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Summer 2001
Contents
- Top Story: Swain’s Collections Shifted
- Sci-Tech Encyclopedias on the Web
- CHEMnetBASE
- The Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE)
- Methods in Organic Synthesis (MOS)
- Natural Products Update
- Science’s Next Wave
- New Version: Crossfire 2000 for Beilstein & Gmelin
- Journal of Chemical Education Online
- All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics on the Web
- EcoPharm Database Available Through Crossfire
- Full-Text of Molecular Biology of the Cell in PubMed
- ACS Directory of Graduate Research via the Web
- Chemical & Engineering News Online Pilot Project
- SPRESI: InfoChem Structure and Reaction Databases
- CAChe and DGauss Software for Chemists
- SciFinder Scholar 2000
- Chemical Supplier Databases
Top Story: Swain’s Collections Shifted
All volumes in the Swain Library have moved! After sending
some books to storage and installing four ranges of shelving, we spent three
weeks shifting the entire collection. There
is now four years of growth room for new volumes. Here’s where items are now located:
- Books: all volumes are on open shelving in the back reading room.
- Theses: all volumes are in compact shelving (last range on right)
- Chemical Abstracts: in compact shelving (first two ranges on left).
- Reference: most titles are located in open shelving in the front reading room.
- Retired Reference: in compact shelving (3rd range on left).
- Journals: 1992 to present are in open shelving. Pre-1992 volumes are located
in the compact shelving.
Exceptions:
- All volumes of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the American
Chemical Society, Tetrahedron, and Tetrahedron Letters are located in the
open shelving.
- All volumes of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Physical Review A,
and Physical Review E are located in the compact shelving.
To see the floor plan, please go to:
Swain’s floorplan page
Sci-Tech Encyclopedias on the Web
Some key science and technology encyclopedias are now
available to Stanford-affiliated users from their desktop. They include:
- AccessScience: The Online Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
is the world’s leading science encyclopedia, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
Science & Technology, available as a full-text searchable database.
Updated daily, it currently contains more than 7100 articles, 115,000
dictionary terms, biographies of scientists, late-breaking news, and a student
center that contains learning resources and study guides.
URL:
http://www.accessscience.com/server-java/Arknoid/science/AS
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
will be the largest single reference source ever
published in the biological sciences, and is available now in a preview format
called “Embryonic” Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Planned,
written and edited by 5,000 of the world’s leading scientists
and scientific historians, it is a work of unprecedented scope and quality.
Currently, it contains over 1,000 articles (and growing monthly) across the
fields of biochemistry, cell biology, developmental
biology, ecology, evolution, genetics, immunology, microbiology, molecular
biology, neuroscience, plant science, physiology, structural biology, virology
and the history of life sciences.
URL:
http://www.els.net/elsonline/fr_homepage.html
- Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology
has been a mainstay for chemists, biochemists, and engineers at
academic, industrial, and government institutions since publication of the first
edition in 1949. This new electronic format with enhanced search functionality
makes Kirk-Othmer content accessible to everyone, even those who may not be
chemists with information on topics such as recycling, vitamins, antibiotics,
graphite fibers, and pesticides. Updated regularly, new articles in development that
you will have access to within the first year include: Combinatorial Synthesis
and Technology, Process Automation, Electronic Chemicals, Genomics,
Nanoparticles, Bioinformatics, Micron-Scale
Chemical Analysis, Medical Applications of Biodegradable Materials, Product
Development Strategies, Drug Discovery Strategies, Chemistry of Aging,
Single-Site Catalysis, Custom Manufacturing, and Global Chemical Market
Analysis.
URL:
http://jws-edck.interscience.wiley.com:8095/
- Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry
is a state-of-the-art reference work detailing the science and technology in all
areas of industrial chemistry. For
more than 80 years, the name Ullmann’s has been synonymous with comprehensive,
in-depth coverage of chemical technology, not only in industrial chemistry, but
also in process engineering, materials science, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals
and food science. International in
scope and coverage and published in the English language, the 6th
edition of Ullmann’s contains nearly 1000 major articles, written by some
3,000 experts in their fields and affiliated to leading chemical companies or
research institutes. Updated quarterly, it contains nearly 10,000 tables, 30,000
figures, and an extensive list of references. Chemical substances ranging from
raw materials and bulk products to fine
and specialty chemicals are described in detail. Information on physical and
chemical properties, production, applications, economic data, toxicology and
occupational health is provided for each substance. Relevant patent information
is supplied wherever available. Also
includes a German-English dictionary of technical terms and a CAS Registry
Number index.
