Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Computer Searching

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Internet Search Engines

• Scirus – "For Scientific Information Only"
• altavista
• Google
• Bing
• Search Engine Watch
• ChemRefer, a full-text search engine which indexes chemical and pharmaceutical literature
• WorldWideScience.org

Commercial Vendors of Online Searching

• accelrys
• Dialog
• EBSCO
• Knovel
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Ovid
• ProQuest
• Questel
• STN
• TDS
• Thomson Reuters

Database Summary Sheets and Guides

• STN Database Sheets (HTML)
• STN Quick Reference Cards
• CSD (Cambridge Structural Database) Documentation in HTML Format
• NLM Databases and Electronic Resources
• DIALOG Bluesheets
• SciFinder Support and Training: Web Version
• CAS Database Content at a Glance

STN General Guides for Online Searching

• STN User Documentation (Complete List)
• Basic STN Commands
• Operators for Relating Search Terms (STN)
• Truncation Symbols (" Wild Cards" ) on STN
• Tips for Keyword Searching in the CA File
• Ways to Narrow Your Answer Set in the CA File
• Keyword Searches in the CA File
• CAS Customer Center [Support for CAS Products]
• STN Documentation and Training