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Winners Circle of Web Sites: Chemistry

Winners Circle of Web Sites: Chemistry. SLA Annual Meeting June 9, 2004 A. Ben Wagner, Sciences Librarian University at Buffalo abwagner@buffalo.edu. All you need to know. Handout, also at: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/webpresentsla-2004.html. Google Ranking: 1-4.

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Winners Circle of Web Sites: Chemistry

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  1. Winners Circle of Web Sites: Chemistry SLA Annual Meeting June 9, 2004 A. Ben Wagner, Sciences Librarian University at Buffalo abwagner@buffalo.edu

  2. All you need to know • Handout, also at: • http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/webpresentsla-2004.html

  3. Google Ranking: 1-4 • 1. WebElements Periodic Table (Mark Winter, U. of Sheffield) [>12 - 2003] • 2. WWW Chemistry Resources (Max Kopelevich, UCLA) [2 – 2003] • 3. NIST Chemistry WebBook (U.S. Nat. Inst. of Standards & Tech.) [4 – 2003] • 4. American Chemical Society (Chemistry.org) [1 – 2003]

  4. Google Ranking: 5-8 • 5. Rader's CHEM4KIDS.COM (Andrew Rader Studios)[7 - 2003] • 6. Yahoo! Directory Science > Chemistry [>12 – 2003] • 7. General Chemistry Online (Fred Senese, Frostburg State U.[>12 – 2003] • 8. About.com: Chemistry (About, Inc.)[9 – 2003]

  5. Google Ranking: 9-12 • 9. J. of Biological Chemistry (Amer. Soc. for Biochem. & Mol. Biology) [3 - 2003] • 10. Royal Society of Chemistry home page [5 – 2003] • 11. WWW Virtual Library: Chemistry (U. of Liverpool Chem Dept.) [6 – 2003] • 12. Chemistry Teaching Resources (Umeå Univ. Anal. Chem. Dept.) [11 – 2003]

  6. Fell off 2004 Top 12 List • Chemdex.org – 10th in 2003, now 20th • Clinical Chemistry Journal – 8th in 2003, now >30 • Martindale’s ReferenceDesk: Chem – 12th in 2003, now >30

  7. CLASSICS - NAP • National Academies Press -http://www.nap.edu/info/browse.htm • Full-text of reports & books available at no charge from Nat. Academies of Science, of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, & Nat. Research Council.

  8. CLASSICS – NIST1 NIST Online Scientific Databases • Nothing higher quality than NIST • Over 70 databases – amazing range • Annotated list -http://www.nist.gov/srd/online.htm

  9. CLASSICS – NIST2 NIST Online Scientific Databases • Data Gateway (metasearch)http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/ • Search by specific keywords, properties and substances. • Indexes articles from J. Chem. Reference Data – many free full-text.

  10. CLASSICS – NIST3 • NIST Online Kinetics Databases • Chemical Kinetics Database(Gas Phase) - 38,000 thermal reactions • Solution Kinetics Database - 23,675 reactions

  11. CLASSICS – NIST4 • IUPAC-NIST Solubility Databasehttp://srdata.nist.gov/solubility/ • Mutual solubility & liquid-liquid equilibrium • Up to 4 components • 4,400 systems - >40,000 measurements

  12. CLASSICS – Science.gov • http://www.science.gov/ • "FirstGov for Science" gateway. • Metasearches reliable info from 17 governmental agencies • Browsable directory

  13. CLASSICS - NLM TOXNET • Chemical Information “Center” • International Toxicology Estimates for Risk • Haz-Map • Household Products Database

  14. Newly Found - DSSTox • Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity Database Network • New EPA effort • Sets single standard for tox data • Helps migrate data to standard format • Provides open access, structure searching

  15. Newly Found - Chembank • Harvard Medical School/Natl. Cancer Inst. • Bioactive small molecules database • Property-effect on biology oriented • Data, resources, tools

  16. Newly Found – Chemical Collective • Carnegie Mellon Univ. effort • High school/early college educational resource • Simulations, Java applets • Interactive experiments • Will host teachers’ web sites

  17. Newly Found – Chemical Profiles • Pub. in Chemical Marketing Reporter • Concise market info • Manufacturers, capacity • Demand, growth, price, uses

  18. Newly Found – Brenda Brenda Enzyme Database • Enzyme functional data • Open access for academic, non-profit patrons • Searchable by name, structure, properties, organism, etc.

  19. Newly Found – BMRB BMRB: BioMagResBank • NMR open access depository • Peptides, proteins, & nucleic acids. • Software tools incl. data conversion

  20. Newly Found – COD Crystallography Open Database (No charge) • Crystal structure atomic coordinates • Keyword & data element searchable • Unpublished & published data • Any scholar can contribute to database

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