Caltech Chemistry Library Newsletter - Fall 2006
CHEMISTRY LIBRARY NEWSLETTER
Fall 2006
CONTENTS:
1. New electronic resources (journals, journal issues, etc.)
2. ACS Style Guide - 3d edition, 2006
3. Doctoral Education: Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
4. SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
5. Recently scanned 'classics' by Roberts and Gray.
6. Database news
1. New electronic resources (journals, journal issues, etc.)
Ann. Rep. Prog. Chem. C, 2006, 102
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/PC/Index.asp
Cathodeluminescent phosphors, 12-42
Recent Advances .. electrochemistry of ion transfer processes at liquid-liquid interfaces, 43-70
Quantum-size effects in capped and uncapped carbon nanotubes, 71-89
Molecular structure from x-ray diffraction, 92-130
Theoretical studies of strong hydrogen bonds, 131-165
Electron spin resonance (some chemical applications), 166-202
On the accuracy of density functional theory in transition metal chemistry, 203-226
Laser control of physicochemical processes, 227-250
Cell Signalling Biology
http://www.cellsignallingbiology.org/
"An essential online resource on cell signalling pathways that is integrated and presented within the context of specific cell types and processes. The first half of the website characterizes the components and properties of the major cell signalling pathways with special emphasis on how they are switched on and off. The second half of the website deals with the way these different signalling pathways are employed to control the life history of cells from their birth during the process of cell proliferation, their differentiation into specific cell types to carry out different cell functions, and finally their death through processes such as apoptosis."
Chemistry Central
(www.chemistrycentral.com/)
"Chemistry Central is a new open access website (and journal) for chemists from BioMed Central. Chemistry Central features open access articles from Geochemical Transactions, the online journal of the ACS Division of Geochemistry, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, as well as chemistry-related articles published in BioMed Central's biological and medical journals, including BMC Pharmacology, BMC Biochemistry and BMC Chemical Biology."
2. ACS Style Guide - 3d edition, 2006
"This extensive revision of the 1997 "ACS Style Guide" thoroughly examines electronic tools now available to assist writers in preparing manuscripts and communicating with publishers … and also contains references to many resources on the internet".
Includes numerous appendicies … e.g., proofreader's marks, recommended spelling list, CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals.
3. Doctoral Education: Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/cid
Snapshots created for the summer 2005 convenings (meetings of departmental representatives held at the Carnegie Foundation) highlight successful program elements and unanswered questions related to the themes of the three convenings: Developing researchers and scholars. Developing effective teachers. Supporting intellectual community.
4. SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
The CAplus file (Chemical Abstracts)has been enhanced with more pre-1907 records. Nearly 8,700 U.S. patent records from 1890-1899 were added, in addition to over 2,600 records from the 1878-1906 issues of the Journal of the Chemical Society–Transactions.
CA Registry has been updated to include the amino acid codes “O” and “PYL” for pyrrolysine, which was identified in 2002 as the 22nd genetically encoded amino acid.
5. These recently scanned 'classic' books, authored by Jack Roberts and Harry Gray, are the latest chemistry books added to Caltech's CODA (Institutional Repository)
Carl J. Ballhausen and Harry B. Gray,
Molecular orbital theory: an introductory lecture note and reprint volume, 1965
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1965.002
Langford, Cooper H. and Gray, Harry B.
Ligand Substitution Processes, 1966
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1966.001
Roberts, John D. and Stewart, Ross and Caserio, Marjorie C.
Organic chemistry: methane to macromolecules, 1971
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1971.001
Roberts, John D. and Caserio, Marjorie C.
Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed., 1977
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1977.001
These books supplement those previously announced:
Roberts, John D.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: applications to organic chemistry, 1959
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1959.001
Roberts, John D.
An Introduction to the Analysis of Spin-Spin Splitting in High-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra, 1961
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1961.002
Roberts, John D.
Notes on Molecular Orbital Calculations, 1961
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1961.001
6. Database News
Reaction Database: Chemical Synthesis
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/Area_of_Interest/Chemistry/Chemical_Synthesis/Key_Resources/Rxn_Database.html
The Reaction Database, provided by Sigma-Aldrich, leads to detailed literature procedures by entering the starting material and product-of-interest. In addition, the procedures include a list of reagents needed as well as links to their respective product detail pages for easy ordering.
IUPAC Ionic Liquids Database (ILThermo)
http://ilthermo.boulder.nist.gov/ILThermo/mainmenu.uix
ILThermo is a free web research tool that provides access to publications on thermodynamic, and transport properties of both ionic liquids as well as binary and ternary mixtures. NIST Standard Reference Database #147
CHMOOGLE eMolecules (Google took offense and forced the name change).
http://www.emolecules.com
A free chemical search engine that searches (text and structure or substructure) on millions of molecules from across the Web and from chemical suppliers worldwide.
