1. Using Chemistry Databases for Literature, Substance and Reaction Searching for Chemistry Year 3 Students (CM3291)
Pattarin Kusolpalin (Science Resource Team, NUS Libraries)
Pamela Oon (ACS International)

2. Programme Outline Additional Tools & Resources Chemistry Database
Reaxys
Overview & Registration
SciFinder Hands-on
Literature / Reference Search
Substance Search
Reaction Search (synthesis)
SciFinder Hands-on Exercise (20 min)

3. Additional Tools & Resources

4. Essential Resources for Chemistry
Web of Science
Scopus
Science Direct
Patent databases
References
Selected
Chemistry Databases
Chemical & Physical Properties
Reactions
Spectra
References
Safety
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) 
PDF-4+ (XRD)
Reaxys
SciFinder
SpringerMaterials
Find more resources in:
Chemistry LibGuide
FST LibGuide

5. Essential Resources for FST
Web of Science
Scopus
Science Direct
Patent databases
References
Selected FST Databases
AGRICOLA
FSTA
Reaxys
SciFinder – Registration Site
TOXLINE
Find more resources in:
Chemistry LibGuide
FST LibGuide
Biological & Life Sciences LibGuide

6. Guide on installing the Proxy Bookmarklet
Enables full-text access to subscribed journal articles on any page that requires users to pay
Limitations:
NUS Libraries must have a subscription to the journal.
Guide on installing the Proxy Bookmarklet

7. Google Scholar – Settings – Library Links

8. FAQ on setting up NUS Libraries access in Google Scholar
Accessing Full-Text via Google Scholar
Limitations:
NUS Libraries must have a subscription to the journal.
FAQ on setting up NUS Libraries access in Google Scholar

9. Reaxys: Overview & Registration

10. A research solution built on relevance and discoverabilty
>52 M Document records from 16,000 journals and patents describing applications in material sciences, biomedicine, technology, geosciences, engineering, environmental sciences, pharmacology...
>90 M Substance records with >500 M excerpted facts on their properties: physical, chemical, spectral, ecological, bioactivity
>41 M Reaction records including excerpted data on reaction conditions, solvents, catalyst, yield
Linked to
Are numbers correct for the new Reaxys 2016?
Uses across disciplines
Chemistry fundamentals

11. Evolution of Reaxys (Beilstein and Gmelin database)
The Gmelin database is a large database of organometallic and inorganic compounds updated quarterly. It is based on the German publication Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie ("Gmelin's handbook of inorganic chemistry") which was originally published by Leopold Gmelin in 1817;[1] the last print edition, the 8th, appeared in the 1990s.
The Beilstein database is the largest database in the field of organic chemistry, in which compounds are uniquely identified by their Beilstein Registry Number. The database covers the scientific literature from 1771 to the present and contains experimentally validated information on millions of chemical reactions and substances from original scientific publications. The electronic database was originally created from Beilstein's Handbook of Organic Chemistry, founded by Friedrich Konrad Beilstein in 1881
The database currently contains every compound/reaction discovered between 1772 and 1995,

12. Content BIBLIOGRAPHY SUBSTANCES Journals Patents REACTIONS PROPERTIES
(Chemical)
PROPERTIES
Biological…Environmental…Physical…Spectral
The two parts of content:
The number of original documents we cover
What we extract from the documents and put in our database
There is another point. Impact Factors. IFs are important for us when we publish…. Aren’t they also important for what is in databases and what we search?

13. How do you access Reaxys?

15. Steps to access Reaxys Go to Library Portal http://lib.nus.edu.sg
Click “Database” tab
Select Browse by Database
Select “Reaxys”
Click “Campus Login”
Click “Accept”
To create an individual customized ID in Reaxys -> click “Register”
** Please use your NUS account

16. NUS Libraries Portal

22. Registration
** Register using your NUS address

23. SCIFINDER HANDS-ON DEMO SESSION Conducted by Ms Pamela Oon (from ACS International) Refer to slides at Chemistry Libguide

24. Steps to access SciFinder *Note: Always access from Library Portal
Limitations:
NUS Libraries must have a subscription to the journal.

25. SciFinder Hands-on Exercise
Duration
INSTRUCTIONS
This exercise consists of 2 pages, with 3 questions in total. Please read the questions carefully.
Question No. 3 is a BONUS QUESTION, which is optional. You may attempt if time permits.

26. Thank you
Magdeline Ng
Science Library Info Desk
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