Use the Material Property Search to select the compound you want to search, then drop and drag from the list of available properties to find data in downloadable tables and/or interactive graphs.
Many of the NIST databases are free, but you may get some results from the fee-based databases as well.
This series is now part of SpringerMaterials, which we don't license. However, you can still search the database for your compound and property, and if it's from a pre-2010 Landolt volume in the New Series, you can access it online via Portico. Make sure you note the Landolt volume and chapter name from your SpringerMaterials search, which you'll need when you browse the volumes in Portico. Instructions on searching SpringerMaterials to locate a Landolt-Bornstein chapter in Portico [PDF].
We still have a lot of property data handbooks in the library, including classic titles like Herzberg's Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. We have multiple copies of Volumes 1-3 (Spectra of Diatomic Molecules; Infrared and Raman Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules; Electronic Spectra and Electronic Structure of Polyatomic Molecules) that can be checked out. An additional set of Volumes 1-3, plus Volume 4 (Constants of Diatomic Molecules, which as data like v00 values) are in the reference collection.
There are several ways to locate data handbooks in the library. UC Library Search may be helpful depending on the property in question. Adding tables or data to the search can refine your results. We also have guides with additional research guides for Spectra and Physical Property Data.
Going from the Print Handbook to the Original Journal Articles
Article citations were often abbreviated to save space. For example, next to the property data value you may see something like Ref. 14. Then you go to the list of references for that section to find:
This means the article, authored by Verma, can be found in the Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 32, starting on page 738, published in 1960. The book should have a list of journal and book abbreviations, so you'll know that JCP = Journal of Chemical Physics. But you have enough information here to browse or search for this article on the JCP website.
