chemical supplier information (address, phone, and web) usually available.

§ Choose Locate (Find a specific reference or substance).

§ Choose Locate Substances.

§ Search by chemical name.

§ Click on the beaker icon to show suppliers.

§ Click on the microscope icon for more information.

Finding Chemical Suppliers

§ ChemConnect www.chemconnect.com

§ PharmWeb www.pharmweb.net

§ BuyersGuideChem www.buyersguidechem.de

§ ChemIndustry www.chemindustry.com

§ Chem sources U.S.A. (book – available in Zuhl Library Reference TP12 C42s)

Other Electronic Journals