John H. Evans Library & Learning Commons LIBRARY

RESOURCESFOR

CHEMISTRYSTUDENTS

Research Guides collect the most useful databases, reference materials, Internet sites, and other tools for your field of study in one convenient resource.

http://lib.fit.edu

Each discipline contains both general and course-specific guides.

These are the Library’s best resources for chemistry students, organized by type.

Use the Articles & Databases tab to find journal articles about your topic.

Use the Internet Sites tab to find information about synthesizing your substance.

Let’s start with Articles & Databases.

SciFinder lets you search for information related to biology, biochemistry, chemistry, chemical engineering, marine biology, oceanography, and physics.

Log in with TRACKS.

Create an account if you don’t have one, being sure to use your FIT email address.

If you have an account, log in with your SciFinder username and password.

ALWAYS access SciFinder from the Evans Library website to authenticate your account.

Log in.

Accept the terms of use: SciFinder is for educational use only.

Explore References

Search by options

Limit options

Type in chemical name, common name (aspirin), commercial name (Leukeran), or CAS registry number to find articles.

Choose results that contain the exact term as entered, or those that contain the “concept.” If you choose concepts, SciFinder will retrieve the entered terms, synonymous terms, or similar terms within the record.

Click the Analyze by options to sort results.

Click the Full Text link to find your article in a database, or to submit an interlibrary loan request.

Click the Article link to retrieve the article from one of our databases. You may also click the Journal link to search for other articles.

This article was found in three of the Evans Library’s databases.

Help!

Download the PDF.

If the item was not found in the Evans Library collection, you could request it via Interlibrary Loan.

Help!

Article information should appear here… if it does not, go back to the holdings information and click the Submit an Interlibrary Loan request via ILLiad link once again. Help!

You will need to create an ILLiad account the first time that you use it, and log in with TRACKS each time.

Check that all information is correct.

Type “0” in the Maximum cost you will pay box, scroll down, and click Submit Request.

To gather the information you need to synthesize your substance…

2. Send to SciPlanner.

1. Mark pertinent articles.

3. Explore Substances.

5. Type substance name and click Search.4. Select Substance

Identifier to search by name.

OR…

Explore Substances

4. Choose Chemical Structure to draw your substance.

5. Draw your substance with the drag/drop editor, then click OK.

6. Click Substance Detail to view CAS information.

CAS information for your substance

7. Hover over structure and click arrows for more options.

8. Click Synthesize this…

You may see several methods to synthesize your substance.

An icon shows which substances in the process are commercially available.

An overview shows more information.

9. Select the process that you will use.

10. Click Send to SciPlanner.

11. Click SciPlanner.

References, substances, and reactions appear in separate tabs here.

12. In each tab, Ctrl + Click, and drag references and reactions to the workspace.

This substance is commercially available…

This isn’t – synthesize it!

13. Hover over, click the arrows, Synthesize this…

14. Send to SciPlanner!

This process includes four steps, but is made from commercially available substances.

15. Ctrl + Click, and drag the reaction to the workspace.

16. Select matching compounds, drag and drop to overlap them, resulting in one continuous process.

17. Select Workspace and then Print to PDF.

18. Type a title, and then click Print.

The PDF includes an overview diagram of the reactions, plus the stages of each reaction.

19. To export references, click Workspace and then Export.

20. Choose Citations, name your file, and then click Export.

21. Save the .ris file (usually to the Downloads folder).

22. Log in to RefWorks from the library website (lib.fit.edu).

23. Click References and then Import.

24. In Data Source and Database fields, select RIS Format, and then browse for your .ris file.

25. If you have set up a specific folder for your course, you can import references directly into it here.

26. View the Last Imported Folder to check your references.

27. Click the Edit icon to correct punctuation, capitalization, etc.

These references appear in two folders.

28. To print a bibliography for your paper, choose Bibliography and then Create.

29. Choose an appropriate formatting style, and choose the folder that contains your references.

Your references are ready to be copied and pasted into your paper!

Aldrich Chemistry Products is where you’ll find pricing info for making your substance.

Use the Internet Sites tab to find more information about synthesizing your substance.

Click item number to view substance information, pricing, and availability.

Search for your substance…

Prices!

Properties

Organic Syntheses gives you "reliable methods for the preparation of organic compounds."

The start page gives you some information about the site and what you can do with it.

Structure search requires the ChemDraw plugin, which you can install at home. Keyword searching gives you synthesis information.

Read the hazard warning, and click Accept and Continue.

Enter your search terms – just the substance name should work for your assignment – and click Search.

Click the article title or the PDF link for your results.

Results contain your structure and procedure.

Thank you!

For more information, please contact me:

hmiller@fit.edu Evans Library 302

Find LOTS of SciFinder tutorials and information:

http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/tutorials.html

(www.cas.org > support and training > SciFinder)