The Splatalogue is an attempt to collate, rationalize and extend existing spectroscopic resources for use by the astronomical community. Currently, Splatalogue is a transition-resolved compilation of the JPL, CDMS, Lovas/NIST, and Frank Lovas' own Spectral Line Atlas of Interstellar Molecules (SLAIM). Currently, Splatalogue contains over 3.9 million lines in 720 unique chemical species. Open access starts with splatalogue v.1.0 at www.splatalogue.net.

The Splatalogue effort would not be possible without the efforts of laboratories all over the world. Specifically, you will notice in the last column of any search with Splatalogue, the "LineList" where the data originated. For these data, you will need to reference the following:

• CDMS: H. S. P. Müller, F. Schlöder, J. Stutzki, and G. Winnewisser, J. Mol. Struct. 742, 215-227 (2005)
  
  
• JPL: H. M. Pickett, R. L. Poynter, E. A. Cohen, M. L. Delitsky, J. C. Pearson, and H. S. P. Muller, "Submillimeter, Millimeter, and Microwave Spectral Line Catalog," J. Quant. Spectrosc. & Rad. Transfer 60, 883-890 (1998).
• Lovas/NIST: F.J. Lovas and R.A. Dragoset (2004), NIST Recommended Rest Frequencies for Observed Interstellar Molecular Microwave Transitions - 2002 Revision, (version 2.0.1). [Online] Available: http://physics.nist.gov/restfreq [2009, February 4]. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. Optional addition: Also published as J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data 33(1), 177-355 (2004).
  
  
• SLAIM: In referencing SLAIM, use the following "All spectral line data were taken from the Spectral Line Atlas of Interstellar Molecules (SLAIM) (Available at http://www.splatalogue.net). (F. J. Lovas, private communication, Remijan et al. 2007)

Specifically, we would like to give special thanks to H. S. P. Müller, Brian Drouin, John Pearson, Frank Lovas and Floris van der Tak for their continued help and support of this effort. Without their efforts and their input, Splatalogue would not be possible.

Below are listed other sources that may be useful in both obtaining spectral line data as well as collisional cross sections, fitting programs for spectral line data and radiative transfer analysis tools. Use wisely and let us know if you ever find a "broken link" at splatalogue at nrao dot edu.

Other Resources for Molecular Spectroscopy

• NIST Recommended Rest Frequencies for Observed Interstellar Molecular Microwave Transitions by Frank J. Lovas

• NIST Physical Reference Data .

• JPL Molecular Spectroscopy Home Page (Includes transitions not yet observed in the ISM) by Herb Pickett

• The Cologne Database for Molecular Spectroscopy additions.

• The DEMIRM List of the Known Interstellar Molecules.

• The Astrochemistry Working Group of the International Astronomical Union home page lists other resources

• http://astrochemistry.net

• Cassis Interactive Spectrum Analyzer

• ARTIST, Adaptive Radiate Transfer Innovations for Submillimeter Telescopes, a project undertaken by the Bonn-Bochum-Cologne EU ARC node.

• Toyama Microwave Atlas for spectroscopists and astronomers
• Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDa)
• HITRAN High-resolution Transmission Molecular Absorption Database
• CCP7: Collaborative Computational Project. Calculation of theoretical models suitable for the interpretation of stellar and interstellar spectra