Chemical Literature Searching and Library ResearchCHEM 496September 9, 2009Elizabeth Brownebrown@binghamton.edu(607)777-4882LS-2304C

How are Journals and Magazines Different?Scholarly Journals, Peer-reviewed Journals, Research JournalsPeer-reviewed by scientists and researchers.Articles have been selected and published from submissions.Popular Journals, Magazines, NewspapersNOT 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 materialCurrent Research @ BU

Secondary LiteratureAnalyzed, summarized, synthesized dataIndexes and abstracts of the scientific literature – Scifinder Scholar, INSPEC, Web of Science

Tertiary LiteratureCollections of previously published material, data, and ideasTextbooks, Review articles, Handbooks, Encyclopedias

How Are Scientific Papers Published?Scholarly articles go through the peer review process:Articles submitted to a journalSeveral Referees read submissions, judge quality of the manuscriptSubmission outcomes: Rejection – not publishableAccepted with changesAccepted without changes Acceptance of a paper can be very selective or non-selective

Types of Research Articles - LettersLetter (or Communication) (1-2 pages)Short article on a new research discovery or breakthroughUsually a single experiment or idea is discussedPart 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 experimentsMost common-type of peer-review publicationUsually written within one research group, but frequently collaborators in different labs and departments work together

Types of Journal Articles – Review ArticlesReview ArticleLong 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.)

How do I find Journal Articles?Scifinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts Online)Journal articles, conference proceedings papers, and patentsOver 28 million documents from over 10,000 chemistry sources1907 - present Chemistry, Chemical Technology, Biochemistry, Materials SciencePublished by Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS)

Using Scifinder ScholarDatabases:Chemical Abstracts – chemistry literatureMedline – medical literature CAS Registry: 33 million organic and inorganic substances, 50 million genetic sequencesCasreact: 14 million single and multi-step reactionsChemcats: catalogs of commercially available chemicalsChemlist: chemical regulations

Scifinder SearchingExplore ReferencesMore than 29 million references from more than 10,000 major scientifi c journals as well as books and scientifi c proceedings from the 1800’s to the presentReferences to patent and patent families of chemical, biochemical, and engineering interest from 57 patent authorities around the world.Daily updatesMore than 200 million citationsExplore SubstancesAccess to the CAS RegistrySM, the largest and most authoritative source of disclosed chemical substance informationMore than 1.6 billion chemical, biological, thermal, and spectral property valuesExplore ReactionsMore than 15 million reactions that provide information on synthetic organic research, including organometallics, total syntheses of natural products, and biotransformation reactionsReaction conditions, yields, and catalysts

Citation Manager SoftwareAdd citationsOrganize references for papersCreate bibliographiesInsert formatted footnotes, endnotes into documents.Multiple citation formats available

Tasks in Import citations (Google Scholar)File and organize referencesCreate a Bibliography

- get started Go to the Libraries’ homepage:http://library.binghamton.edu/Select RefWorksCreate an accountBegin importing references

Adding Records inSearch Scifinder and Web of ScienceLook for citations on Google Scholar Import through link on results screen using Google Scholar