Chemical Information Sources/CIIM/Chemical Information Problem Sets and Exercises

Chemical Information Instructional Materials Problem Sets and Exercises from Indiana University C471 Chemical Information Sources and Services Ex. 1. CHMINF-L and Listserves Ex. 2. Chemical Objects Electronic journal titles and articles, Visualization of molecules Ex. 3. Science Writing Aids Structure drawing programs, Autonom, ACS Style Guide, CASSI Ex. 4. The Publication Process Journals and serials (primary, news, review), Monographs, Treatises, Dissertations, LC class numbers, Printed Chemical Abstracts section categories Ex. 5. Internet and Other Guides ChemFinder, SIRCh, Chemical Reference Sources Database (CRSD) Ex. 6. General Information on Computer Searching Library general subscription databases (Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), ingenta), SciFinder Scholar (Find a review article in SFS, Limiting SFS to document type), Google, Chronological coverage of databases, Using CASSI to translate journal title abbreviations Ex. 7. Current Awareness and Reviews Current Contents, Selection of search terms, Annual Reviews, Document delivery, Copyright Ex. 8. Background Reading Dictionaries, Treatises, Textbooks, Monographs, Chemical Reference Sources Database, LC class numbers and browsing, J. Chem. Educ. Chemical Education Resource Shelf, Chemical Acronyms Database, Encyclopedia of Analytical Instrumentation PS 1. Author or Citation Searching Printed Chemical Abstracts, Science Citation Index (Web of Science/Knowledge), SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein PS 2. Subject Searching Beilstein, Science Citation Index, Index Guide and the printed Chemical Abstracts, SciFinder Scholar PS 3. Chemical Name and Formula Searching Beilstein, PubMed, ChemIDplus, SciFinder Scholar for Registry Number, CAS Roles, Citation Search in Science Citation Index PS 4. Chemical Structure Searching SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein, ChemIDplus, Types of structure searches PS 5. Chemical Patent Searching Science Citation Index citation search for a patent, SciFinder Scholar, esp@cenet, US Patent and Trademark Office, freepatentsonline PS 6. Analytical and Physical Chemistry Cambridge Structural Database, Analytical Abstracts (Analytical WebBase), Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometry, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, NIST Chemistry WebBook, Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Beilstein for melting point range search PS 7. Chemical Synthesis or Reaction Information Name Reaction reference books, Organic Syntheses, Beilstein, Gmelin, SciFinder Scholar, SPRESI, Chemistry of Functional Groups Series PS 8. Chemical Safety or Toxicology EPA Substance Registry System, CCINFOWeb, SciFinder Scholar CHEMLIST C472 Computer Sources for Chemical Information PS 1. SciFinder Scholar PS 2. Author, Corporate, and General Name Searching in the STN LCA File PS 3. Chemical Name and Formula Searcing in the STN LREG File PS 4. STN Express Structure Searches PS 5. Beilstein CrossFire Searches PS 6. Cambridge Structural Database I590 Information Retrieval from Chemistry and Life Sciences Databases PS 1. Review of SciFinder Scholar PS 2. Author, Corporate Name, and General Subject Searching in the STN LCA File; Chemical Name and Formula Searching in the STN LREG File PS 3. Salts, Mixtures, Stereoisomers on STN; CrossFire Gmelin Searching; CrossFire Beilstein Substructure Searching PS 4. Structure Searches in CA, Gmelin, and Beilstein PS 5. Medical Databases, PubChem, Biomolecule Sequences and Structures C371 (now I371) Chemical Informatics Ex. 1. Join Appropriate Listserves or Mailing Lists Ex. 2. ChemTK - 2D Structure Database Analysis Exercise Ex. 3. SMILES Ex. 4. SMILES as Input in the Real World Ex. 5. Molecular Visualization and 3D Searching Ex. 6. Molecular Modeling Ex. 7. EndNote Ex. 8. Importing Data from Beilstein CrossFire Into Excel C571 (now I571) Chemical Information Technology Ex. 1. Listserves and Discussion Groups Ex. 2. Chemical Structure Searching Ex. 3. Spectral Databases Ex. 4. Patents Ex. 5. SMILES Ex. 6. Crystallography and Visualization Patents How much do you know about patents? (ACS)