Directory: /pub/chemistry/coll_chem.doc, file chem-guide.txt ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (With author's permission) Internet Resources for Chemistry Rensselaer Libraries March 1993 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Library Catalogs The following libraries have strong collections in Chemistry. Searching their online catalogs is one way to identify research material not owned by the Rensselaer libraries. Material can then be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Inquire at the Folsom Library Reference Desk for more information about Interlibrary Loan. The telnet address is listed for each library. There is little consistency in how different library catalogs operate. Follow the online help that is provided by the system you are telnetting to. Univeristy of California telnet melvyl.ucop.edu Columbia telnet columbianet.columbia.edu Chicago telent olorin.uchicago.edu Yale tn3270 orbis.yale.edu Princeton telnet catalog.princeton.edu Berkeley telnet gopac.berkeley.edu Stanford telnet forsythe.stanford.edu Illinois telnet garcon.cso.uius.edu 620 Mail Lists, News Groups & Electronic Journals Discussion Lists Discussion lists relevant to Chemistry are listed below. To locate other discussion lists, search the LISTSERV section of INFOTRAX. For more information on using Listserv, see the online help in the LISTSERV section of INFOTRAX, or ask at the Reference Desk for the Library's guide to using Listserv. Format of the entries: Name Mail Address for subscriptions Message to be sent Chemistry Education Discussion Group LISTSERV@UWF.bitnet SUB CHEMED-L your_name Chemical Information Sources List LISTSERV@IUBVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@UCS.INDIANA.EDU SUB CHMINF-L your_name Chemistry On-line Conferences LISTSERV@umdd.umd.edu SUB CHEMCONF your_name HyperChem Users' E-Mail Group hyperchem-request@autodesk.com message requesting to be added Organic Chemistry LISTSERV@RPICICGE.BITNET SUBS ORGCHE-L your_name Computational Chemistry List (CCL) OSCPOST@oscsunb.osc.edu or OSCPOST@OHSTPY.BITNET send help from chemistry Chemometrics Discussion Group LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU or LISTSERV@UMDD.BITNET SUB ICS-L your_name Forensic Sciences Discussion Group FORENS-REQUEST@ACC.FAU.EDU or FORENS-REQUEST@FAUVAX.bitnet SUB FORENS-L your_name Interfacial Phenomena Discussion Group LISTSERV@WSUVM1.BITNET SUB IFPHEN-L your_name Corrosion List LISTRALV@IB.RL.AC.UK SUB CORROS-L your_name Usenet Newsgroups Usenet provides access to another type of discussion group. Usenet newsgroups tend to be more casual, less authoritative and not as focused as Listserv discussion groups. Nevertheless, they do provide a useful discussion forum. For more information on acessing Usenet through RCS, see ITS Memo # 116, Computer Conferencing Using Usenet in UNIX. Some Usenet news group related to Chemistry are: SCI.CHEM SCI.CHEM.ORGANOMET SCI.ENGR.CHEM E-Journals & Newsletters Issues of electronic journals and newsletters can be received through your e-mail system or by retrieving issues through ftp. The Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists is the best source for listings of e-journals and newsletters. (Folsom Library - REF Z286.E43 D5x) The Scientist Instructions for accessing The Scientist on NSFnet: ftp nnsc.nsf.net use the login "anonymous" use your e-mail address for password cd the-scientist dir get the-scientist-yrmtdy New issues will be added every two weeks. File numbers will correspond to date of publication. eg: the-scientist-921207 is: the-scientist-92(for year) 12(for month) 07(date) Environmental newsletter Send e-mail to: LISTSERV@UBVM.BITNET Message should read: SUB BIOSPH-L your_name FTP Archive sites Many computer sites maintain publically accessible archives of data and program files that can be downloaded to your local computer. Use anonymous ftp to access these sites. For more information on using ftp, see the memos listed in the Selected Guides to the Internet section below. Examples of Programs available by anonymous ftp PC-SIG disk #707 contains a program called CURVEFIT to fit points to a curve. FTP to ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (128.174.5.59) or nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100). PC-SIG should be in /pc/pcsig/old and /nfs/ux2/pub/pc/pcsig/disks; location on nic is unknown. PERIODIC gives information on the Periodic Table and its contents. FTP to wuarchive.wustustustl.edu (128.252.135.4), subdirectory is /mirrors/msdos/chemistry, get periodic.zip. This subdirectory is for chemistry materials. TEDDEMO, an ideal gas model simulator based on molecular thermodynamics. It covers such topics as velocity distributions, entropy, Maxwell's demon, etc. FTP to garbo.