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1 HOW TO FIND CHEMICAL INFORMATION

2 HOW TO FIND CHEMICAL INFORMATION. A Guide for Practicing Chemists, Educators, and Students THIRD EDITION Robert E. Maizell Director, Technology Information Science Park New Haven, Connecticut Formerly Manager Business and Scientific Intelligence Olin Corporation Consultants Centers A WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PUBLICATION JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. New York Chichester Weinheim Brisbane Singapore Toronto

3 This book is printed on acid-free Copyright 1998 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (508) , fax (508) Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY , (212) , fax (212) , PERMREQ@WILEYCOM. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maizell, Robert E. (Robert Edward), How to find chemical information: a guide for practicing chemists, educators, and students / Robert E. Maizell.-3rd ed. p. cm. "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (cloth: acid-free paper) I. Chemical literature. I. Title. QD8.5.M '.7--dc Printed in the United States of America

4 CONTENTS List of Tables Preface List of Products and/or Services Requiring Trademark, or Servicemark Symbols Registered, xv xvii xxi 1 Basic Concepts The Information Professional and Literature Use The Administrator and Information 3 2 Information Flow and Communication Patterns in Chemistry 7 3 Search Strategy 10 4 Keeping Up to Date: Current Awareness Programs Introduction Journal Circulation and Reading Clubs Personal Plan of Action 14 A. Base of the Triangle: Chemical News Magazines 15 B. Middle Part of the Triangle: General Research Publications, Title Announcements, and Abstracts Groupings 17 C. Apex of the Triangle: Specialized Journals, Selective Dissemination, and Other Approaches Meetings 30 A. Getting Copies of Meeting Papers Research in Progress and Dissertations Summary 36 5 How to Get Access to Articles, Patents, Translations, Specifications, and Other Documents Quickly and Efficiently Introduction Document Delivery Services Reprints Help Available from Chemistry Librarians 44 v

5 vi CONTENTS 5.5 Online Services and Related Electronic Sources Patent Documents Translations Specifications and Standards Personal Contacts Other Options 57 6 Chemical Abstracts Service: History and Development Introduction Physical Plant and Staff CA Abstracts Chemical Abstracts Indexes Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature Chemical Abstracts Sections Patent Documents Chemical Abstracts Service in Transition Computerization Chemical Abstracts Service Chemical Registry System CA Selects Cooperative Activities 98 A. National Library of Medicine 99 B. The Chemical Society; The Royal Society of Chemistry 99 C. Japan Association for International Chemical Information 99 D. FIZ Karlsruhe 99 E. IUPAC Pricing and Marketing Other Chemical Information Services Other Remarks Essentials of Chemical Abstracts Use Introduction CAS Products CAS Online Files and SciFinder Coverage Abstract and Index Content Speed of Coverage and Indexing Chemical Abstracts Indexes and Some Aspects of Searching 114 A. Index Guide 115 B. Chemical Substance Index 115 C. General Subject Index 115 D. Formula Index 115 E. Index of Ring Systems 116 F. Author Index 116 G. Patent Index 116

6 CONTENTS vii H. Weekly Issue Indexes CA Collective Indexes 116 J. Searching CA: General Remarks 117 K. Searching CA: Preparative Methods 122 L. Searching CA: Role Indicators Chemical Abstracts Nomenclature and Searching Chemical Abstracts for Chemical Substances Registry Handbook-Common Names Ring Systems Handbook Use of Subdivisions Size Complexity Patent Document Coverage Reviews Chemical Marketing and Business Information Dissertations Coverage of Documents from the Soviet Union and ~ussia Mistakes Selected Other Abstracting and Indexing Services of Interest to Chemists Traditional British, German, French, and Soviet or Russian Sources Institute of Paper Science and Technology, CAB International, and Other "Smaller" Abstracting and Indexing Sources Institute for Scientific Information The Royal Society of Chemistry Rapra Cheminform and Other Fiz Chemie Products National Library of Medicine Databases; EMBASE BlOSIS Engineering Index Information Service for Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Computing (lnspec) American versus British Spellings Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Government Services Patents; Environment, Safety, and Health Some United States Government Technical Information Centers and Sources Introduction National Technical Information Service Defense Technical Information Center and Other DaD Sources 172

7 viii CONTENTS 9.4 Energy National Library of Medicine 174 A. TOXLINE 175 B. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances 175 C. Chemical Dictionary Online and ChemlD 176 D. Directory of Information Resources OnUne a.\\11tirc \l~ E. TOXNET Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer The Internet and Other Sources of Government Information Online Systems and Databases, the Internet, CD-ROMs, and Related Topics Introduction Some Recent Developments The Basics Why Use Online Services? Basic Strategies for Getting Started in Online and CD-ROM Use and Keeping Up-to-Date 186 A. Getting Started: The Fundamentals 186 B. Online Databases of Interest to Chemists and Chemical Engineers 187 C. Evaluation of Databases and Other Electronic Files 189 D. Keeping up with New Databases and with Changes in Databases Representative Online Services (Host Systems) Telecommunications and Related Topics 198 A. Communications Software Use of Online Databases: Some Important Caveats Costs and Pricing Online Search Strategy 203 A. Use of Variations of Search Terms 209 B. Commercial Aspects in Scientific Databases Chemical Structure and Substructure Searching Using Computerized Systems Notation Systems Products Intended for Direct Use by the End User Full-Text Databases Internet Issues and Tools 220 A. Searching on the Internet 224 B. Tools to Help Chemists Keep Up-to-Date with and Evaluate What's New on the Internet 225 C. Internet Costs 226 D. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts-Internet and Other Products 226

