Who is permitted to use Beilstein Crossfire Commander?

Only faculty, students, and staff of Rutgers are permitted to use Beilstein Crossfire Commander.

What is Beilstein Crossfire Commander?

The Beilstein CrossFire database covers the organic chemistry literature (primarily journal articles plus patents) back to the late 1700's. It indexes over seven million organic and organo-metallic compounds, 10 million chemical reaction references, and 20 million associated chemical, physical, and biological property records. The system also includes some 600,000 abstracts and titles excerpted from the organic chemical literature since 1980, and is updated on a regular basis.

Crossfire Commander is a network client that provides access to the Beilstein chemical database. It includes an integrated structure editor to aid in searching. The database is updated quarterly.

Crossfire Commander is only available from computers that are connected to the Rutgers University Network. This includes users who use a modem to connect to the University from a remote location through our modem pools.

The Beilstein CrossFire database is currently available on selected library computers throughout Rutgers at the following libraries:

Chang Science Library
Chemistry Library
Dana Library
Library of Science and Medicine
Physics Library
Robeson Library

If you are an authorized user of Rutgers University resources and can access the Rutgers modem pool, you can establish access to Beilstein Crossfire database from outside the Libraries. You will need to load the Beilstein Crossfire Commander software on your home or office workstation, following the instructions available from the links available at the top at this page.