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Physical Sciences Data-Science Service (PSDS) replaced the National Chemical Database Service (NCDS) during the summer of 2019. If you experience issues accessing the resources here, please let PSDS know at Contact us or support@psds.ac.uk.
To gain access to the PSDS, please register your details and your Brunel University email address. The Physical Sciences Data-science Service is a National Research Facility which brings together tools and resources for UK researchers in physical sciences, including chemistry, crystallography, materials and related fields. It provides access to web-based data services are which are freely accessible for academic users from the UK. Further information about the PSDS, including terms and conditions can be found on the About page and Learning page.
To cite the Service in a publication or on the internet, please state: "We wish to acknowledge the use of the EPSRC funded Physical Sciences Data-science Service hosted by the University of Southampton and STFC under grant number EP/S020357/1." Continued provision of the Service does rely on its relevance to the community, so please do acknowledge the Service when appropriate.
Google Scholar. Try using this to limit your search to scholarly sources.
Google Advanced Search. You can search within a particular domain eg .gov.uk. This will limit your search to UK government publications.
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