American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— August 1998 —
Chemical Literature (Chem 184/284)
University of California at Santa Barbara
Chemical Literature Reference Sources in the UCSB Library
Print Sources
- The ACS style guide : a manual for authors and editors,
2nd ed. / Janet S. Dodd, editor; Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, 1997.
QD 8.5 .A25 1997 SEL Ref
This useful volume contains instructions for would-be authors in ACS journals and has been newly updated, including information on citing electronic sources. It also has chapters on copyright, poster sessions, oral presentations, and peer review of papers. - Antony, Arthur
Guide to basic information sources in chemistry / by Arthur Antony. — New York : Wiley, c1979.
Series title: Information resources series.
QD 8.5 .A57 1979 SEL Ref
Somewhat out-of-date, but well-written. - Bachrach, Steven M.
The Internet: a guide for chemists / by Steven M. Bachrach — Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, c 1996.
Series title: Computer applications in chemistry books
QD 8.3 .I57 1996 SEL Ref
Good chapters by experts in the field on various aspects of the Internet, including listservs and the World Wide Web, and how they may be of use to chemists. Some of the specific examples are already dated (the 'Net changes that fast!) but the general concepts are still good. - Bottle, R. T.
Use of chemical literature / editor, R. T. Bottle. 3d ed. London; Boston : Butterworths, 1979.
Series title: Information sources for research and development.
QD 8.5 .B6 1979 SEL Ref
Slightly out-dated, and has a British slant, but has some interesting chapters on library use and “other” information sources. - CAS printed access tools: a workbook. Columbus, Ohio: Chemical
Abstracts Service, 1981.
QD 9 .C37 1981 SEL Ref
A very useful practice tool for the printed version of Chemical Abstracts - Maizell, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1924–
How to find chemical information : a guide for practicing chemists, educators, and students / Robert E. Maizell. 2nd ed. New York : J. Wiley, c1987.
QD 8.5 .M34 1987 SEL Ref
One of the more recent books available on the subject, but already very dated with regard to electronic sources. The third edition is expected some time in 1998. - Maynard, John T.
Understanding chemical patents / John T. Maynard. 2nd ed. Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, c1991
T 211 .M39 1991 SEL Ref
This is a very good source for background on chemical patents, especially for the would-be inventor. Chapters 1-3 are recommended reading to get a feel for the value of patents as reference material. - Mellon, M. G. (Melvin Guy), 1893–
Chemical publications, their nature and use / M.G. Mellon. 5th ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1982.
QD 5 .M44 1982 SEL Ref
A little out-of-date on online sources, but good bibliographies, good treatment of primary sources and useful sample problems. - Ridley, Damon D.
Online searching: a scientist’s perspective: a guide for the chemical and life sciences / Damon D. Ridley. Chichester ; New York : Wiley c. 1996
Z 699.5 .S3 R53 1996 SEL Stack D
An excellent recent how-to manual for searching the STN International database system (especially Chemical Abstracts Online). - Skolnik, Herman.
The literature matrix of chemistry / Herman Skolnik. New York : Wiley, c1982.
QD 8.5 .S58 SEL Ref
Interesting chapters on journal literature; some good, if dated, bibliographies. - Wiggins, Gary, 1943-
Chemical information sources / Gary Wiggins. New York : McGraw-Hill, Inc., c1991.
QD 8.5 .W54 SEL Stack D
An excellent, relatively recent source, organized by the type of search more than by the source. Includes a floppy disk database of chemical information sources. - Wolman, Yecheskel, 1935-
Chemical information : a practical guide to utilization / Yecheskel Wolman. 2nd ed. Chichester [West Sussex] ; New York : Wiley, c1988.
QD 8.5 .W64 1988 SEL Ref
This second edition is relatively up-to date, and worth taking a look at. Especially good sections on library use and locating physical data. There is a copy of the older edition available for check-out. - Woodburn, Henry Milton, 1902-
Using the chemical literature : a practical guide/ Henry M. Woodburn. New York : M. Dekker, c1974.
Series title: Books in library and information science ; v. 11.
QD 8.5 .W66 SEL Ref
Very dated with regard to computer databases, but some good information on print sources.
