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Description
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The Beilstein CrossFire database covers the organic chemistry literature
(primarily journal articles plus patents) back to the late 1700's. It
indexes over seven million organic and organo-metallic compounds, 10
million chemical reaction references, and 20 million associated
chemical, physical, and biological property records. The system
also includes some 600,000 abstracts and titles excerpted from
the organic chemical literature since 1980, and is updated on a
regular basis.
The Beilstein CrossFire database is currently available on
selected library computers throughout Rutgers at the
following libraries:
- Chang Science Library
- Chemistry Library
- Dana Library
- Library of Science and Medicine
- Physics Library
- Robeson Library
Please consult with a reference librarian in any of these
libraries for guidance as to which of the public computers
have been loaded with Beilstein. Autonom is loaded on the
same library workstations that provide access to Beilstein CrossFire.
If you are an authorized user of Rutgers University resources
and can access the Rutgers modem pool, you can establish
access to Beilstein CrossFire from outside the Libraries.
You will need to load the Beilstein Crossfire Commander
software on your home or office workstation.
* Follow
these instructions.
It is not possible to gain access to Autonom outside the Libraries.
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Search guide/Help for this index
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Three major types of searches can be carried out using
the Beilstein CrossFire database:
- Bibliographic searches for literature references
by specific authors or articles about specific chemistry
subjects or compounds.
- Structure searches can be carried out to find
information about specific chemical compositions
(i.e., draw the structure diagram of the molecule you are interested in and the system will search it and retrieve all relevant information about it). Limits can be imposed on these searches that enable the searcher to find very specific property information.
- Reaction searches yield details about
preparative methods for chemical substances.
These queries allow the searcher to investigate
specific reaction attributes such as reaction centers, bond fates, and atom-atom mapping.
Finally, the Autonom program packaged with Beilstein
CrossFire allows users to determine the name of any
given chemical compound by simply drawing its structure
diagram and initiating the naming process.
Information and guidance covering the use of the
Beilstein CrossFire database is available from a
number of sources. First are the help screens
provided with the Beilstein CrossFire database
itself. The Beilstein web site also offers extensive
coverage about how to carry out various kinds of searches.
The home page URL is http://www.beilstein.com/.
See also http://www.beilstein.com/beilst_5.html for links to
- a tutorial,
- a "Tips and Hints" web page,
- a "Quick Reference Guide", and more.
Very detailed instructional material is also available at a
number of university web sites. One particularly good one
is that of the University of Chicago, located at the
following URL:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/chem/ucbeil.html
If you have a specific need for searching assistance, you may
submit your questions to Howard Dess, Physical Sciences
Resource Librarian, at dess@rci.rutgers.edu,
or to the Libraries' Ask A Librarian service.
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