Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

SIRCh provides links to factual sources on the Internet where answers can be found to chemical questions.

How and Where to Start

 * SIRCh: The Publication Process
 * SIRCh: Guides to Chemical Information Sources and Databases
 * SIRCh: Computer Searches
 * SIRCh: Keeping Up and Looking Back: Current Awareness, Reviews, and Document Delivery
 * SIRCh: Deep Background Reading: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Treatises, Monographs, and Other Books

How and Where to Search: General

 * SIRCh: Chemistry Databases on the Web (Alphabetical List)
 * SIRCh: Chemistry Databases on the Web (Classified List)
 * SIRCh: Author and Citation Searches
 * SIRCh: Subject Searches
 * SIRCh: Chemical Name and Formula Searches
 * SIRCh: Structure Searches

How and Where to Search: Specialized

 * SIRCh: Synthesis and Reaction Searches
 * SIRCh: Chemical Safety and Toxicology Searches
 * SIRCh: Analytical Chemistry Searches
 * SIRCh: Physical Property Searches
 * SIRCh: Chemical Patent Searches

Communicating in Chemistry

 * SIRCh: Chemistry Blogs and Discussion Groups
 * SIRCh: Molecuar Visualization Tools and Sites
 * SIRCh: Science Writing Aids

Miscellaneous

 * SIRCh: Chemical History, Biography, Directories, and Industry Sources
 * SIRCh: Teaching and Study of Chemistry
 * SIRCh: Chemistry Courses on the Web
 * SIRCh: Careers in Chemistry
 * SIRCh: Cheminformatics (aka, Chemoinformatics or Chemiinformatics)
 * SIRCh: Bioinformatics

Supplemental Resources

 * Chemical Information Sources: Lecture notes on the topics listed above.
 * CIIM: Chemical Information Instructional Materials (Web resources for more in-depth training on the topics discussed in the chapters.)
 * Problem Sets
 * CRSD: Chemical Reference Sources Database (a searchable database that covers reference books, commercial databases, etc.)
 * 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.)