URL:
http:/jws-edck.interscience.wiley.com:8087/
There is a new page at Swain that has links to the above mentioned
encyclopedias and more. Please visit the page at:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/reference/encyclopedias.html
CHEMnetBASE
Published by Chapman & Hall/CRC and available on the Internet, some
of the most popular chemistry reference works are now available from your
desktop when you use CHEMnetBASE. Future
plans include making the Merck Index available from this web site. CHEMnetBASE
is available to Stanford-affiliated users at this url:
http://www.chemnetbase.com/.
This website contains:
- The Chapman & Hall/CRC Combined Chemical Dictionary
is a structured database holding information on chemical substances. It includes
descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties
of compounds; systematic and common names of compounds; literature references;
structure diagrams and their associated connection tables. The Combined
Chemical Dictionary online version contains all those compounds published
in:
- Dictionary of Organic Compounds (240,000 records)
- Dictionary of Natural Products (155,000 records)
- Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (100,000 records)
- Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents (38,000 records)
- Dictionary of Analytical Reagents (14,000 records)
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.
With the latest facts and figures, the Handbook contains the most
frequently used data in science, including the periodic table of the elements,
basic constants and units, thermodynamic and spectroscopic data; electric,
magnetic, thermal and structural properties of solids, key data from nuclear
science, astronomy and geophysics; and up-to-date health and safety information.
- Polymers – A Properties Database
is a new database
of physical properties for 1000 polymers, specially prepared to include those of
most interest to polymer chemists & technologists. It provides scientific
and commercial information on polymers in a single, first-stop reference
invaluable to anyone involved in polymer science and technology. It guides the
user through the primary literature via reference citations and through the
realm of supplier details by providing trade names and commercial product
information.
- Dictionary of Commonly Cited Compounds
is a new database containing the 25,000 most commonly cited compounds in the
chemical literature. The entries are derived from the combined Chemical
Dictionary.
- Properties of Organic Compounds
is a database that contains over 29,000 of the most
commonly sought organic compounds, featuring physical data, spectral data, and
structures. With a high quality display and powerful search capabilities, it
acts as an easy-to-use tool for identifying unknown compounds or for locating
additional data and references for a known compound.
The Dictionary of Substances and Their Effects (DOSE)
Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and available via the web,
DOSE contains data on 4123 chemicals that have been studied for environmental
impact or toxicity, and provides all the required information for the
assessment of risks associated with the use of those chemicals. Searchable by
name, molecular formula, molecular weight, or full text, results include
substance identification information, physical properties, ecotoxicity,
genotoxicity, mammalian and avian toxicity, environmental fate, occupational
exposure, and legislation. DOSE is available to Stanford-affiliate users at:
http://www.rsc.org/CFDose/DOSESearchPage.cfm
Methods in Organic Synthesis (MOS)
Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, MOS a text-searchable web
database. Covering the most important current developments in organic
synthesis, it provides informative reaction schemes and covering new
reactions and new methods. It is available to Stanford-affiliated users at:
http://www.rsc.org/CFMOS/MOSSearchPage.cfm.
A structure and reaction searchable version of MOS is also available to
Stanford-affiliated users using the MDL search interface. See
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/mdl/index.html
Natural Products Update
Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, NPU is a text-searchable web
database. It provides access to information on isolation studies,
biosynthesis, new compounds and known compounds from new sources, structure
determinations, and new properties. NPU is available to Stanford-affiliated
users at:
http://www.rsc.org/CFNPU/NPUSearchPage.cfm
Science’s Next Wave
The Stanford University Libraries have a site-license to Science's Next
Wave
(http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/),
a weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career
development, and the science job market. The Next Wave is published by
SCIENCE magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Next Wave publishes features, news items, career columns, and
perspectives in these areas:
- Job Market News:
includes employment trends, how to make you eligible for today's
positions, and national and international opportunities.
- Career Transitions:
Describes career moves that researchers have successfully made.
- Job Hunting:
Read about alternative careers and how to land that job you've always
wanted.
- Diversity & Worklife:
Covers the challenge of balancing your family and your career goals.
Also covers issues that women and minorities face today and possible
solutions for their concerns.
- Postdoc & Faculty Issues:
Addresses topics such as how grant applications reviewed, how postdoc
organizations have evolved, and whether or not the tenure system is
obsolete.
- For Grad Students:
Includes grading grad school, mentoring in the scientific community,
how to survive and thrive in grad school, training scientists for the
21st century, and what's the best form of funding for grad
students.
- Science Policy:
The politics and policies of scientific research define how science is
performed, and delineates the rights of the independent investigator.
Understanding how federal money is distributed and figuring out the meshwork of
government laws, regulations, and proposed amendments can help you stay abreast
of scientific developments.
If you can’t tear yourself from that really crucial experiment to visit
the Next Wave site every week, you can sign up for their email update. Each
week, the Next Wave will send you a summary of their most recent content -
features and news articles on everything from the scientific job market and
training to career alternatives to nuts-and-bolts career advice.
