Finding Chemical Information

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Finding Chemical Information

• Svetla Baykoucheva
• Head, White Memorial Chemistry Library
• University of Maryland
• sbaykouc_at_umd.edu
• 301.405.9080

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UM Resources

• UM Libraries Web Page (www.lib.umd.edu)
• Library Catalog
• Research Port
• Chemistry Library Web page www.lib.umd.edu/CHEM/c
  hemistry.html
• Web of Science
• SciFinder Scholar/Chemical Abstracts
• ScienceDirect
• Engineering Village (Compendex)
• Google ScholarSciFinder Scholar

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Chemistry Library Web Page www.lib.umd.edu/CHEM/c
hemistry.html
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Properties of Chemical Compounds

• The Merck Index
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• Langes Handbook of Chemistry
• Perrys Chemical Engineering Book
• Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic
  Compounds
• Journal of Physical and Chemical reference data
  (NIST) URL www. nist.gov/srd/jpcrd.htm
• Knovel Critical Tables www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc
  .jsp?BookID761
• DiscoveryGate www.discoverygate.com
• SciFinder Scholar (can be accessed in the
  Chemistry Library)
• PubChem http//pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

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Online Resources

• UM Libraries Web Page (www.lib.umd.edu) Research
  Port (databases, e-journals)
• Chemistry Library Web page www.lib.umd.edu/CHEM/c
  hemistry.html
• Web of Science (articles, cited papers and
  authors)
• Science Direct
• Google Scholar www.scholar.google.com
• SciFinder Scholar
• PubChem http//pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• PubMed www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

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Finding Articles SciFinder Scholar(Chemical
Abstracts)

• SciFinder Scholar Chemical Abstracts online.
  Available on all public computers in the
  Chemistry Library.

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SciFinder Scholar Results Screen
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SciFinder Scholar Records
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SciFinder Scholar Finding Properties of
Chemicals
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SciFinder Scholar Finding Properties of
Chemicals(Toluene)
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Google Scholarwww.scholar.google.com

• Search for HPLC and fatty acids
• Time period 2000-2007
• FindIt button means UM has it

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Google Scholar FindIt
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Web of Science

• Go to Research Port www.lib.umd.edu
• Select Database by Name Web of Science
• Select Web of Science, Select General Search
• Type for Topic HPLC AND fatty acids
• Narrow down by Publication Year 2000-2007
  Language English
• Analyze results
• Analyze by Author to find an expert
• Analyze by subject category Check the following
  categories/ Click on View records Click on the
  title of an article check how many times
  articles was cited

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WoS Search by Topic HPLC/method/fatty acid
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WoS Narrowing Down Results
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WoS Finding Experts
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WoS Reviews
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DiscoveryGatewww.discoverygate.com
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DiscoveryGate Properties of substances that
contain the same functional group

• Open DiscoveryGate www.discoverygate.com
• Select Symyx Compound Index
• Double-click the structure box.
• Draw the structure of ß-aminopyridine
• Click the Done button to transfer the structure
  to Database Browser.
• Choose Substructure from the drop-list of search
  types.
• In the Field Index, click the sign to open the
  Physical Chemical folder.
• Click the physical or chemical properties
• Click Start Search.

?-aminopyridine
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DG MDL Structure Drawing
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DG Substructure Searching ß-aminopyridine
(Analytical/Spectral/IR and Raman Spectroscopy)
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CrossFire Beilstein Organic Chemistry
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DiscoveryGate Data Lookup
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DiscoveryGate Cholesterol
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DiscoveryGate Properties of Cholesterol
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DiscoveryGate Cholesterol Synthesis
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DiscoveryGate Reactions for Cholesterol
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Integrated Databases DiscoveryGate and PubChem
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CrossFire Gmelin Inorganic Chemistry(Potassium
Iodide)
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CrossFire Gmelin (Properties of Potassium
Iodide)
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DG MDL Drug Data Report(Statins/Hypolipidemic/De
velopment Phase II)
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DG MDL Drug Data Report(Data Lookup/Activity/Hyp
olipidemic)
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PubChemhttp//pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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PubMedwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
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More on DiscoveryGate and PubChemwww.infotoday.c
om/online/sep07/Baykoucheva.shtml
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Send an email

• Svetla Baykoucheva sbaykouc_at_umd.edu
• Please answer these two questions
• Did you find this presentation useful?
• Give examples of the three things that you have
  learned and found useful during this session.
• Thank you.