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CHEMINFO and Groth: The Web and Chemistry

Gary WigginsChemistry Library

wiggins@indiana.eduIU Forum on Digital Libraries

April 16, 2002

CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources

http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo Resource Guides Instructional Materials Archives of CHMINF-L: the

Chemical Information Sources Discussion List

Databases

CHEMINFO Resource Guides SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources

for Chemistryhttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html

CCIIM: Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materialshttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cciimnro.html

Taxonomy (Classification)

http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html

SIRCh Indexhttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cisindex.html

SIRCh: Selected Chapter Titleshttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html

SIRCh: Analytical Chemistryhttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_accc.html

CHEMINFO Instructional Materialshttp://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/

instructional_materials.html Four one-hour undergraduate courses (C371-2, C471-2) Two three-hour graduate courses C571-2)

CHMINF-L: Chemical Information Sources Discussion List

http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html In existence since May 1991 Over 1250 subscribers Sponsors: Chemical Information Sections

of American Chemical Society Special Libraries Association Royal Society of Chemistry American Society for Information Science &

Technology

CHMINF-L Archives as a Knowledge Base Many librarians on CHMINF-L, which

began in May 1991. Search for the History of Chemistry

found 226 entries found on 4/14/02, e.g.,

Alchemy pictures History of the journal Chemical Physics

Letters The chemistry of embalming

CHEMINFO Databases Chemical Acronyms Database

http://scilibs.chem.indiana.edu/cfdocs/libchem/searchu.html Mentioned in Science, February 2002

Chemical Reference Sources Databasehttp://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/crsd.html

Faculty Publications of the IU Chemistry Dept.http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/introductiond.html

IU Molecular Structure Centerhttp://www.iumsc.indiana.edu/

Groth, P. (Paul), 1843-1927.Chemische Krystallographie

Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1906-19. 5 v.

T. 1. Elemente: Anorganische Verbindungen ohne Salzcharakter. Einfache und complexe Halogenide, Cyanide und Azide der Metalle, nebst den zugehörigen Alkylverbindungen.

T. 2. Die anorganischen Oxo- und Sulfosalze. T. 3. Aliphatische und hydroaromatische

Kohlenstoffverbindungen. T. 4. Aromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen mit einem

Benzolringe. T. 5. Aromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen mit

mehreren Benzolringen heterocyclische Verbindungen.

Groth: Access Database Portion of the table with chemical

names, molecular formulas, SMILES, and links to images on the Web.

Groth: Image from page 4: 6 http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/Groth/

groth400006.pdf

XMorph Rendering of a Crystal

SMILES input for Structure Searching

SMILES for 1,2,3-Tribromobenzene

Future Developments Metadata coding and XML for

selected CHMINF-L Web pages Links to XMorph renderings from the

Groth database Structure searching of the Groth

database with JME Molecular Editor input of SMILES

Put DB on the Web with Cold Fusion

Acknowledgments CHEMINFO

SLIS students, especially Keith Schreiber & Sonia Gupta

Professional society sponsors (ACS, RSC, SLA, ASIST)

UITS personnel, especially Peg Bassett

Steve Rosenthal, Chemical Abstracts Service

Groth Chemical Informatics students,

especially: Ronald M. Brown Dustin M. Hilkey Alicia M. Prater Ronald D. Willis

IUB Libraries Digital Library Program, especially:

Jenn Riley Dedong Wu for XMorph Peter Ertl for JME Molecular

Editor John Bollinger of the IU MSC UITS for Veritas