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
• Chemistry Library Web page www.lib.umd.edu/CHEM/
• UM Library page www.lib.umd.edu

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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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Chemistry Library Web Page www.lib.umd.edu/CHEM/c
hemistry.html
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Types of Scientific Communication

• Primary publishers
• Peer review (the difference between research
  articles and reviews)
• Patents
• Conference proceedings
• Secondary publishers
• SciFinder Scholar
• DiscoveryGate
• PubChem
• PubMed
• Google Scholar

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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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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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PubChemhttp//pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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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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SciFinder Scholar