Goal: To give an overview of the availability of resources in Chemistry made available by Lehigh's library services.

Before proceeding, you might to glance over these webpages:

• Library Services
• Overview of Lehigh University library resources in the sciences.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

• SciFinder Scholar 2001
• Science Citation Index
• Other Science Databases
• Infodome
• Obtaining Copies of Papers
• Contact Information For Further Assistance

Since this webpage was constructed, SciFinder Scholar 2002 has become available.
See here  for details.
 

SciFinder Scholar 2001

What it is: an easy to use search interface for chemical literature and chemical information that you can download to your computer.

This discussion is about SciFinder Scholar 2001, a search interface which supersedes SciFinder Scholar 2000. If you have the latter on your machine, deinstall it and install SciFinder Scholar 2001.

See here for details about the new features that come with SciFinder Scholar 2001.
 

Installing SciFinder Scholar

Go here for directions on downloading the new SciFinder Scholar 2001 software.
 

To learn more about SciFinder Scholar

If you want to learn more about SciFinder Scholar, see:

• See this link available off  Lehigh's webpage about SciFinder Scholar
• CAS webpage about SciFinder Scholar
• Link to in-depth review of the features of SciFinder Scholar 2001, in PDF format, at this webpage.

Allows you to start with a document and find references that cite it. This way you can build up a bibliography of related works.
 

Access

CD: CDs are loaded on a computer behind the help desk in the lobby of Fairchild-Martindale. Years represented are 1991-present.

Paper: The paper version of Science Citation Index is also available for years: 1961-1995 See REFERENCE FM-1-INDEX
 

For more information. . .

• Help information is available at the CD station
• For help using the paper volumes, see inside covers of SCI volumes for help documentation.

SciFinder Scholar and Science Citation Index are only two of the databases that Lehigh's libraries make available. See here for an alphabetical and subject breakdown of databases. Some databases on this list worth considering for chemistry research:

• Applied Science and Technology Abstracts

• Chemical Abstracts Student Edition

• McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology

• INSPEC--see Lehigh's help documentation for searching INSPEC. Includes coverage of Physical Chemistry topics. Examples are: chemical kinetics, reaction mechanisms, polymer reactions, photochemistry, electrochemistry, radiation chemistry, chemical thermodynamics, surface chemistry.  See INSPEC Classification 1999 ,  025.06 I59c 1999 in FM Reference area,  for details of coverage.

A research advisor that helps you identify general reference or subject specific resources. See the library webpage for this.
 

If you have used bibliographic databases to find references and abstracts for papers that look interesting, how do you actually locate the paper(s) that are of interest to you?

(1.) First, check ASA to see if Lehigh has the journal, either in paper or electronic format.
Access to electronic journals is possible out of ASA records. Also, check to see if there is a full text linkage from the bibliographic database you search--e.g., the "Chemport" linkages out of SciFinder Scholar.

(2.) If not, you may want to see if one of the regional libraries has the journal.

(3.) You may order the article through interlibrary loan. An additional way to find papers: browse the tables of contents of recent issues or archived (bound) copies in the library, or look for relevant electronic journals browsable here by title or linked on ASA.
 

At any point in your research, email Brian Simboli if you have any questions. You may also call me at x5003 or drop by my office at Room 633 in Fairchild-Martindale Library. On Tuesday afternoons I am usually in the consulting office behind the help desk on the first floor of the library.