CHEMCATS index of commercially available chemicals and their suppliers is available through SciFinder.
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Look at the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.

• There is general economic information available for some compounds.

Also, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry.

• Enter the name of your compound to search for any mentions within the full-text of this resource.

Use ICIS Chemical Business.

• Click on Search within this publication, then search for price snapshot to view weekly prices for chemicals.
• This trade publication also profiles one chemical each month. Search the name of the chemical AND "chemical profile." For example: "acetic acid" AND "chemical profile"
• You can also search for prices in the Subject heading - MAINSUBJECT field, along with the name of your chemical (e.g. "vinyl acetate") in the Document Text - FT field.

Sigma-Aldrich has pricing available for small quantities.

For historical prices, Chemical Week featured weekly spot and contract prices for some chemicals in the CW Price Report column, available through May 2010.

• Click on Search within this publication, then perform a search for cw price report within the TX All Text field.