CHEM 212: Organic Chemistry II
The following resources should be helpful for Chemistry 212. Also consult the resources on the main Chemistry subject page. Feel free to contact me for help, Irene Laursen (ilaursen), x3082.
Contents:
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- Maximum of two $300 awards for a paper or project of any length from a 100 or 200 level Wellesley College course
- One $750 award for a paper or project of any length from a 300 level Wellesley College course, excluding 360s, and 370s
Deadline: April 1, 2008
Learn about the research cycle
Cycle of scientific literature - primary, secondary, tertiary ([no date given]; http://iws.ohiolink.edu/chemistry/info/cycle.html Accessed August 31, 2007)
Peer-review (Linux Information Project (c) 2005; http://linfo.org/peer_review.html Accessed September 9, 2007)
Open Access (Peter Suber, (CC-A 2.5 license), December 29, 2004; http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/brief.htm Accessed September 9, 2007)
Reference books can be used to acquire basic information on an unfamiliar concept or gather ideas for your paper topic.
Quick lookups:
AccessScience - dictionary and encyclopedia search options
CASSI - Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index - Science Reference Cart - journal abbreviations
Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary - Science Reference QD5 .C5 2007
Oxford Reference Online - More than 100 dictionaries, including the sciences and medicine
Applications-oriented:
Annual Reviews - scholarly reviews in the biomedical and physical sciences - all series from vol. 1 through 2002; selected series from 2003-present
Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry II
Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences
Environmental Geochemistry, v.9 in the Treatise on Geochemistry
Merck Manual of Medical Information: Second Home Edition
PubChem - small molecules database linking chemicals to biological property information
UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
AIDSinfo - US Dept of Health and Human Services
Mechanism (cellular or molecular):
Burger's Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery - Science Reference RS403 .B8 2003
Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics - Science Reference RM300 .G644 2006
Merck Index Online database - includes cellular 'mechanism of action' when known
Synthesis tools:
Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Science Reference q QD77 .E53 1995
Fieser and Fieser's Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Science Library stacksQD262 .R33 1967 - 2002
Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis - Science Reference q QD77 .H37 1999
Merck Index Online database - 2-dims structure, CAS Registry No., literature references to synthetic preparations - User Help Guides
Organic Syntheses - keyword searching of "annual collections of detailed, reliable, and carefully checked procedures for the synthesis of organic compounds"
Synthesis Abbreviations - Freie Universitat - Berlin, Germany
The following databases provide either full-text articles or citations (information about when and where the article was published).
- Once you have a citation for
an article, use the Find
It! @ Wellesley
link
from each citation to search one or more electronic journal sources through
the Wellesley College Library Catalog. - Use the name of the journal as the title and make sure you look at the dates covered carefully!
- If Wellesley does not own the article, you can request it via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
Major databases:
SciFinder Scholar covers articles in journals, books, reviews, technical reports,
conference proceedings, dissertations,
and technical reports early 1900s - present
Support: Email Science Librarian Irene Laursen, or consult Getting-Started (Windows) - (MacIntosh) ; How To Guides - Strategies - 2 SU's - no SSM module
Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded - interdisciplinary subject searching of scholarly articles in the physical and life sciences - also can search for articles that cite known journal articles or books - 1900-present - Help TOC - Help Index
PubMed - articles in all fields of medicine and biomedicine, with abstracts and links to additional resources from the National Library of Medicine - 1949-present PubMed Basics brochure - Saving Citations and Time with the Clipboard
Google Scholar - multidisciplinary coverage of peer-reviewed literature— journal articles, theses, books, preprints - time coverage & breadth/depth of sources are unspecified - complements but does not replace other db searching - Advanced Scholar Search Tips
See our A-Z list for additional databases or email a Science Librarian for recommendations.
American Chemical Society [Am Chem Soc] Journals - online subscription to primary research journals, from early years to ASAP articles, including Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Natural Products, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Letters, and more
Annual Reviews Electronic Collection - scholarly online articles critically reviewing research in the physical and life sciences - all series through 2002 - selected series 2003+
Royal Society of Chemistry [Roy Soc Chem] Journals - online subscriptions to recent years of primary research journals, including Chemical Communications 1997+, Chemical Society Reviews 1997+ , Journal of the Chemical Society, and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2003+ - earlier years available in print via Online Catalog
Science Direct - online articles (= green icon) for hundreds of scientific journals, from 1995+
Patent definition - another type of scientific publication, written in legal terms and filed with the appropriate patent authorities in the relevant countries, a type of publication which identifies the details of a synthesis or of uses of a specific chemical compound or group of related substances, and affords specific legal protection to the patent author (or patent assignee)
Challenge of patents
- the legal terminology in which patents are written
- coverage of more than one compound in the same patent
- document length which can vary from a few pages to several hundred pages
- language of the patent
Two helpful publications from Queen's University - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Full-text databases for locating patents
- esp@cenet.com - European Patent Office - Patent Number Search - International patent database - more than 70 countries covered - time coverage varies with country - Consult Science Librarians Irene Laursen or Neil Nero if you need help with pdf patent retrieval or identification of synthesis patent
- US Patents Database - USPTO - 1790-present - requires download of tiff viewer to print patent images; viewer is available from USPTO website
Commercial patent services (sampling; always be aware of possible change from free to fee)
- Patent Fetcher - Free pdf download of U.S. patents
- Patents 2 PDF - Free pdf download of U.S. patents one or several at a time
Wellesley College Library Catalog
- tip: in the library catalog, start with keyword > choose a useful book > Full Record tab - follow the subject links to find more on that topic
- tip: to see the subscription details for an online or print journal or serial ['Lib has'] > go to the Full Record tab
WorldCat - Use WorldCat to find books and other materials not at Wellesley. If you find a book you want that Wellesley does not own, you can use the ILL link within WorldCat to request the book.
ACS Style Guide 3rd ed - 2006 - Science Reference QD8.5 .A25 2006
Quick Guide to ACS StyleEndNote - bibliographic management software that helps you keep track of your references, cite correctly, avoid plagiarism - download and documentation
**Remember, you must evaluate web resources you find with a search engine the same way you would evaluate print sources**
Accuracy: How factual is the web page? Are the facts well-documented?
Authority: What are the professional credentials of the authors? Can you recognize the difference between a webpage author and a webmaster?
Objectivity: Pros and cons? Are there conflicting interests? Is the page advocating a cause? Who is the intended audience?
Currency: Is the page being updated regularly? How current is it now?
Coverage: Does the page require special software to view it? Is there a fee to view it, or is it free? Is the information presented cited correctly?
Ease of Use: Is the page easy to navigate? Are directions straightforward? If it is not easy to use, visitors will leave the site quickly.
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