[bioperlguy]

I am a newbie with ordering compounds and I was wondering what the best way of searching for them. I have been told about SciFinder, but as of yet don't have access to it. So, I am just wondering what is the best way to search for a list of chemicals that I need from suppliers with different prices. I am trying to avoid going to Sigma because of past invoice problems. Any suggestions?

[cpncoop]

VWR is a good site to check out.  There are a number of online based searches, but VWR is a US based supplier...

[JGK]

It depends where you are based, in Canada the following are probably the most utilized by our company:

Fisher Scientific
Sigma Aldrich
VWR
Caledon
Anachemia

However it's worth shopping around as some of the price differentials are quite staggering.