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Introduction to the Chemical Literature and Library Research Session 1:
CHEM 496February 2, 2009
Elizabeth Brown
ebrown@binghamton.edu
(607)777-4882
LN-2303
How are Journals and Magazines Different?
Scholarly Journals, Peer-reviewed Journals, Research Journals
Peer-reviewed by scientists and researchers. Articles have been selected and published from submissions.
Popular Journals, Magazines, Newspapers NOT peer –reviewed. Submissions are accepted and corrected grammatically. Scientific content of the article is not evaluated.
Chemical and Scientific LiteraturePrimary Literature: original research results
and data. Journal articles, dissertations, patents, research
reports, journal article supplementary material
Current Research @ BU
Secondary Literature
Analyzed, summarized, synthesized data Indexes and abstracts of the scientific literature –
Scifinder Scholar, INSPEC, Web of Science
Tertiary Literature
Collections of previously published material, data, and ideas Textbooks, Review articles, Handbooks,
Encyclopedias
How Are Scientific Papers Published?Scholarly articles go through the peer review process:
Articles submitted to a journal Several Referees read submissions, judge quality of the manuscript Submission outcomes:
Rejection – not publishable Accepted with changes Accepted without changes
Acceptance of a paper can be very selective or non-selective
Prestigious Journals in Chemistry – Some Examples
Types of Research Articles - Letters
Letter (or Communication) (1-2 pages) Short article on a new research discovery or breakthrough Usually a single experiment or idea is discussed Part of the letter discusses the importance of the results shown
Types of Research Articles – Journal ArticlesJournal Article (or Article) (5-20 pages) Medium-length summary of a series of research experiments Most common-type of peer-review publication Usually written within one research group, but frequently
collaborators in different labs and departments work together
Types of Journal Articles – Review Articles
Review Article Long review of developments in a general research field, usually
100 pages or more. Usually written by one author, someone well known and
respected in that field. Will have many references to previous journal literature articles
(over 100 references total.)
Locating Print Journals in the Libraries
Search infoLINK Library catalog for journal titles Most pre-1990 print journals are in the Library Annex Request Annex items online ILLiad Interlibrary Loan for items not in infoLINK
How do I find Journal Articles?
Scifinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Online) Indexes chemical research Journal articles, conference proceedings papers, and patents Over 28 million documents from over 10,000 chemistry sources 1907 - present Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Biochemistry, Materials Science Published by Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS), a division of the
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Using Scifinder Scholar
Databases: Chemical Abstracts – chemistry literature Medline – medical literature CAS Registry: 33 million organic and inorganic
substances, 50 million genetic sequences Casreact: 14 million single and multi-step reactions Chemcats: catalogs of commercially available chemicals Chemlist: chemical regulations
Scifinder Searching
I. Search by Topic, Author Name, Chemical Structure
II. Analyzing Results
III. Printing and Saving Results
I. Explore by Research Topic
Select Explore Select Research Topic
Topic Candidates
II. Analyze Results
Analyze Results
III. Explore by Author Name
IV. Explore by Chemical Structure
Explore by Chemical Structure
Citing the Chemical Literature
Coghill, Anne M. and Lorrin R. Garson, The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, 3rd ed., ACS Publications, 2006 Science Library Reserves QD8.5 .A25 2006
Web of Science
1983-present 8,600+ journals
• Physical and Life Sciences6,100• Social sciences 1,790• Arts & humanities 1,125
Contains journal articles, conference proceedings, book
and product reviews • http://scientific.thomson.com/tutorials/wos8/
2004
Cited References
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2001
1993
2003Times Cited
Related Records
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2004
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2002
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Citing
From just a single record within the Web of Science,
expand your search by simply following the links designed
to drive discovery.
… moving Backward in time via Cited References, Forward in time via Times Cited,
and through Related Records.
Google Scholar
Search across all areas of research Peer-reviewed papers Theses and Dissertations Books Journal Article abstracts and articles
academic publishers professional societies commercial publishers
Preprint repositories Universities, Scholarly organizations, websites
http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/help.html
Searching Author name– in quotes“Lewis GN” or “JH Smith” Article title – in quotes Recent Articles link Related Articles link Advanced Search:http://scholar.google.com/
advanced_scholar_search
Search Results
1.Title – Links to the article abstract or when available the complete article.2.Cited By – Identifies other papers that have cited articles in the group. 3. Related Articles – Finds similar papers.4. Library Links (online) – Locates an electronic version of the work
through your affiliated library's resources. These links appear automatically if you're on campus.
5.Library Links (offline) – Locates libraries which have a physical copy of the work.
6.Group of – Finds other articles included in this group of scholarly works, possibly preliminary, which you may be able to access. Examples include preprints, abstracts, conference papers or other adaptations.
7.Web Search – Searches for information about this work on Google. 8.BL Direct – Purchase the full text of the article through the British
Library. Google receives no compensation from this service.
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