Inorganic crystal structures, data sources

The inorganic equivalent of the CSD is the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD) (FIZ 2001 Bergerhoff et al. 1983). This currently contains over 53000 entries (August 2000) with two updates per year, and may be searched in a manner similar to that used for the CSD. There are currently efforts under way to unify the searching software for these two important data bases, a move which would considerably facilitate and widen their use. Another useful source is the inorganic section of the PDF (ICDD 2001 Jenkins and Snyder 1996). For older references, the first two volumes of Groth (1906, 1908) are particularly valuable. 

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