How to Find Chemical Information
A Guide for Practicing Chemists, Educators, and Students

Robert E. Maizell (Author)

9780471125792, Wiley

Hardback, published 11 June 1998

544 pages
23.3 x 16.4 x 4.1 cm, 0.939 kg

"…a useful work for practicing chemists and librarians alike, providing a fine road map to the various primary and secondary sources of chemical information." (Library Journal, September 1, 1998)

CD-ROM, Internet, elektronische Datenbanken, ganz zu schweigen von der unübersehbaren Flut an Fachzeitschriften: Die Suche nach chemischen Informationen ist komplizierter (und kann langwieriger sein) denn je. Auf traditionelle und neue Medien geht dieses Buch gleichermaßen ausführlich ein; besonderer Wert wird auf die Entwicklung spezifischer Fähigkeiten zur Recherche gelegt.

Basic Concepts.

Information Flow and Communication Patterns in Chemistry.

Search Strategy.

Keeping Up to Date: Current Awareness Programs.

How to Get Access to Articles, Patents, Translations, Specifications, and Other Documents Quickly and Efficiently.

Chemical Abstracts Service: History and Development.

Essentials of Chemical Abstracts Use.

Selected Other Abstracting and Indexing Services of Interest to Chemists.

Some United States Government Technical Information Centers and Sources.

Online Systems and Databases, the Internet, CD-ROMs, and Related Topics.

Reviews.

Encyclopedias and Other Major References Books;
Journals.

Patent Documents (with a Brief Section on Trademarks).

Environment, Safety, and Related Topics.

Locating and Using Physical Property and Related Data.

Chemical Marketing and Business Information Sources.

Process Information.

Analytical Chemistry: A Brief Review of Some of the Literature Sources.

Appendices.

Index.

Subject Areas: Chemistry [PN]