CHM 294: Library Resources

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CHM 294Library Resources

• Jeremy Garritano
• Chemical Information Specialist
• 49-67279 // jgarrita_at_purdue.edu
• http//www.lib.purdue.edu/chem

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Where do you get your information?

• Google

SciFinder Scholar / Beilstein / Gmelin / Merck
Index / CRC Handbook / Knovel / SPRESIweb /
CASSI / ACS Pubs / Google / Web of Science /
Library Catalog / Chemfinder / MEDLINE /
Kirk-Othmer / DGR / MSDS / Aldrich / Chem Sources
/ Access Science
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My goals for today

• Explain Chem Library web site organization
• Introduce you to a few important resources that
  will help you in your classes and labs
• Encourage you to make use of our services
• (and help you with your assignment)

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Question 1

• Your roommate just drank a bottle of something
  labeled NaHSO3 that he found in the fridge.
  (Hell drink anything.) You wouldnt care that
  much if he died, but he is the percussionist in
  your dorm band The Amelia Earhurts.
• Where can you go to find some information on how
  poisonous this NaHSO3 is?

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MSDS and Safety Information

• Under Research Guides on Chem Lib web site
• MSDS search sites
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• Safety and MSDS Collection in Library
• MSDS are in Red Binders (by chemical name)
• Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference
• Brethericks Handbook of Reactive Chemical
  Hazards

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Question 2

• You have found that your Organic unknown has the
  molecular formula C12H16O. You would like a list
  of the possible substances with that formula,
  preferably with some physical properties, so you
  can figure out what it is.
• Where should you look?

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Property Information Online

• Merck Index
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• Knovel
• International Critical Tables
• Chemistry of the Elements
• Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary
• Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
• Lange's Handbook of Chemistry
• Hazardous Chemicals Handbook
• ChemFinder

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Property Information in Print

• Frequently used books in Ready Reference area
• Merck Index
• CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds
• Dictionary of Inorganic Compounds
• Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds
• and more

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Spectra Information

• Under Research Guides on Chem Lib web site
• NIST WebBook
• SDBS
• Aldrich Catalog
• Print resources in Ready Reference area of
  Chemistry Library
• Sadtler and Aldrich collections

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Spectra Coverage (Print Online)
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Question 3

• You would like to do a summer internship at
  Bowling Green, but you dont know the research
  areas of the professors there.
• Where (other than the universitys web site) can
  you look to find this information?

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Directory of Graduate Research

• Come out every other year and covers US and
  Canada
• Includes biographical and publication info
• Includes links to faculty and dept web pages
• Search by institution/location, faculty name, or
  research interests/discipline
• Covers graduate programs in chemistry, chemical
  engineering, biochemistry, medicinal/pharmaceutica
  l chemistry, polymers and materials science,
  toxicology, marine science, and environmental
  science.

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Finding Articles and Patents

• SciFinder Scholar (searches Chemical Abstracts
  from 1907-present and MEDLINE)
• Search by author, topic, chemical structure,
  reaction, and more.
• Links to full-text where available, incl. patents

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For your assignment

• ACS Publications
• http//pubs.acs.org
• Pay attention to dates searched
• Use advanced features to search particular
  journals or subject areas
• We have access to full-text of all ACS journals