Scientific Databases

Sourcing & Safety

In any research organization that uses chemistry, the sourcing, storage, and disposal of research chemicals is a major challenge. Sifting through pages of chemical catalogs is a poor use of time for any research scientists and purchasing agent. Environmental, Heath and Safety (EH&S) processes must be well defined to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and an organization’s own safety policies. CambridgeSoft's Sourcing & Safety databases and applications can streamline these tasks to help control costs and improve efficiency.

Databases:

• ChemACX

  The CambridgeSoft Available Chemicals Exchange (ChemACX) is a database that provides a unified, up-to-date, structure-searchable source of more than 500,000 unique chemicals from over 550 suppliers worldwide – including large suppliers such as Sigma Aldrich, Fisher Scientific, Acros, Lancaster and TCI America, as well as smaller specialized niche suppliers. This invaluable database allows scientist to quickly and easily search a single source for commercially available chemicals.

• Sigma Aldrich MSDS

  For anyone handling, or needs to handle cleanup of chemical substances who require fast and reliable access to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), Sigma Aldrich MSDS is a database of over 130,000 MSDSs for the products of the Sigma-Aldrich family of catalogs (Sigma, Aldrich, Fluka, Supelco, Riedel-de Haën) that document safe handling, storage, and disposal instructions, emergency procedures, spill and leak control measures, and important chemical characteristics determining general safety precautions. Unlike other electronic MSDS repositories, the Sigma Aldrich MSDS collection comes from a respected supplier in an extensible HTML format which is structure- and substructure-searchable and can be directly accessed from CambridgeSoft's E-Notebook, ChemACX, and Inventory Enterprise.

• ChemMSDX

  Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are documents designed to provide both workers and emergency response personnel with information and proper procedures for handling or working with a particular chemical substance. MSDSs include information on the chemical's identity; physical and chemical characteristics; physical and health hazards; toxicity; primary routes of entry; exposure limits; whether the chemical is a carcinogen; precautions for safe handling and use; spill or leak control measures; emergency and first aid procedures; storage, disposal, and transportation, and more all in a standardized format. ChemMSDX is a database of material safety data sheets for thousands of products listed in CambridgeSoft's available chemicals database, ChemACX.