New Version: Crossfire 2000 for Beilstein & Gmelin
Crossfire provides scientists with access to the Beilstein and Gmelin Databases,
the most complete collections of structures, properties, and references to the
literature in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry.
EcoPharm, a database covering ecological and pharmaceutical compounds is
also available through Crossfire to Stanford students, faculty, and staff.
AutoNom 2000, an IUPAC name generating program that includes
stereochemistry, is integrated into the Crossfire program.
Crossfire 2000 has made it much easier to search for data and now
extended export functionality of records. For more details and to download the
Crossfire 2000 graphical search client, please go to:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/crossfire/index.html
Journal of Chemical Education Online
Starting with volume 73, September 1996, the full-text for
the Journal of Chemical Education is available to Stanford-affiliated users on
the web at
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/index.html.
The JCE Online site includes:
- Searchable index from volume 1 to present
- “Chemical Education Resource Shelf” which provides an up-to-date, comprehensive
listing of books, journals, software, videos and other media that are
potentially of use to chemical educators
- Biographical “snapshots” of famous women and minority chemists
- JCE webware
- MathCad in the chemistry curriculum
- Hal’s Picks of the Month (recommended readings for teachers of chemistry and
related sciences)
- Conceptual questions and challenge problems
- Reviewed WWW sites
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources
All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources is a registry of Web resources that list or provide
access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated
publication titles (e.g., conference proceedings titles). Selected online
library catalogs that offer abbreviated title searching have also been included.
In addition, All That JAS includes select lists and directories that
provide access to the unabbreviated titles of serial publications. All
That JAS is compiled and maintained by Gerry McKiernan, Science and
Technology Librarian and Bibliographer, Science and Technology Department, Iowa
State University Library. This resource is open to all and is available at this
URL:
http://www.abbreviations.com/jas.asp#Chemistry
CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics on the Web
Stanford has a site license to the web version of the world's most popular scientific
reference book, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. This handbook contains the most
frequently used data in science,
including the periodic table of the elements, basic constants and units,
thermodynamic and spectroscopic data; electric, magnetic, thermal and structural
properties of solids, key data from nuclear science, astronomy and geophysics;
and up-to-date health and safety information. Features of the web version include:
printable PDFs, interactive tables,
keyword searching, advanced searching form, hit highlighting, and hot-linked
chemical structures. Available
here
EcoPharm Database Available Through Crossfire
To address
information needs in the areas of pharmacology, toxicology, and ecological
chemistry, Beilstein has launched Crossfire EcoPharm
(http://www.beilstein.com/ecopharm/).
EcoPharm contains:
- Pharmacological
and toxicological data focus on human and mammalian toxicology, drug
treatment, pharmaceutical and biochemical chemistry.
- Ecological
data are concerned with the effects of chemicals on various ecosystems, their
environmental fate and potential for accumulation as well as health threat in
the environment.
EcoPharm is available
to Stanford students, faculty, and staff through the Crossfire Interface
(choose BSyyqqAE as the database name). For instructions on how to download
Crossfire, please see:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/crossfire/index.html
Full-Text of Molecular Biology of the Cell Linked in PubMed
In collaboration with book publishers, the National Center for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI) is adapting textbooks for the web and linking them to PubMed,
the biomedical bibliographic database. The first book, Molecular Biology of
the Cell by Alberts et al., is now available. The idea is to provide
background information to PubMed, so that users can explore unfamiliar concepts
found in PubMed search results.On any PubMed abstract page there is a "Books"
button that takes the user to a facsimile of the abstract, in which some phrases
are hypertext links. These phrases correspond to terms that are also found in
the books available at NCBI. Clicking on a hypertext link takes the reader to a
list of book pages in which the phrase is found. When the reader has
accessed the page they can navigate around other pages within that section of
the book to research their topic further. Each unit stands alone and includes
the corresponding figures, tables, and reference citations, which are linked
where possible back to PubMed abstracts.
PubMed
is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to
over 11 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases,
with links to participating online journals. PubMed is available at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=Stanford
ACS Directory of Graduate Research via the Web
A web version of the ACS
Directory of Graduate Research
(http://www.pubs.acs.org/dgrweb/)
is available to Stanford users. The
DGR is the most comprehensive source of information on chemical research and
researchers at universities in the United States and Canada, providing
information on graduate programs from 12 disciplines within the chemical
sciences: chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry,
medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry, clinical chemistry, polymer science, food
science, toxicology, marine science, forensic science, materials science, and
environmental science. It lists
faculty member biographical information, area of specialization, titles of all
papers published within the last two years, individual telephone numbers, and
FAX numbers.
Chemical & Engineering News Online Pilot Project
I am very pleased to
announce that Stanford is part of a pilot project to test out the impact and use
of C&EN Online. To access C&EN Online, go to:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen
When you click on a link to view the full text of an article:
- If you are an ACS member, you will be prompted to input your ACS member number
(first 8 digits on top left side of your mailing label for print C&EN).
