Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Science Writing Aids

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Science Writing Manuals and Style Guides

 * The ACS Style Guide (3rd ed., 2006)
 * Quick Guide: ACS Citation Style (Nan Butkovich, Penn State)
 * ACS Style Guidelines (University of Wisconsin)
 * The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University)
 * MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Modern Language Association)
 * The Columbia Guide to Online Style
 * Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation

Science Writing Tutorials and Courses

 * The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University)
 * Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students by : Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeff Donnell, Georgia Tech; or Christene Moore, University of Texas at Austin.
 * Guides for Better Science Writing (Gary Wiggins, Indiana)
 * Online Technical Writing by David McMurrey, Austin Community College

Deciphering Journal Abbreviations

 * CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool (abbreviated journal titles; Chemical Abstracts Service)
 * Beyond CASSI (abbreviated journal titles from early chemical literature and other historical reference sources)
 * Journal Titles and Abbreviations (lists journal titles and their Chemical Abstracts abbreviations; University of British Columbia)
 * Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index; print version ceased publication, 2010.
 * All that JAS: Journal Abbreviations (registry of Web journal abbreviation sources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations)

Software and Other Tools for Writing Assistance

 * EndNote and Other Bibliographic Reference Programs (University of California, Davis)
 * EndNote (Wisconsin)
 * Zotero (free bibliography manager)
 * ACD's ChemFolder
 * Molinspiration WebME Molecular Editor
 * OSRA Optical Structure Recognition (Web version)
 * OSRA (standalone version)
 * Clide Chemical Literature Data Extraction (University of Leeds)
 * errnet (for proofreading)
 * Chemistry Dictionary for Wordprocessors
 * Publicon (from BioMedCentral)
 * KNIME (open-source data integration, processing, analysis, and exploration platform)
 * KNIME Report Designer (free)

Chemical Structure Drawing Software

 * accelrys Draw
 * accelrys JDraw (free for academic and non-commercial use)
 * Symyx Draw Add-ins
 * ACD's ChemSketch
 * ACD's Structure Drawing Applet
 * [http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/wiki/Main_Page Avogadro


 * Bio-Rad DrawIt (formerly, ChemWindow)]
 * Bioclipse
 * BKChem
 * CambridgeSoft's ChemBioDraw
 * ChemDoodle
 * Chemistry 4D-Draw
 * EasyChem
 * Ghemical
 * iBabel
 * JChemPaint
 * MarvinSketch (ChemAxon)
 * XDrawChem

Chemical Database Software

 * Bingo Open Source RDBMS for Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases
 * Collaborative Drug Discovery Public Access Account (gives access to free data sets)

Chemical Nomenclature Aids

 * Chemical Nomenclature Lite: A Guide to Naming and Indexing Chemical Compounds by Charles H. Davis
 * Chemistry 4-D Nomenclator
 * ACD's Name (organic)
 * IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (1979 and 1993 versions from ACD)
 * Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
 * IUPAC version
 * IUBMB version
 * IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology - the Gold Book
 * Abbreviations and Symbols for Nucleic Acids, Polynucleotides, and Their Constituents (IUPAC-IUB)
 * Biochemical Nomenclature Publications (IUPAC-IUBMB)
 * IUPAC Publications on Nomenclature and Symbolism
 * Bibliography of IUPAC and IUBMB Nomenclature Recommendations, August 1993
 * Index to Organism Names (ION)
 * Enzyme Nomenclature Database
 * Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides; Recommendations 1983
 * Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)
 * Graphical Representation of Stereochemical Configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)
 * Chemical Nomenclature Aids in the IU Chemistry Library

Structure to Name Programs

 * Chemical Identifier Resolver (NIH)
 * CSLS: Chemical Structure Lookup Service (NIH)
 * OpenEye Lexichem
 * MarvinSketch (ChemAxon)
 * Symyx Draw Structure Resolver
 * ChemBioDraw (CambridgeSoft)
 * ACD/Name (ACD Labs)
 * OPSIN (component of OSCAR)
 * ChemIDplus (NLM)
 * eMolecules
 * ChemSpider