1. CHEMnetBASE and Beyond:
CRC Handbooks and Dictionaries in Today’s World
Fiona Macdonald* & Megan Eisenbraun
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis

2. CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
From 1913 to present day
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3. CRC Handbook: 103 years and counting
Basic philosophy still unchanged
Provides key information on topics most frequently needed by users
Broad coverage of data; wide range of users
Annual updates allow the most current data to be provided
References to original sources

4. 97th Edition ISBN 978-1-4987-5428-6 Publishing 24 June 2016 $199
97th Edition ISBN Publishing 24 June $199.95/£ pp Includes ebook (VitalSource)
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5. What did we start with? Diverse information types:
Extremely large tables – Sect. 10: Line Spectra of the Elements, >20,000 rows
Chemical structures – Sect. 3: Physical Constants of Organic Compounds
Complex data – Sect. 11: Table of the Isotopes
Extensive text files – Sect 4: The Elements
Graphical data –
Sect. 14: Atmospheric Concentration of CO2
Sect. 8: IR Correlation charts
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6. What do we need? User-friendly interface facilitating easy updates
Able to store special characters, numerical values
Upload of new tables and incorporation into the system
Merge and manipulate data to create new tables
Storage of web and print versions of tables
Versioning of data updates
Exports data for both print (html) and web
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7. What did we do?
Created a central substances table with 21 associated physical property tables
Imported 715 print tables
Converted 482 documents and their tables to Unicode text and html markup
Numbers were converted from text strings to recognisable numbers
Redesign of tables to render them suitable for database format
Designed export routine for print or web
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9. Running Order:
Main Contents Search screen - Table of contents expandable menu.
Show a document via the login screen.
Back to home Contents Search screen using top home button.
Show document search - search for 'vitamin c'. (different from old version which searched separately for vitamin or c.
Go into a document hit (PCOC). Goes directly to the page on which the hit occurs.
show page forward/back and typing in a page number directly.
Show Bookmark page.
Show 'View Book PDF'
Show interactive table.
Show interactive table page navigation.
Show table sort using buttons in column headers.
Show left menu - Back to document (won't click on this at this point)
Click on Filter Sort this Table and do a combined filter (maybe d*) and sort (on Mp)
Click on Hide/Show columns. Hide a column (e.g. Beilstein no.)
Select a few rows
Click on Export Data
Show example of exporting to html
Click Graph Numerical Data
Show example of 2 or 3 graph types
Click on a substance to show the entry popup (one with a CT, one that is present in several other tables and has several properties)
Click the structure icon to show Marvin
Show editing a structure, rotation, saving/exporting
Show the links to other documents.  Clicking on one goes to that row in the table.
Click show full table.
Go to chemistry section (flask icon, top bar)
Show wildcard/range options.
Show adding more properties to the search ,including adding the same >1. linking with AND, OR, NOT
Search for structure/chem name.
Show hit list.
Navigate and sort hit list.
Show/Hide columns (drag and drop list, final product will have greater choice).
Details button brings up the entry (same window from interactive table).
Show archive via top bar (tools menu)
Show browsing the editions TOC
Search the archive.
Show responsive design - reduce menu size.
Show quick search from the responsive (small screen) layout
Click on a table in hit list to show mobile version of tables.
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10. Future Plans Closer integration with other CHEMnetBASE products
Combined Chemical Dictionary (CCD)
Dictionary of Natural Products (DNP)
Single sign on
Single search
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11. William “Mickey” Haynes 1943-2016
Editor-in-Chief, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics,
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12. Acknowledgements Megan Eisenbraun Matt Griffiths David Lide
James Yanchak
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13. Get in touch! Email fiona.macdonald@taylorandfrancis.com
Mail Broken Sound Pkwy NW
Boca Raton, FL 33487
Phone
Skype fmmacdonald
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