The Literature

• Bibliographic Databases
  
  • General database
  • Research Fields

• Reaction databases: a very powerful tool for organic chemists
  

• Do you need specific chemical or physical properties? Factual databases
  

• How to access/obtain an article?
  • On-line articles
  • Library catalogues
  • Document delivery services

• The ever-growing field of on-line journals.

• The mysterious world of patents.
  • Patent guides
  • Patent databases
  • Patent software
  • Resources
  • Articles
  • Questions

• A sometimes forgotten source: dissertations.

• What was communicated on conferences?

• The enormous value of a good review.
  • Review sources
  • Review indexing sources

• Time to read a book?
  • Recent/Upcoming Titles
  • Reviews
  • Publishers/Catalogues

• Or time to refresh your memory? Text Books
  • Recent/Upcoming Titles
  • Reviews
  • Publishers/Catalogues

• Always worth the trip to the library: Reference Works.
  • Abstracts
  • Book series, Encyclopedia and Dictionaries

• Keep your literature up-to-date: Current Awareness.
  • Current/future table of contents
  • Alerting services
  • Chemistry/Science newsletters

• Guides about chemical information searching
  • Chemical information guides
  • Lectures
  • Questions?

• How much impact has my scientific work?