Damon Ridley

Information Retrieval

Scifinder

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

SciFinder(r) is rapidly becoming the preferred means of accessing scientific information in industry and universities worldwide. This fully revised edition of the only companion guide to SciFinder gives practical advice on maximizing one's effectiveness with SciFinder. It summarizes the various databases and explains how to take advantage of SciFinder's unique search and analyze options; discusses why it is important and how to apply scientific method to information retrieval; and details how to search for chemical structures and chemical reactions. Essential for anyone who uses chemical information in academic or industry, the new edition addresses the major new release of SciFinder in 2008, which adds a Web interface for the first time.

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SciFinder ® is rapidly becoming a preferred means toaccess scientific information in industry and universitiesworldwide. It accesses databases which span the chemical,engineering, life, medical, and physical sciences, including fiveChemical Abstract Service databases and the National Library ofMedicine bibliographic database Medline ® . No othersingle information access tool has such breadth of coverage forscientific journal and patent documents.
Information Retrieval: SciFinder ® ,2 nd Edition is an essential guide explaining how toget the best out of SciFinder. It discusses the 50+ options inSciFinder ® including topic, bibliographic, andchemical substance explore options, and post-processing optionsAnalyze, Refine, and Categorize. The book:

Summarises the databases and explains how to take advantage ofthe unique search and analysis options
Explains selected algorithms behind the operation ofSciFinder ® and why it helps to understand them
Discusses why it is important, and how to apply scientificmethod to information retrieval
Describes how to search for chemical structures and chemicalreactions
This second edition of Information Retrieval:SciFinder ® has been fully revised and updatedto incorporate the latest functionality and content ofSciFinder ® . Written by a scientist forscientists, this book will increase your research creativityand productivity and is an essential resource for anyone needingscientific information in academia or industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 766g
• ISBN-13: 9780470712474
• ISBN-10: 0470712473
• Artikelnr.: 27549274

Autorenporträt

Professor Damon D Ridley Professor Ridley is recognized as one of the leading exponents in the field of chemical information retrieval using SciFinder. He is the author of Exploring SciFinder (Booknet Co Ltd, 2004), Information Retrieval: SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar (Wiley, 2002), and Online Searching: A Scientist's Perspective (Wiley, 1996), and over 50 scientific publications in the area. He has given well over 1000 presentations, workshops and demonstrations in the subject worldwide over the last 24 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1 SciFinder(r): Setting the Scene. 1.1 "I just want to Do a Quick
and Simple search on..." 1.2 The SciFinder Way. 1.3 Looking Ahead. 2
Databases in SciFinder. 2.1 CAS Bibliographic Database (CAPLUS). 2.2 NLM
Bibliographic Database (MEDLINE). 2.3 CAS Substance Database (REGISTRY).
2.4 CAS Chemical Reaction Database (CASREACT(r)). 2.5 CAS Chemical Catalog
Database (CHEMCATS(r)). 2.6 CAS Regulatory Information Database
(CHEMLIST(r)). 2.7 Summary of Key Points. 3 Explore by Research Topic. 3.1
Introduction. 3.2 How SciFinder Converts the Query to a List of Candidates.
3.3 How is a Concept Derived? 3.4 Choosing Candidates. 3.5 Working from the
Reference Screen. 3.6 Working from the Record Screen. 3.7 Applying
Scientific Method to Information Retrieval. 3.8 Summary of Key Points. 4
Explore by Chemical Substance. 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Registration of
Substances. 4.3 Searching for Substances: The Alternatives. 4.4 Explore
Substances: Chemical Structure. 4.5 Explore Substances: Substance
Identifier. 4.6 Explore Substances: Molecular Formula. 4.7 Explore
References: Research Topic. 4.8 Summary of Key Points. 5 Substructure and
Similarity Searching. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Searching Structures:
Substructure. 5.3 Searching Structures: Working from the Initial Substance
Answer Set. 5.4 Similarity Search. 5.5 Further Examples of Show Precision
Analysis. 5.6 Additional Structure Query Options. 5.7 Getting References.
5.8 Combining Explore Substances and Explore References. 5.9 Summary of Key
Points. 6 Additional Search and Display Options. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2
Explore: Author Name. 6.3 Explore: Company Name. 6.4 Explore: Document
Identifier. 6.5 Explore: Journal and Explore: Patent. 6.6 Getting
Information from Bibliographic Records. 6.7 Further Issues with Finding
Information on Substances. 6.8 Opportunities for MEDLINE Searchers. 6.9
Searching for Substances in the Biological Sciences. 6.10 Searching for
Information on Polymers. 6.11 Summary of Key Points. 7 Searching for
Information on Chemical Reactions. 7.1 Introduction. 7.2 Specific Search
Options in CASREACT. 7.3 Reaction Search Strategies. 7.4 Searching for
Reactions through Explore References: Research Topic. 7.5 Combining
Structure, Reaction, Functional Group and Keyword Terms. 7.6 Summary of Key
Points. Appendix 1. Some SciFinder Resources. Appendix 2. CAS Roles in
CAPLUS. Appendix 3. Some Basic Principles Used by SciFinder in the
Interpretation of a Research Topic Query. Appendix 4. Registration of
Substances. A4.1 Single Component Substances. A4.2 Multicomponent
Substances. A4.3 Metal Complexes. A4.4 Macromolecules. A4.5 Other Cases.
Appendix 5. Understanding Structure Searches. A5.1 The Resonance Issue.
A5.2 The Tautomerism Issue. A5.3 Chain Lock Tool. A5.4 Ring Lock Tool.
Appendix 6. Original Publication Discussed in Chapter 7, Section 7.1.
Index.