Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Computer Searching
SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry
Internet Search Engines
- Scirus – "For Scientific Information Only"
- altavista
- 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