Chemical Information Sources

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Chemical Information Sources
Preface
Main Topic Includes
How and Where to Start Publications, Guides, Computer Searching,
Current Awareness, Reviews, Document Delivery, Background Reading
How and Where to Search: General Authors, Citations, Subjects,
Chemical Name, Formula, Structure Searching
How and Where to Search: Specialized Synthesis, Reactions, Safety, Analytical, Physical, Patents
Communicating in Chemistry Newsgroups, Listserves, Blogs, Visualization, Writing
Miscellaneous History, Directories, Study, Teaching, Careers, Cheminformatics
Supplemental Resources SIRCh, CIIM, Problem Sets, CRSD, CHMINF-L
Contents
How and Where to Start
Chapter 1 The Publication Process: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources
Chapter 2 Guides to Chemical Information Sources and Databases
Chapter 3 Computer Searches
Chapter 4 Keeping Up and Looking Back: Current Awareness, Reviews, and Document Delivery
Chapter 5 Deep Background Reading: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Treatises, Monographs, and Other Books
How and Where to Search: General
Chapter 6 Author and Citation Searches
Chapter 7 Subject Searches
Chapter 8 Chemical Name and Formula Searches
Chapter 9 Structure Searches
How and Where to Search: Specialized
Chapter 10 Synthesis and Reaction Searches
Chapter 11 Chemical Safety and Toxicology Searches
Chapter 12 Analytical Chemistry Searches
Chapter 13 Physical Property Searches
Chapter 14 Chemical Patent Searches
Chemical Information Sources
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Communicating in Chemistry
Chapter 15 Chemistry Blogs and Discussion Groups
Chapter 16 Molecular Visualization Tools and Sites
Chapter 17 Science Writing Aids
Miscellaneous
Chapter 18 Chemical History, Biography, Directories, and Industry Sources
Chapter 19 Teaching and Studying Chemistry
Chapter 20 Careers in Chemistry
Chapter 21 Cheminformatics
Supplemental Resources
SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry (Links to Web resources with the same subject outline as the
chapters on this page.)
CIIM: Chemical Information Instructional Materials (Web resources for more in-depth training on the topics
discussed in the chapters.)
Problem Sets
CRSD
[1]
: Chemical Reference Sources Database (a searchable database that covers reference books, commercial
databases, etc.)
CHMINF-L
[2]
: Chemical Information Sources Discussion List (a listserv in existence since 1991 with many
chemistry librarians, chemists, publishers, and others interested in chemical information; has a searchable archive of
all posts since its inception.)
References
[1] http:/ / bl-libg-doghill. ads. iu. edu/ chem-web/ databases/ crsd/ index. php
[2] http:/ / listserv.indiana. edu/ archives/ chminf-l.html
Article Sources and Contributors
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Article Sources and Contributors
Chemical Information Sources Source: http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?oldid=2012930 Contributors: Adrignola, Gary Dorman Wiggins, 10 anonymous edits
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