8 CONTENTS ix E. Knowledge Express Data Systems on the Internet 229 F. Selected Internet World Wide Web Addresses of Chemistry Interest 229 G. Evaluation of Internet Files 233 H. Listservs, Newsgroups 233 I. Electronic Conferences "Portable Databases": CD-ROM Products MDL Information Systems, Inc Information Firms and Chemical Information Consultants Reviews Encyclopedias and Other Major References Books; Journals 251 I Encyclopedias and Other Major Reference Books Introduction Encyclopedias: Introductory Remarks 252 A. Specific Encyclopedias 252 B. Which Encyclopedia to Use 264 C. Other General Reference Sources: Choices for the Desktop The Handbuch Concept 265 A. The Question of Obsolescence 265 B. On Potential Language Problems 266 C. On Potential Complexity of Use Organic Chemistry: Some Important Reference Works 266 A. Rei/stein Handbook of Organic Chemistry 266 B. Dictionary of Organic Compounds 279 C. Some Other Important Organic Chemistry Reference Works 282 D. Name Reactions 284 E. Some Online and Other Sources of Organic Reactions Inorganic Chemistry: Some Important Reference Works 284 A. Gmelin Handbook of Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry 284 B. Some Other Inorganic Chemistry Reference Works Keeping Current with and Identifying Books 293 II Journals Introduction American Chemical Society Journals Journals and Related Publications of The Royal Society of Chemistry Publications of AIChE Elsevier Science Publishers, B.Y. 302

9 x CONTENTS John Wiley & Sons, Inc CRC Press (Boca Raton, FL) SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) (Brookfield, CT) Springer-Verlag (Berlin and New York) Technomic Publishing Company VCH (Weinheim, Germany and New York, NY) Consultants Bureau Journals (Plenum Publishing) Selecting Journals; Lists of Journals in Chemistry Patent Documents (with a Brief Section on Trademarks) Introduction Types of Patent Documents Why Patents Are Important in Industry, Universities, and Government Patent Structure The Role of Patents in Idea Generation and Creativity Patents as Information Tools Patents Compared to Other Information Sources Official Government Sources of Patent Document Information Some Recent Changes Affecting U.S. Patents Obtaining Information about United States Patents: The Basics Computerized Search Tools Available through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Some Other Aspects of Patent Office Operations Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs) Other Remarks about the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Derwent Information Limited Coverage of Patents by Chemical Abstracts Service IFI/Plenum Data Corporation Patent Services Full-Text Patent Databases and Some Internet Sources Online Databases that Input Markush Structures in Patents and Facilitate Searching of These Structures Research Disclosure Patent Equivalents and Families File Wrappers Patent Citations International Treaties and Other Developments Statistical Analysis of Patent Search Results Other Sources of Patent Information Other Remarks on Patents Trademarks Environment, Safety, and Related Topics Introduction 367

10 CONTENTS xi 14.2 Locating Pertinent Safety Data: Initial Approaches 368 A. Material Safety Data Sheets 368 B. Some Other Initial Sources Books and Related Information Sources Selected Electronic Resources: Chemical Information System (CIS) Some Other Electronic Sources Government Laws, Regulations, and Standards Professional Societies and Other Associations Chemical Abstracts and Other Abstracting and Indexing Services Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs) Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms; Water Resources Biodegradability Water-Quality Data Examples of Key Journals Newsletters Other Topics Locating and Using Physical Property and Related Data Introduction Categories of Data Recording Property Data NIST Standard Reference Data Program 404 A. Program Structure 405 B. Data Activities Thermodynamics Research Center Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR) AMPTIAC and CINDAS Committee on Data for Science and Technology Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data and Other Journals Landolt-Bornstein Handbooks Examples of Other Reference Sources Manufacturer Trade Literature Data Quality and Evaluation Sources for Predicting or Estimating Chemical Properties Properties of Plastics, Metals, and Other Materials Improving Access to, and Standardization of, Physical Properties Data Selected Sources of Chemical Data in Electronic Form 433 A. Selected Online Sources of Physical Properties 433

HOW TO FIND CHEMICAL INFORMATION

HOW TO FIND CHEMICAL INFORMATION A Guide for Practicing Chemists, Educators, and Students THIRD EDITION Robert E. Maizell Director, Technology Information Consultants Science Park New Haven, Connecticut