SciFinder Scholar Off-Campus Access Ending

Off-campus (remote) access to the SciFinder Scholar client via the library's proxy server will end as of December 16, 2009. All users should now be migrating to the Web version, which is also available remotely. The Scholar client will be phased out entirely by next summer. [10/7/09]

Enhancements to SciFinder Web

CAS has released an upgrade of the SciFinder web interface, providing a number of power-searching enhancements and some general usability improvements. For more information visit our SciFinder page. [9/15/09]

Journals Now Online:

Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry

Chemical Engineering Research & Design

We have established Web access to these journals, previously available only in print. [9/15/09]

Library Re-Opens after Construction

The drain installation project that closed the stacks and seating areas of the Chemistry Library all summer has been completed. The library is now fully open again. [9/8/09]

50 Millionth Unique Chemical Substance Recorded in CAS REGISTRY

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) announced that on September 7 it recorded the 50 millionth substance in CAS REGISTRY. The recently registered substance (Registry Number 1181081-51-5) is a novel arylmethylidene heterocycle with analgesic properties. Reaching the 50 million mark so quickly is an indicator of the accelerating pace of scientific knowledge: CAS registered the 40 millionth substance just nine months ago. In contrast, it took 33 years for CAS to register the 10 millionth compound in 1990. [9/8/09]

New Database: Reaxys Beilstein/Gmelin

The new web-based interface to the Beilstein and Gmelin databases is now available in a trial. The merged Reaxys system provides authoritative information about millions of organic and inorganic reactions, substances, and their physical and chemical properties. [8/17/09]

Science of synthesis, vols. 38, 40a-b, 42, 45a

Reference Stacks

Recent volumes added are: v.38, Peroxides; v.40, Amines, ammonium salts, etc.; v.42, Organophosphorus compounds; v.45a, Monocyclic arenes, quasiarenes, and annulenes.

Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals, 5th ed.

TD 196 O73 V47 2009 Reference

Four-volume compilation of data on the presence and fate of organic compounds in the environment. Purchased with funds from the Skinner Endowment.

Name reactions for homologations.

QD 262 N363 2009 Stacks

Two-volume set compiling widely known name reactions and reagents, edited by Jie Jack Li.

Purification of laboratory chemicals, 6th ed.

QD 61 A76 2009 Reference

Update covering 7400 reagents.

Encyclopedia of reagents for organic synthesis, 2nd ed.

QD 262 E53 2009 Reference

14-volume update of Wiley's well-used reference work covering over 4000 reagents, catalysts, and building blocks. Purchased with funds from the Boggs and Skinner Endowments.

Hydrogen-transfer reactions.

QD 501 H93 2007 Stacks

4-volume set covering physical, chemical and biological aspects. Purchased with funds from the Boggs Endowment.

• Reference -- in main Reference Collection (on walls)
• Reference Stacks -- in Ranges R8-R9 near Chemical Abstracts
• Handbook Table -- in the Reference area.
• Stacks -- in main Book Stacks (after initial period on New Book Shelf)
• Reserves -- behind Circulation Desk
• Spectra -- in Spectra Collection (northeast corner)

see Floor Plan

Information about Library Endowment Funds