World Wide Web Resources
- InfoSurf: Chemistry
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/chemistr.html
The UCSB Library’s very own collection of chemistry resources on the Web. All of the below are also listed there, under “Super Sites”. - Analytical Chemistry Springboard from Umeå University
http://www.anachem.umu.se/jumpstation.htm
This is an excellent collection of Internet resources dealing specifically with analytical chemistry. - Australian Chemistry Network — OzChemNet
http://apamac.ch.adfa.oz.au/ozchemnet/ - Biochemistry: WWW Virtual Library at Harvard
http://golgi.harvard.edu/biopages/biochem.html
This is one of many “WWW Digital Library” collections in specfic subject areas. See also below. - Biomolecular & Biosequence Databases (Harvard)
http://golgi.harvard.edu/sequences.html - ChemCenter
http://www.chemcenter.org/
This is a pooling of Web resources from the American Chemical Society and Chemical Abstracts Service, including STNEasy, the ACS Graduate School Finder, Chemcyclopedia and more. It will eventually feature unique resources as well. - ChemDex from the University of Sheffield
http://www.shef.ac.uk/chemistry/chemdex/welcome.html - Chemie.de
http://www.chemie.de/
An excellent recently developed site with a huge collection of links organized by subject class (unfortunately, the links are identified by the page title, which isn't always very descriptive), as well as a nice collection of online tools like a molecular mass calculator, chemical software links, and job and conference listings. - ChemInfo from Indiana University: CIS-IU
http://www.indiana.edu:80/~cheminfo/ - Chemistry : The World-Wide Web Virtual Library from UCLA
http://www.chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html - Chemistry : Yahoo
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Chemistry
A direct link to the Chemistry section of Yahoo, the popular Web search service. - Chemistry Resources on the Internet from RPI
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem/cheminfo/chemres.html - chemsoc
http://www.chemsoc.org/
This site, new for 1998 from the Royal Society of Chemistry in Great Britain, provides a wide range of chemical resources, especially links to academic, educational and scholarly society web sites, and a list of forthcoming conferences and events. Additional content is promised. However, at the moment, the pages are somewhat sloppily arranged and labeled (example: the “Societies” page is titled “Education Arcade”), but, given the high quality of other RSC efforts, these problems are likely just the growing pains of a new site. - ChemWeb.com
http://ChemWeb.com
This site is an “Internet club for chemists”, containing chat rooms, forums, a “shopping mall” with links to suppliers, a “library” with full-text journals from Current Biology, Ltd. and databases from MDL Information Systems, Inc., job postings and other services. Members must register. - EInet: Chemistry
http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Science/Chemistry.html - German Chemical Resources: WWW Virtual Library from Karlsruhe
http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary/54.en.html - The Homepage for Chemists
http://www.chemie.de/~knecht/englisch/chemeng.phtml
A large collection of links to Web chemistry resources, well-classified and updated. Also available in a German language version. - INFOMINE Physical Sciences from UC-Riverside
http://lib-www.ucr.edu/physci/
This is a searchable list of Internet resources, accessible by subject or keyword. - Latinamerican Chemistry Web (English version)
http://latina.chem.cinvestav.mx/RLQ/welcome_eng.html
This site is sponsored by the Organization of American States and hosted by CINVESTAV in Mexico. It is especially good for addresses and contacts for Latin American universities and has a host of useful links. It is also available in a Spanish language version: http://latina.chem.cinvestav.mx/Welcome.html - Magellan: The McKinley Internet Directory
http://www.mckinley.com/
This directory of Internet resources in many fields is searchable and browsable by subject and rates its entries for completeness, ease of use, etc. - NIST Virtual Library Chemistry Subject Guide
http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/guides/chem.htm
This guide to chemistry Web resources from the National Institute of Standards and Technology is not huge, but does contain a few unique links. - Réseau Chimie
http://www.chimie.com
This web site, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, has an extensive collection of well-selected links to Internet resources in chemistry, entirely in French. Each of the individual links has been annotated. - Rolf Claessen’s Chemistry Index
http://members.freepage.de/chemistry/
This is a very comprehensive, frequently updated collection of links covering all areas of chemistry. - SciQuest
http://www.sciquest.com/pse-cgi/acc/login.cgi
SciQuest provides a searchable and browsable collection of links to a vast number of chemical and equipment suppliers. Users may enter as guests, or register as members free of charge. - Thermodynamic Data and Property Calculation Sites on the Web
http://www.uic.edu:80/~mansoori/Thermodynamic.Data.and.Property_html
An extensive collection of thermodynamic data Web sites from the Thermodynamics Research Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago. - WebChemistry from La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, Australia.
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/webchem/ - Wendy Warr & Co.
http://www.warr.com/
This web site for the consulting firm operated by renowned chemical information specialist Wendy Warr includes links to excellent collections of information on current meetings, combinatorial chemistry and chemical structure information on the Web.
This document was created by Chuck Huber (huber@library.ucsb.edu).