Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Science Writing Aids

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry Science Writing Manuals and Style Guides The ACS Style Guide (3rd ed., 2006) Quick Guide: ACS Citation Style (Nan Butkovich, Penn State) ACS Style Guidelines (University of Wisconsin) The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University) MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Modern Language Association) The Columbia Guide to Online Style Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation Science Writing Tutorials and Courses The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University) Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students by : Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeff Donnell, Georgia Tech; or Christene Moore, University of Texas at Austin. Guides for Better Science Writing (Gary Wiggins, Indiana) Online Technical Writing by David McMurrey, Austin Community College Deciphering Journal Abbreviations CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool (abbreviated journal titles; Chemical Abstracts Service) Beyond CASSI (abbreviated journal titles from early chemical literature and other historical reference sources) Journal Titles and Abbreviations (lists journal titles and their Chemical Abstracts abbreviations; University of British Columbia) Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index; print version ceased publication, 2010. All that JAS: Journal Abbreviations (registry of Web journal abbreviation sources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations) Software and Other Tools for Writing Assistance EndNote and Other Bibliographic Reference Programs (University of California, Davis) EndNote (Wisconsin) Zotero (free bibliography manager) ACD's ChemFolder Molinspiration WebME Molecular Editor OSRA Optical Structure Recognition (Web version) OSRA (standalone version) Clide Chemical Literature Data Extraction (University of Leeds) errnet (for proofreading) Chemistry Dictionary for Wordprocessors Publicon (from BioMedCentral) KNIME (open-source data integration, processing, analysis, and exploration platform) KNIME Report Designer (free) Chemical Structure Drawing Software accelrys Draw accelrys JDraw (free for academic and non-commercial use) Symyx Draw Add-ins ACD's ChemSketch ACD's Structure Drawing Applet [http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/wiki/Main_Page Avogadro Bio-Rad DrawIt (formerly, ChemWindow)] Bioclipse BKChem CambridgeSoft's ChemBioDraw ChemDoodle Chemistry 4D-Draw EasyChem Ghemical iBabel JChemPaint MarvinSketch (ChemAxon) XDrawChem Chemical Database Software Bingo Open Source RDBMS for Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases Collaborative Drug Discovery Public Access Account (gives access to free data sets) Chemical Nomenclature Aids Chemical Nomenclature Lite: A Guide to Naming and Indexing Chemical Compounds by Charles H. Davis Chemistry 4-D Nomenclator ACD's Name (organic) IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (1979 and 1993 versions from ACD) Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc. IUPAC version IUBMB version IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology - the Gold Book Abbreviations and Symbols for Nucleic Acids, Polynucleotides, and Their Constituents (IUPAC-IUB) Biochemical Nomenclature Publications (IUPAC-IUBMB) IUPAC Publications on Nomenclature and Symbolism Bibliography of IUPAC and IUBMB Nomenclature Recommendations, August 1993 Index to Organism Names (ION) Enzyme Nomenclature Database Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides; Recommendations 1983 Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1994) Graphical Representation of Stereochemical Configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006) Chemical Nomenclature Aids in the IU Chemistry Library Structure to Name Programs Chemical Identifier Resolver (NIH) CSLS: Chemical Structure Lookup Service (NIH) OpenEye Lexichem MarvinSketch (ChemAxon) Symyx Draw Structure Resolver ChemBioDraw (CambridgeSoft) ACD/Name (ACD Labs) OPSIN (component of OSCAR) ChemIDplus (NLM) eMolecules ChemSpider