10:50 a.m., Jan. 24, 2008--The University of Delaware Library has added the Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformation database to its master list of databases at [www.lib.udel.edu] for use by UD students, faculty and staff.

The Science of Synthesis contains 32 volumes covering the fields of organometallics, hetarenes and related ring systems; and compounds with four carbons--heteroatom bonds, e.g. carbonic acids, imidic acids, etc.

The print set of the same name, commonly referred to as Houben-Weyl, is a major reference work on synthetic methodology and is thought of as an expert recipe book with reliable recipes. The standing order for the print set has been cancelled.

The electronic library of the University of Delaware Library, which is available 24/7 at [www.lib.udel.edu], provides access for faculty, students and staff of the University of Delaware to a rich array of online library resources including DELCAT, databases, full-text information, electronic journals and newspapers, subject guides to the Internet, the Institutional Repository and much more.