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Chemical Information SourcesPreface

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 StartChapter 1 The Publication Process: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary SourcesChapter 2 Guides to Chemical Information Sources and DatabasesChapter 3 Computer SearchesChapter 4 Keeping Up and Looking Back: Current Awareness, Reviews, and Document DeliveryChapter 5 Deep Background Reading: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Treatises, Monographs, and Other Books

How and Where to Search: GeneralChapter 6 Author and Citation SearchesChapter 7 Subject SearchesChapter 8 Chemical Name and Formula SearchesChapter 9 Structure Searches

How and Where to Search: SpecializedChapter 10 Synthesis and Reaction SearchesChapter 11 Chemical Safety and Toxicology SearchesChapter 12 Analytical Chemistry SearchesChapter 13 Physical Property SearchesChapter 14 Chemical Patent Searches

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Communicating in ChemistryChapter 15 Chemistry Blogs and Discussion GroupsChapter 16 Molecular Visualization Tools and SitesChapter 17 Science Writing Aids

MiscellaneousChapter 18 Chemical History, Biography, Directories, and Industry SourcesChapter 19 Teaching and Studying ChemistryChapter 20 Careers in ChemistryChapter 21 Cheminformatics

Supplemental ResourcesSIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry (Links to Web resources with the same subject outline as thechapters on this page.)CIIM: Chemical Information Instructional Materials (Web resources for more in-depth training on the topicsdiscussed in the chapters.)Problem SetsCRSD [1]: Chemical Reference Sources Database (a searchable database that covers reference books, commercialdatabases, etc.)CHMINF-L [2]: Chemical Information Sources Discussion List (a listserv in existence since 1991 with manychemistry librarians, chemists, publishers, and others interested in chemical information; has a searchable archive ofall 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

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Article Sources and ContributorsChemical Information Sources  Source: http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?oldid=2012930  Contributors: Adrignola, Gary Dorman Wiggins, 10 anonymous edits

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