Fall 2006
CONTENTS:
1. New electronic resources (journals, journal issues, etc.)
2. ACS Style Guide - 3d edition, 2006
3. Doctoral Education: Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
4. SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
5. Recently scanned 'classics' by Roberts and Gray.
6. Database news
1. New electronic resources (journals, journal issues, etc.)
Ann. Rep. Prog. Chem. C, 2006, 102
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/PC/Index.asp
Cathodeluminescent phosphors, 12-42
Recent Advances .. electrochemistry of ion transfer processes at liquid-liquid interfaces, 43-70
Quantum-size effects in capped and uncapped carbon nanotubes, 71-89
Molecular structure from x-ray diffraction, 92-130
Theoretical studies of strong hydrogen bonds, 131-165
Electron spin resonance (some chemical applications), 166-202
On the accuracy of density functional theory in transition metal chemistry, 203-226
Laser control of physicochemical processes, 227-250
Cell Signalling Biology
http://www.cellsignallingbiology.org/
"An essential online resource on cell signalling pathways that is integrated and presented within the context of specific cell types and processes. The first half of the website characterizes the components and properties of the major cell signalling pathways with special emphasis on how they are switched on and off. The second half of the website deals with the way these different signalling pathways are employed to control the life history of cells from their birth during the process of cell proliferation, their differentiation into specific cell types to carry out different cell functions, and finally their death through processes such as apoptosis."
Chemistry Central
(www.chemistrycentral.com/)
"Chemistry Central is a new open access website (and journal) for chemists from BioMed Central. Chemistry Central features open access articles from Geochemical Transactions, the online journal of the ACS Division of Geochemistry, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, as well as chemistry-related articles published in BioMed Central's biological and medical journals, including BMC Pharmacology, BMC Biochemistry and BMC Chemical Biology."
2. ACS Style Guide - 3d edition, 2006
"This extensive revision of the 1997 "ACS Style Guide" thoroughly examines electronic tools now available to assist writers in preparing manuscripts and communicating with publishers … and also contains references to many resources on the internet".
Includes numerous appendicies … e.g., proofreader's marks, recommended spelling list, CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals.
3. Doctoral Education: Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
http://gallery.carnegiefoundation.org/cid
Snapshots created for the summer 2005 convenings (meetings of departmental representatives held at the Carnegie Foundation) highlight successful program elements and unanswered questions related to the themes of the three convenings: Developing researchers and scholars. Developing effective teachers. Supporting intellectual community.
4. SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)
The CAplus file (Chemical Abstracts)has been enhanced with more pre-1907 records. Nearly 8,700 U.S. patent records from 1890-1899 were added, in addition to over 2,600 records from the 1878-1906 issues of the Journal of the Chemical Society–Transactions.
CA Registry has been updated to include the amino acid codes “O” and “PYL” for pyrrolysine, which was identified in 2002 as the 22nd genetically encoded amino acid.
5. These recently scanned 'classic' books, authored by Jack Roberts and Harry Gray, are the latest chemistry books added to Caltech's CODA (Institutional Repository)
Carl J. Ballhausen and Harry B. Gray,
Molecular orbital theory: an introductory lecture note and reprint volume, 1965
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1965.002
Langford, Cooper H. and Gray, Harry B.
Ligand Substitution Processes, 1966
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1966.001
Roberts, John D. and Stewart, Ross and Caserio, Marjorie C.
Organic chemistry: methane to macromolecules, 1971
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1971.001
Roberts, John D. and Caserio, Marjorie C.
Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry, 2nd ed., 1977
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1977.001
These books supplement those previously announced:
Roberts, John D.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: applications to organic chemistry, 1959
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1959.001
Roberts, John D.
An Introduction to the Analysis of Spin-Spin Splitting in High-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra, 1961
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1961.002
Roberts, John D.
Notes on Molecular Orbital Calculations, 1961
http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBOOK:1961.001
6. Database News
Reaction Database: Chemical Synthesis
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/Area_of_Interest/Chemistry/Chemical_Synthesis/Key_Resources/Rxn_Database.html
The Reaction Database, provided by Sigma-Aldrich, leads to detailed literature procedures by entering the starting material and product-of-interest. In addition, the procedures include a list of reagents needed as well as links to their respective product detail pages for easy ordering.
IUPAC Ionic Liquids Database (ILThermo)
http://ilthermo.boulder.nist.gov/ILThermo/mainmenu.uix
ILThermo is a free web research tool that provides access to publications on thermodynamic, and transport properties of both ionic liquids as well as binary and ternary mixtures. NIST Standard Reference Database #147
CHMOOGLE eMolecules (Google took offense and forced the name change).
http://www.emolecules.com
A free chemical search engine that searches (text and structure or substructure) on millions of molecules from across the Web and from chemical suppliers worldwide.
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