- Ifyou are not an ACS member, you will be required to fill out a one-time
registration form before being able to read full-text articles.
During the pilot, there will be an online survey. Your feedback is very important
and will be considered carefully in exploring future options for access to
C&EN Online. Please note that the pilot includes access to the ACS
JobBank that lists open positions. Please contact Grace Baysinger
(graceb@stanford.edu)
if you have any questions or suggestions regarding test access.
SPRESI: InfoChem Structure and Reaction Databases
Produced by InfoChem, SPRESI containing two web-searchable databases.
- Structural database that contains about 4 million organic and organometallic compounds and
data, 700,000 stereoisomers and over 3 million journal article references taken
from the worldwide literature of the period 1975–1995.
- Reaction database that includes 3 million chemical reactions of which 400,000 are
abstracted from patents. It covers the literature period 1975–1995. Annual
updates are planned. Since many reactions are variations of the same type of reaction,
InfoChem has developed a selection concept based on the identification of all
the different individual reaction types included in this file.
The SPRESI structural
database can be searched with the well known retrieval software from DAYLIGHT
Chemical Information Systems while reaction information can be accessed using
InfoChem’s powerful Synthesis Tree Search (STS)and Reaction Type Searching (RTS)
software. The
Java applet used for query input was developed by Peter Ertl.
http://www.spresi.de/
CAChe and DGauss Software for Chemists
The Swain Chemistry
& Chemical Engineering Library has purchased an unlimited site license for
CAChe and Dgauss software programs. CaChe lets users visualize molecules in 3D, search for conformations,
analyze chemical reactivity and predict properties of compounds before making
them in the lab. DGauss is a high-accuracy, high-performance computational
chemistry package that uses density functional theory to predict molecular
structures, properties and energetics.
For product information, see:
http://www.cachesoftware.com/.
User manuals are on Reserve and brochures are available at the Swain
Library.
SciFinder Scholar 2000
SciFinder Scholar (SFS)
is a desktop research tool designed especially for use by students and faculty
to easily access the information in the Chemical Abstracts Services databases.
With minimal or no training needed, you can explore the world's most
comprehensive collection of published scientific research through a variety of
ways -- by author name, research topic, substance identifier, chemical structure,
or chemical reaction. Use Analyze or Refine to focus your search results.
Chemical substances contain links to sources of regulated chemicals and
commercially available chemicals. Click on the computer icon to link to the full-text of electronic
journals on the web and in-house library holdings.
Enhancements in SFS 2000 include:
- Browse Table of Contents: Scan 1300 journals and then link to the full-text from your desktop
- Medline & OldMedline: Search Medline in conjunction with CAS to increase your access to the
life sciences literature
- Citation Linking: View bibliographic citations of journal article references in your
answer sets. Hyperlinks connect these publications with their corresponding
references in CAS or Medline.
- Explore and Refine by Company Name: Save time by making use of a synonym
dictionary to explore all variations of the company name of interest.
- Explore by Functional Groups in Reactions: Use when you want to find methods to
carry out a broadly defined transformation. Can combine structures and
functional groups in a reaction search.
To download SFS 2000
to your workstation, go to
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/scifi/index.html,
read and accept user agreement, and then click on links to download the Mac or
PC version. Remote
users, consider downloading SFS to a zip drive as it takes a long time to
download it over phone lines. To use SFS from off-campus, you must either dial
into the Stanford modem pool or have a DSL line
connection from Stanford as a Stanford IP address is required for using SFS.
For more product information and search tips, please see:
http://www.cas.org/products/sfacad/index.html.
Chemical Supplier Databases
Scouting for a company who sells a particular compound? Trying to
determine where you can get the best price? Three large chemical supplier
databases are available to assist you.
- Available Chemicals Directory.
Search by chemical name, chemical structure or substructure, CAS
Registry Number, molecular formula, molecular weight, or supplier.
Results include catalog number, contact information, and prices. Must
download MDL client software to access ACD. Note free faculty
accounts that allow multiple simultaneous users are also required.
Please see this url for more information:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databases/mdl/index.html.
- ChemCats.
Search by chemical name, chemical structure or substructure, CAS
Registry Number, and molecular formula. Results include catalog
number, company name, and publication date for information. Must
download SciFinder Scholar client software to access ChemCats.
Please see this url for more information:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/collections/databasesscifi/index.html.
- ChemSources Online
(http://chemsources.com/):
Search by chemical name, CAS Registry Number, molecular formula,
application, trade name or supplier. Results include catalog number
and contact information.
Grace Baysinger
Head Librarian & Bibliographer, Swain Library of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/swain/index.html
Head, Science and Engineering Libraries Resource Group
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April 15, 2008
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