C3200 Chemical Information Search

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Ctibor Mazal, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Marek Nečas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Ctibor Mazal, CSc.
Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Ctibor Mazal, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Chemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 13:00–13:50 B11/306
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows: to learn fundamentals of chemical information searching; to understand specifity of primary, secondary, and tertiary sources of information and some general rules for searching the literature. to know how to use the main tools of on-line searching the databases accessible in the Chemistry Department - Web of Scince (ISI products), SciFinder Scholar (CA+), Reaxys (Beilsteins and Gmelins database); to get a brief piece of information about CCDC searching; to learn about main sources of biochemical and enviromental infomations on Internet.
Learning outcomes
After accomplishing the course, students will:
- understand basic structure of presented information databases; - be able to practically use the databases for searching chemical information;
- explore the databases with use of bibliographic as well as structural data.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sources of chemical information. Primary, secondary, and tertiary literature. Various types of documents. General strategy of literature search.
  • 2. ISI products - Current Contents, Scientific Citation Index. Citing analysis. Introduction into Web of Science.
  • 3. Chemical Abstracts. Organization of CA, structure of abstract, indexes. Localization of abstract and original document. SciFinder and STN access to CA.
  • 4. Beilsteins Handbuch der organischen Chemie. Structure of database and Beilstein's system. Beilstein Commander - on-line access to the Beilstein database using CrossFire.
  • 5. Information search using CrossFire - a practice.
  • 6. On-line access to primary documents. E-journals, ScienceDirect and similar tools. Searching patents - DEPATIS.
  • 7. Library catalogues accessible on Internet.
  • 8. Searching the information on Internet. ChemWeb and similar metapages.
  • 9. Information search - a practice using accessible tools.
  • 10. Main information sources of inorganic chemistry. Gmelin's Handbook, organization of database, on-line access using Beilstein Commander and CrossFire.
  • 11. The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center, access to the database, strategy of information search.
  • 12. Main sources of biochemical information. Important journals, serials, handbooks, and textbooks.
  • 13. Practice in searching the accessible databases (Medline etc.). Biochemical information on Internet, important links: http://orion.chemi.muni.cz/pskl/vyuka/biochem_info.html
  • 14. Searching the important information sources of environmental chemistry.
Literature
  • VYMĚTAL, Jan. Odborná literatura a informace v chemii. 1. vyd. Praha: Orac, 2001, 377 s. ISBN 80-86199-33-9. info
  • ŠILHÁNEK, Jaroslav. Úvod do chemické informatiky. 1. vyd. Praha: VŠCHT, 1994, 151 s. ISBN 80-7080-218-9. info
  • KLÁN, Petr. Chemická informatika :úvod do používání Internetu. Praha: Ústav informatiky Akademie věd ČR, 1999, 1 svazek (. ISBN 80-86238-01-6. info
Teaching methods
Lactures
Assessment methods
Oral exam with practical on-line searching using SciFinder Scholar, Web od Science, and/or CrossFire Commander.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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