Chemical Information Sources/CIIM

Chemical Information Instructional Materials

For further study

Major Tools or Databases

 * /Chemical Abstracts and STN/
 * /Science Citation Index and Web of Knowledge/
 * /Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry/
 * /Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry/
 * /Landolt-Boernstein Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology/
 * /Cambridge Structural Database/
 * /PubChem/

How and Where to Start

 * /Chemistry Guides/
 * /Reviews/
 * /Current Awareness, Background Reading, and Document Delivery/

How and Where to Search: General

 * /Chemical Author or Corporate Name Searching/
 * /Chemical Subject Searching/
 * /Chemical Name and Formula Searching Aids/
 * /Chemical Structure Searching/

How and Where to Search: Specialized

 * /Chemical Synthesis or Reactions/
 * /Chemical Safety or Toxicology Information/
 * /Analytical Chemistry (Constitutional Chemistry)/
 * /Physical Property Searching/
 * /Chemical Patent Searching Aids/

Communicating in Chemistry

 * /General Information about Chemical Publications or Databases/
 * /Chemical Nomenclature/
 * /Science Writing Tutorials and Courses/

Miscellaneous

 * /History, Biography, Directories, Chemical Industry Sources/
 * /How to Teach Chemical Information/
 * /Chemical Information Course Syllabi/
 * /Chemical Information Problem Sets and Exercises/
 * /Examinations for Chemical Information Courses/
 * /Cheminformatics Teaching Materials/

Supplemental Resources
Chemical Information Sources: Lecture notes on the topics listed above.

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry (Links to Web resources with the same subject outline as the chapters on this page.)

Problem Sets and Exercises: Chemical Information

CRSD: Chemical Reference Sources Database (a searchable database that covers reference books, commercial databases, etc.)

Information Competencies for Chemistry Undergraduates: the Elements of Information Literacy Wikibook, July 2012- ; from the Special Libraries Association, Chemistry Division and the American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Information

CHMINF-L: Chemical Information Sources Discussion List (a listserv in existence since 1991 with many chemistry librarians, chemists, publishers, and others interested in chemical information; has a searchable archive of all posts since its inception.)