Online Searching on STN: Beilstein Workshop Manual

by Stephen R. Heller (Editor)

Overview

This book is a documentation of a one day workshop covering searches in the Beilstein database on the host STN. Search possibilities in all main fields are described by examples; the answers are also given and commented. Using this manual the reader can easily convert his own problem and formulate it correctly for the host STN. One example shows the link between the CAS file and the Beilstein database using the CAS-Registry Number as search term. The manual also gives an insight as to how to work with the different display fields, and a comparison between Handbook entry and corresponding online record further assist the reader working with the database.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781468479881
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	09/06/2012
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

I. Introduction.- What Is the BEILSTEIN Database?.- A Handbook Entry and the Corresponding Online Record.- Features of the BEILSTEIN Database on STN.- II. Substance Searching.- Substance Names.- Searching Substance Names in the Basic Index.- Special Fields for Substance Name Searching.- Molecular Formula Searching.- Element and Atom Counts.- Structure Searching.- Tautomers.- General Conventions for Representing Substances.- Using Other Substance Identifiers.- Similarity Searching.- Displaying Substance Information.- III. Searching for Physical Property Information.- Types of Property Information Available.- General Information of Property Searching.- Searching for a Property—Search Examples.- Searching for a Specific Data Value or Values.- Displaying Property Data.- IV. Searching for Preparations and Reactions.- General Information.- Searching for Preparations.- Searching for Reactions.- Searching for Reactions of the Type A + B.- Searching for Reactions of the Type A— B—.- Displaying Reaction Information.- V. Other Search Information.- Additional Search Hints.- Searching for References.- System Limits.- Help.- VI. Practice Questions.- VII. Appendices.- A. Periodic Group Codes.- B. Atomic Weights.- C. Controlled Terms.