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Houben–Weyl is a unique reference work for synthetic chemists, providing researchers with a comprehensive, and evaluated, source of methods. The series includes data from as far back as the early 1800s to the present day, and contains 146 000 product specific experimental procedures, 580 000 structures, and 700 000 references.

Houben–Weyl has become a world-renowned reference work because chemists know they can turn to it and find an expert opinion. Throughout its development Houben–Weyl has been worked on by the foremost chemists of their generation. They have provided insight and explanation from personal experience.

The aim of this reference work is not to simply provide scientists with a method for finding original research papers. Houben–Weyl evaluates the research and presents it in a format that is easy to digest and apply in a laboratory environment.

Houben–Weyl has developed over a period spanning four generations of researchers (see History). Each generation had different, and more exacting, requirements for its reference works and as such the printed version of Houben–Weyl has become a vast literary work. Due to the continued significance of Houben–Weyl's content the 4th edition and E-series are still available in print.

Today’s chemists need reference works to be easily and quickly available to them. They require the same information but they do not have time to spend hours searching through masses of paper. To this end Houben–Weyl has evolved into an electronic product that allows you to find any of the 146 000 experimental procedures at the touch of a button.