Retrieving Chemistry Information Alex Liu & Kenneth Lim Physical Chemistry - 4 Aug 2015

Programme Outline 1.Essential Resources for Chemistry 2.Web of Science 3.EndNote 4.Plagiarism 5.Reaxys 6.Proxy Bookmarklet and Google Scholar

Essential Resources for Chemistry Web of Science Web of Science Scopus Science Direct Reaxys Patent databases References ChemSpider Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) Reaxys Chemical & Physical Properties Proton Carbon NMR Proton Carbon NMR PDF-4+ (XRD) Reaxys ChemSpider Spectra Reaxys Biochemical Pathway Biochemical Pathway SciFinder Reactions Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) Safety ChemSpider Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD) Reaxys Structures Chemistry LibGuide

Retrieving Information from Web of Science

modification – modify – modifies  modif* Look for different variations of keywords “photochemical reaction” Use phrase searching photo- induced: photoinduced, photoreaction, photochemical reaction Find the synonyms of the keywords photo-induced OR photoinduced OR photoreaction OR “photochemical reaction” Use Boolean operators photo- induced, modification, graphite Identify the keywords in the topic Research Topic: Photo-induced Chemical Modification of Graphite

Construct the search statement photo-induced OR photoinduced OR photoreaction OR “photochemical reaction” modif* or change* or transform* graphite AND Research Topic: Photo-induced Chemical Modification of Graphite

EndNote

Export references from database, e.g. Web of Science Download and attach PDF documents to references Import pdf documents with DOI to create references Remove duplicate references

EndNote – Cite while you write Insert citation in MS Word Change citation style in MS Word Remove selected citations Reorder selected citations You can visit the EndNote LibGuide for more information.EndNote LibGuide

Plagiarism

Avoid Plagiarism “In NUS, it is defined as the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.” Source: Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Centre for English Language CommunicationPlagiarism “Plagiarism is a deliberate activity – the conscious copying from the work of others without acknowledgement.” Source: Avoiding Plagiarism | Breeze presentation by Dr Yang Ying, Centre for English Language CommunicationAvoiding Plagiarism

Avoid Plagiarism For more information: Visit the NUS Plagiarism Prevention website, which offers a self- checked plagiarism prevention software called Turnitin.NUS Plagiarism Prevention website View the NUS e-module on academic culture and plagiarism here.here

Programme Outline 1.Essential Resources for Chemistry 2.Web of Science 3.EndNote 4.Plagiarism 5.Reaxys 6.Proxy Bookmarklet and Google Scholar

Retrieving Information from Reaxys

Reaxys >16,000 chemistry-related periodicals >500 million published experimental facts >55 million chemical compounds >38 million chemical reactions Data extracted from: Reaxys Fact Sheet

Reaxys Retrieves information from full text of the articles

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