1. CHEMINFO and Groth: The Web and Chemistry Gary Wiggins Chemistry Library wiggins@indiana.edu IU Forum on Digital Libraries April 16, 2002

2. CHEMINFO: Chemical Information Sources http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo Resource Guides Instructional Materials Archives of CHMINF-L: the Chemical Information Sources Discussion List Databases

3. CHEMINFO Resource Guides SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html CCIIM: Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cciimnro.html

4. Taxonomy (Classification) http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html

5. SIRCh Index http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cisindex.html

6. SIRCh: Selected Chapter Titles http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/cis_ca.html

7. SIRCh: Analytical Chemistry http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/ca_accc.html

8. CHEMINFO Instructional Materials http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/instructional_materials.html Four one-hour undergraduate courses (C371-2, C471-2) Two three-hour graduate courses C571-2)

9. CHMINF-L: Chemical Information Sources Discussion List http://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/chminf-l.html In existence since May 1991 Over 1250 subscribers Sponsors: Chemical Information Sections of American Chemical Society Special Libraries Association Royal Society of Chemistry American Society for Information Science & Technology

10. CHMINF-L Archives as a Knowledge Base Many librarians on CHMINF-L, which began in May 1991. Search for the History of Chemistry found 226 entries found on 4/14/02, e.g., Alchemy pictures History of the journal Chemical Physics Letters The chemistry of embalming

11. CHEMINFO Databases Chemical Acronyms Database http://scilibs.chem.indiana.edu/cfdocs/libchem/searchu.html Mentioned in Science, February 2002 Chemical Reference Sources Database http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/crsd.html Faculty Publications of the IU Chemistry Dept. http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/introductiond.html IU Molecular Structure Center http://www.iumsc.indiana.edu/

12. Groth, P. (Paul), 1843-1927. Chemische Krystallographie Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1906-19. 5 v. T. 1. Elemente: Anorganische Verbindungen ohne Salzcharakter. Einfache und complexe Halogenide, Cyanide und Azide der Metalle, nebst den zugehörigen Alkylverbindungen. T. 2. Die anorganischen Oxo- und Sulfosalze. T. 3. Aliphatische und hydroaromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen. T. 4. Aromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen mit einem Benzolringe. T. 5. Aromatische Kohlenstoffverbindungen mit mehreren Benzolringen heterocyclische Verbindungen.

13. Groth: Access Database Portion of the table with chemical names, molecular formulas, SMILES, and links to images on the Web.

14. Groth: Image from page 4: 6 http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/Groth/groth400006.pdf

15. XMorph Rendering of a Crystal

16. SMILES input for Structure Searching

17. SMILES for 1,2,3-Tribromobenzene

18. Future Developments Metadata coding and XML for selected CHMINF-L Web pages Links to XMorph renderings from the Groth database Structure searching of the Groth database with JME Molecular Editor input of SMILES Put DB on the Web with Cold Fusion

19. Acknowledgments CHEMINFO SLIS students, especially Keith Schreiber & Sonia Gupta Professional society sponsors (ACS, RSC, SLA, ASIST) UITS personnel, especially Peg Bassett Steve Rosenthal, Chemical Abstracts Service Groth Chemical Informatics students, especially: Ronald M. Brown Dustin M. Hilkey Alicia M. Prater Ronald D. Willis IUB Libraries Digital Library Program, especially: Jenn Riley Dedong Wu for XMorph Peter Ertl for JME Molecular Editor John Bollinger of the IU MSC UITS for Veritas