Chemical Literature Searching and Library Research

Session 1: Free and Licensed Chemical Literature Tools

CHEM 496January 31, 2011

http://www.slideshare.net/ebrown/

Elizabeth Brown

ebrown@binghamton.edu

(607)777-4882

LS-2304C

Outline

Monday, January 31• Review Student Survey Questions• Licensed Chemistry Resources

Scifinder, Web of Science, Scopus, Reaxys• Free Online Chemistry Resources

Wikipedia, Chemspider, Chempedia, Google Scholar• Class AssignmentWednesday, February 2• Review Class Assignment• Reference Citation Management Tools

Refworks, Zotero

STUDENT SURVEY QUESTIONS - ANSWERS

Student Survey Questions1. The main literature database to search for Chemistry research articles is INSPEC.• TRUE• FALSE 2. The citation manager tool Zotero is only available to licensed Binghamton University

students, faculty and staff.• TRUE• FALSE 3. Citation searching in article databases is completing the missing parts of the

bibliographic information, such as the author, title, journal volume, and page number details.

• TRUE• FALSE

Student Survey Questions4. Google Scholar searches the same journals, patents, conference proceedings and

monographs as Scifinder Scholar.• TRUE• FALSE 5. The Libraries spends over $1,000,000 annually to license and purchase research

tools like article databases, journals, books, and websites for Chemistry.• TRUE• FALSE 6. The database Registry in Scifinder Scholar is a world-wide, current alphabetical and

institutional listing of all working chemists, with an author number attached to their name for easy searching.

• A. TRUE• B. FALSE

Student Survey Questions

7. Chemspider includes a section for Synthetic preparations, called Synthetic pages, where you can get detailed information on synthesizing substances.

• TRUE• FALSE

8. The Wikipedia Chemistry Portal has a special symbol that notes where a chemist has edited entries and/or synthesized a chemical substance.

• TRUE• FALSE

Student Survey QuestionsDatabase Name

Chemical Structure Searching

Impact Factors for Journals

H-index for Authors

Citation Searching

Author Identifier Numbers

Chemspider

Google ScholarReaxys

Scifinder ScholarScopus

Web of ScienceWikipedia Chemistry Portal

LICENSED CHEMISTRY DATABASES

Licensed Chemistry Resources

• BU Library Databases - Chemistry http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/chemistry

• Scifinder Scholar on the Webhttp://proxy.binghamton.edu/login?url=http://metalink.binghamton.edu:8332/V/?func=native-link&resource=BNG03359

• Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) http://metalink.binghamton.edu:8332/V/TMTNDHTBPH72J1TEE59U5FT2AT5T6NVQ5IX1FCDBN3GHXBGA6Q-31293?func=native-link&resource=BNG03441

• Scopushttp://metalink.binghamton.edu:8332/V/5D9N3SV9S4QV5GGGLNCHXCAGIIXCS6U1USQ8GHUCX4VR6QL43Q-10432?func=native-link&resource=BNG03528

• Reaxys (Crossfire Commander) http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/content.php?pid=50019&sid=457185

Free Online Chemistry Resources

• Wikipedia Chemistry Portal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry_portal

• Chemspiderhttp://www.chemspider.com/

• Google Scholarhttp://scholar.google.com/

Chemistry Library Databases

Scifinder Scholar

Scifinder ScholarExplore References

– 29 million references – 10,000 major scientific journals, books, proceedings– 1800’s to the present– References to patent and patent families from 57 patent authorities

worldwide.– 200 million citations

Explore Substances– CAS RegistrySM, the largest source of chemical substance information– More than 1.6 billion chemical, biological, thermal, and spectral property values

Explore Reactions– 15 million reactions on organometallics, total syntheses of natural products,

and biotransformation reactions– Reaction conditions, yields, and catalysts

Web of Science (Web of Knowledge)

Scopus

Reaxys

Wikipedia Chemistry Portal

Chemspider

Google Scholar

Class AssignmentAnswer the following questions using the three sources below. Which source gives the best or more accurate answer? State why you think this source gives

the most accurate answer. 1. What Binghamton University Chemistry Department author has the most articles (or records, or results) in:• Scifinder Scholar• Web of Science• Google Scholar• ScopusBest Source: _____________________Reason: _________________________

2. What is the most cited paper in the Binghamton University Chemistry Department using: • Scifinder Scholar• Web of Science• Google Scholar• ScopusBest Source: ______________________Reason: __________________________

3. How many articles were published by Professor Fang at Binghamton University in 2010 using: • Scifinder Scholar• Web of Science• Google Scholar• Scopus Best Source: ______________________Reason: __________________________