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.37), subdirectgory is /pc/demo/teddemo.zip. Other FTP sites Entry format TYPE OF FILES FTP ADDRESS IP NUMBER SUBDIRECTORY On-line chemistry search manual (DIALOG) cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu 132.241.1.2 /pub/chemistry Chem. Engineering Digest cc.curtin.edu.au 134.7.70.1 /chemeng Mathematica notebooks sol.cs.bucknell.edu 134.82.11.254 /mathematica/mathematica-91 Computational chemistry kekule.osc.edu 128.146.36.48 /pub/chemistry MOPAC source code ouchem.chem.oakland.edu 141.210.108.5 /pub Protein Data Bank irisc2.chm.bnl.gov 130.199.129.8 /pub Molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry fly.bio.indiana.edu 129.79.224.25 /molbio /chemistry/ibmpc /chemistry/mac NASA graphics ames.arc.nasa.gov 128.102.18.3 /pub/SPACE Biosciences File Server BIOSERVE@UMDC.UMD.EDU or BIOSERVE@UMDC.BITNET help Numerical Software Archives To receive file listing, send e-mail message to: netlib@ornl.gov Message should read: send index SPRINGER-VERLAG Server For more info, send e-mail to: SVSERV@DHDSPRI6.BITNET Message should read: help [Server contains cumulative volume indexes for "Topics in Current Chemistry" and "Structure and Bonding," a table of contents for the "Landolt- Boernstein Handbook" and the Enzyme Handbook," macros for TeX, etc.] Misc. info, software info.umd.edu /info Network information nnsc.nsf.net 192.31.103.6 /resource-guide Data visualization software ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.20.50 See README.FIRST file sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/chem mindtool for sunview; Molecular analysis, 3-D structure graphics MSDOS software wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.28.252.135.4 /mirrors/msdos MSDOS science software meap.uta.edu 129.107.2.20 /pub/science MSDOS software gatekeeper.dec.com /.2/micro/msdos/simtel20/chemistry /.2/micro/msdos/simtel20/biology /.2/micro/msdos/simtel20/education /.2/micro/msdos/simtel20/teaching Chemistry tutorials and courseware truth.chem.sfu.ca 128.189.40.84 pub/chemcai /pub/chem1 Macintosh science software ra.nrl.navy.mil 128.60.0.21 /MacSciTech /MacSciTech/chem Macintosh software sumex-aim.stanford.edu 36.44.0.6 /info-mac Chemistry tutorials for Mac archive.umich.edu /mac/misc/chemistry An important FTP site that has quite a bit of chemistry educational material for the Mac: archive.umich.edu /mac/misc/chemistry Remote Login Databases and Other Resources Buckyball Database - University of Arizona Library The Buckyball Database is a bibliography of background material and current citations on the topic of fullerenes and related chemical structures. The Database is based on materials from Professor Richard E. Smalley's Buckyball Bibliography, augmented with regularly updated citations to newly published articles and with regular contributions of citations from researchers worldwide announcing their articles submitted for publication. Access: telnet sabio.arizona.edu (128.196.120.220) Login: sabio Select: Other databases and remote libraries Select: Buckyballs database EPA's Online Library System U.S. Environmental Protection Agency OLS is compiled by the EPA library network. It is comprised of the National Catalog, Hazardous Waste, Clean Lakes, EPA Region 1, and Chemical Collection System components. Access: telnet EPAIBM.RTPNC.EPA.GOV At the first menu, select: "Public Access." At the second menu, select: "OLS." Genome Data Base help@welch.jhu.edu or 128.220.59.10 GDB and OMIM, the full-text database of Mendelian Inheritance in Man, are available from the Laboratory for Applied Research in Academic Information, William H. Welch Medical Library, The Johns Hopkins University. Their overlapping content provides integration of gene mapping data and phenotypic descriptions. Password and