resources

=Resources= =Services= [|Electronic Journals at Drexel] [|Interlibrary Loans ILL service]

Pay (Drexel subscribes)
[|List of Chemistry Databases at Drexel] [|SciFinder] (limit of 4 simultaneous seats) Link to the [|tutorials] on how to used web-based application (log-in information is required). [|Reaxys] [|Web of Science] CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics [|The Merck Index]

Free
[|ChemSpider] [|Google] [|WolframAlpha] [|Wikipedia] [|Orgsyn] [|Sigma Aldrich] SDBS - Spectral DataBase System for Organic Compounds [|Scirus] [|PubMed] (also try [|Pubget PaperPlane] for quicker access to pdfs) ([|PubMed Demo] from U. Manitoba) [|STITCH] (small molecule - protein interactions)

Compilations
[|Precompetitive preclinical ADME/Tox data] (Ekins and Williams) [|List of Free Chem Databases by Rich Apodaca] [|UCSB chemical literature resource] [|XCITR] (eXplore Chemical Information Teaching Resources)

Software
[|ChemSketch] (to draw chemical structures) Paint (Start->All Programs->Accessories->Paint) (to copy any image to make Figures) [|Drexel Cisco VPN] (to access Drexel databases from home) VMD - Visual Molecular Dynamics

iPhone Apps
[|ChemMobi] (Symyx Technologies - search ChemSpider or Discoverygate from your iPhone - link opens iTunes) [|Collection of iPhone science apps]

Multi-media/creative component tools
[|AcaWiki] Make comprehensive summaries of selected papers you read. [|RasMol] Make slick models of complex molecular systems (see [|example of lipid bilayer]).

Websites
[|Gary Wiggins Cheminfo resources] [|ChemistryGuide]

Librarians
[|Peggy Dominy] (Drexel Science and Math librarian)

Social Networking Sites
[|FriendFeed ChemInfo room]([|a great 5min screencast intro to FriendFeed by AJCann]) SciLink MyNet Research

Blogs
[|Drexel Chemistry Library blog] [|UsefulChem] ((NaH oxidation controversy ) ScienceBlogs Seed Magazine

Textbooks
[|Robert Allen's chapter on Scholarship, Science, and Domain Informatics] from [|Information: A Fundamental Construct]