Talk:Chemical Information Sources

The work referred to in the nothanks message is not copyrighted. I am the original author while I worked at Indiana University, and Indiana University has a policy that allows faculty to retain copyright to authored textbooks, etc.

In fact, one of the reasons I have chosen to convert the tool to Wikibooks is that the server referred to in the nothanks message has failed more than once in the last year: http://cheminfo.informatics.indiana.edu/cicc/cis/index.php/Main_Page

The IU version was recently moved to another server, but that site is also not working: http://cheminfov.informatics.indiana.edu/cicc/cis/index.php/Main_Page

If you need further documentation that I am the copyright holder, please let me know as soon as possible. I don't want to invest a lot of time in the coversion to Wikibooks and see it go up in smoke in a few days!

Gary Wiggins

I did notice that the servers weren't working when I found them on a Google search. I provided additional information on your talk page. – Adrignola talk 20:05, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

The Chemical Information Sources Wikibook is currently undergoing a major revision, with different chapters being revised by chemistry librarians from around the country. --Cttcraig (discuss • contribs) 00:14, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

I've taken on the informal role of coordinator editor for the group of chemistry librarians that have been working in fits and starts on this wikibook. I am the chemistry librarian at the University at Buffalo with 38 years experience. Extensive revisions are required given how quickly this field has moved to electronic resources. Also the original work focused to a very large degree on Chemical Abstracts Service, certainly the top database organization in the field, but not the only one. High Quality free web resources are increasingly available.

I have spent much of the last few weeks reading and doing numerous updates to nearly every chapter. --A. Ben Wagner, Univ. at Buffalo --Abenwagner (discuss • contribs) 12:41, 10 January 2014