Changing the Way Research is Done: Advances in Chemical Information Science and Cheminformatics Gary Wiggins 25 th Anniversary Chemistry Librarianship Lecture January 10, 2001

Changes in the Library World Journal costs The Web Electronic journals Links w A&I Services Info Technology Cheminformatics

CHEMINFOR- MICROFICHE A good idea waiting for the right technology.

CCIIM Chemical Abstracts Page

The Little Red Book Another good idea with the wrong info technology.

Chemical Reference Sources Database (CRSD)

CHEMINFO (Chemical Information Sources)

IU Chemical Information Center What would Herman Briscoe have thought!

CIC Products and Services Custom SDI from CA tapes –Initially (late 1960s) through ARAC Standard Interest Profiles –Initially taken from the tapes –Later from CAS’s Individual Search Service Index to Standard Interest Profiles in Science and Technology

Some of the CIC’s CA Tapes Miriam Bonham the state’s first online searcher

Chemistry Library/CIC Milestones 1972: Online searching of CA & other databases 1978: USOE Training Institute for Chemical Information Specialists 1985: CAS ONLINE Academic Program introduced 1986: DEC’s CD-ROM installed –NTIS Environmental Health and Safety Database 1988: Clearinghouse for Chemical Info Instructional Materials (CCIIM)

Chemistry Library/CIC Milestones 1990: Chemical Information Sources 1991: CHMINF-L initiated : USOE BioTech project 1993: Chemistry Library Gopher 1995: CIS-IU (now SIRCh) 1995: Beilstein CrossFire introduced 1997: CHEMINFO Web site created 1998: SciFinder Scholar & ACS Web eds.

New Features in SciFinder Scholar 2000 New Explore options: –Company Name –Functional Groups in Reaction Search Browse tables of contents Explore Medline back to 1958 Citation linking Exact Phrase searching

SciFinder Scholar 2000: Other features 24-hour availability Full substructure searching Link to commercial sources of chemicals Link to regulations 3D view option with WebLab Viewer Lite

ACS Web Editions All volumes to be online by 2002 –Free in 2001 –Annual access fee thereafter –Backfiles in PDF format with searchable metadata HTML and PDF formats for Links to CA abstracts in HTML

ACS Journals: New Features Some interactivity, especially with CHIME Crystal Growth & Design – Nano Letters –

Finding Electronic Journals Over 200 titles available on the Chemistry Library e-journal page: OR search SIRSI Unicorn Academe (IUCAT) OR the IUB Libraries database

Internet Journal of Chemistry Articles Options –Allow you to determine how hypermolecules will be delivered, set on-the-fly unit conversions and standard units to use. References Options –Allow you to set how reference numbers appear and the layout of the citations. Layout Options –Allow you to define a frameset and target the location of the references.

Internet Journal of Chemistry Margin Notes/Annotation Options –Allow you to set where annotations appear. Colors Options –Allow you to set the color of the background, text, and table rows. Notification Options –Request notification of new articles URL:

Chemistry Preprint Server

Isatin Review Article (Preprint)

The Journal That Ate the Library

IU’s MLS/MIS Chemical Information Specialist Program Started in 1969 Joint Program: SLIS and Chemistry Over 50 graduates of the program Requires a chemistry degree

Indiana University’s New MS in Chemical Informatics To commence in Fall 2001 Offered in the School of Informatics Chemistry Graduate Courses: –Chemical Information Technology [C571]Chemical Information Technology –Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling [C572]Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling

Chemoinformatics: Where it has come from, Where it is now, and Where it is going A Chemical Informatics Lecture by Professor Peter Willett University of Sheffield Wednesday, February 28, :00 PM Harry G. Day Lecture Hall Chemistry Building C122

SciFinder Scholar & CAS URLs To download the client software: CAS’s SciFinder Scholar Resources CAS Learning Center