loginid required. Protein Data Bank For more information, send e-mail to: FILESERV@PB1.CHM.BNL.GOV Message should read: send info your_e-mail_address Science & Technology Information System U.S. National Science Founda tion: A system which provides easy access to NSF publications. Access: telnet STIS.NSF.GOV Login: public Then, enter a personal ID up to eight characters. ___________________________ Commercial Vendors Accesible via Internet The following commercial vendors offer services over the internet. Accounts and passwords are necessary to access these services. For more information on these resources, ask at the Folsom Library Reference Desk. CARL UnCover TELNET UNCOVER.CARL.ORG DIALOG TELNET DIALOG.COM or TELNET 192.132.3.254 Life Sciences Network TELNET LSN.COM STN International TELNET STNC.CAS.ORG or TELNET134.243.5.32 ___________________________ GOPHER Resource Name=Periodic Table of Elements Type=1 Port=70 Path=1/Libraries/Reference Books/Elements Host=gopher.tc.umn.edu WAIS file Name=Search Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Numbers Type=7 Port=3200 Path=/usr/local/wais/wais-sources/cas.src Host=wais.uth.tmc.edu ___________________________ An article on the use of the Internet: Computer Networks and Communications: A Primer for Chemical Educators, is available by anonymous ftp from: ra.nrl.navy.mil, in subdirectory MacSciTech/chem filename is NetChemEd.txt (in plain ASCII text form, without figures) or NetChemEd.MSWord (Macintosh MS Word format, with figures). A catalog of public domain/freeware/shareware science software, including chemistry, that you can download is also available by anonymous ftp from: ra.nrl.navy.mil in subdirectory MacSciTech/info filename is PD_Science.txt These two files are by: Thomas C. O'Haver, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,University of Maryland Selected Guides to the Internet General Guides Ed Krol The whole Internet user's guide & catalog, 1992. Available in the Folsom Library REF TK5105.875.I57 K86x 1992b Tracey LaQuey The internet companion : a beginner's guide to global networking, 1992. On Order for Folsom Library Reference Collection Northwest Academic Computing Consortium. NorthWestNet user services Internet resource guide (NUSIRG), 1992. Available in the Folsom Library REF TK 5105.5 K62x 1992 Guides to Resources NYSERNet/NYS Library Networking Interest Group for Libraries. New user's guide to useful and unique resources on the Internet, 1992., Available in the Folsom Library READY REF Z 674.8 N4x 1992 Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists Available in the Folsom Library REF Z 286.E43 D5x Art St. George and Ron Larsen Internet : accessible library catalogs & databases (updated periodically) Available in the Folsom Library REF Z 699.22 S2x 1992 Available as computer file via ftp from ariel.unm.edu, directory library, filename internet.library. Billy Barron UNT's Accessing on-line bibliographic databases (updated periodically) Available in the Folsom Library REF Z 699.22 .B37x / HOLDINGS: latest edition- Available as computer file via ftp from ftp.unt.edu, directory library, filename libraries.txt. ITS Memos FTP ITS Memo # 100 Internet Services (TCP/IP) on MTS: MTS FTP ITS Memo # 117 Transferring Files: Using FTP in UNIX USENET ITS Memo # 116 Computer Conferencing Using Usenet in UNIX. UNIX (includes brief introduction to editing files with emacs and vi) ITS Memo # 113 Using Unix: The Rensselaer Computing System (RCS) Library Memos FTP - File Transfer Protocol Electronic Journals & Newsletters Listserv Discsussion Groups ____________________________________________________________________________________ This guide was compiled by: Polly-Alida Farrington Folsom Library Rensselaer Polytechnic Institue Troy, NY 12180 (518) 276-8332 farrip@rpi.edu paf@mts.rpi.edu from contributions by: Gary Wiggins Indiana University Teerakiat Kerdcharoen (NOY) Instituet f. Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Innsbruck, Austria Mark Nearhos Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra, Australia John E. Smith University of Southern Colorado Ron Cooke CSU-Chico Dr Larry Wier St Bonaventure University Joe Warden Rensselaer Polytechnic Institue Tom O'Haver Univ. of Maryland Jimmie M. Purser Millsaps College Martin Kendig Rockwell