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Papers by Gary Wiggins
an instructional guide for the discovery and use of chemistry reference works and database
a history of the pewter manufacturer Flagg & Homan and their successor companies which existe... more a history of the pewter manufacturer Flagg & Homan and their successor companies which existed from 1847 to 194
A history of the IU Chemistry Library from its beginnings to 2007
A precursor to bibliographies published in the Journal of Chemical Education for instruction in t... more A precursor to bibliographies published in the Journal of Chemical Education for instruction in the use of the chemical literature and databases.American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Informatio
Inula Notes Indiana University Librarians Association, 2003
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 1998
The Internet today has much to offer to chemists and other scientists. A review of the major uses... more The Internet today has much to offer to chemists and other scientists. A review of the major uses of the Internet and a look at future developments is presented. Special attention is given to electronic journals and the impact that they will have on the scholarly communication process.
reviews the two main avenues for teaching chemical information to undergraduate students: in a de... more reviews the two main avenues for teaching chemical information to undergraduate students: in a dedicated course or integrated into existing chemistry courses or laboratorie
Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to ... more Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to generations of American students. Through their tireless efforts and willingness to share their love of the language and culture of Russia, these dedicated educators made an invaluable contribution to the lives and careers of countless students at Indiana University and to the enhancement of Slavic Studies in the United States.
Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to ... more Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to generations of American students. Through their tireless efforts and willingness to share their love of the language and culture of Russia, these dedicated educators made an invaluable contribution to the lives and careers of countless students at Indiana University and to the enhancement of Slavic Studies in the United States.
Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Summary Chemistry librarians have traditionally been involved with instruction in the chemical li... more Summary Chemistry librarians have traditionally been involved with instruction in the chemical literature and chemistry reference tools. There is a very strong tradition in chemistry for instruction in this area to be required for undergraduate chemistry majors, especially those who receive a degree certified by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS has published guidelines in this regard, but has avoided prescribing the manner in which chemical information instruction is conducted. A selective review of the literature in ...
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 1996
The introduction of Beilstein CrossFire in 1994 led many academic librarians to reexamine their t... more The introduction of Beilstein CrossFire in 1994 led many academic librarians to reexamine their treatment of the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry, which in a number of cases had been dropped from their subscription list. While cost factors were weighed against the requirement to cancel primary journal subscriptions when decisions were made to drop the printed Beilstein, other factors were found to be important when CrossFire was considered. The factors which influenced academic librarians to subscribe to CrossFire are examined in this paper. Also covered are the reception to the product after its introduction and a comparison to the funding of the CAS ONLINE Academic Program, which does not have a fixed subscription cost.
Drug Discovery Today, 2006
Drug Discovery Today, 2001
Chemoinformatics techniques are increasingly being used to analyse the huge volumes of chemical a... more Chemoinformatics techniques are increasingly being used to analyse the huge volumes of chemical and biological data resulting from combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput screening programmes. Scientists with both the chemical and the computing skills required to carry out such analyses are currently in very short supply, this resulting in the establishment of MSc programmes for the training of chemoinformatics specialists.
In silico biology
Some of the latest trends in cheminformatics, computation, and the world wide web are reviewed wi... more Some of the latest trends in cheminformatics, computation, and the world wide web are reviewed with predictions of how these are likely to impact the field of cheminformatics in the next five years. The vision and some of the work of the Chemical Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Collaboratory at Indiana University are described, which we base around the core concepts of e-Science and cyberinfrastructure that have proven successful in other fields. Our chemical informatics cyberinfrastructure is realized by building a flexible, generic infrastructure for cheminformatics tools and databases, exporting "best of breed" methods as easily-accessible web APIs for cheminformaticians, scientists, and researchers in other disciplines, and hosting a unique chemical informatics education program aimed at scientists and cheminformatics practitioners in academia and industry.
ABSTRACT Reports on a survey of Indiana University Master in Library Science (M.L.S.)-Chemical In... more ABSTRACT Reports on a survey of Indiana University Master in Library Science (M.L.S.)-Chemical Information Specialist program graduates. Information includes graduates' educational background; the nature of first jobs and current positions held; and databases most frequently used. Graduates generally favored more training in computer skills, patent searching, and management skills. (Contains five references.) (KRN)
Choice Reviews Online, 1992
Chemistry has been called the "central science" because it overlaps with a number of other scient... more Chemistry has been called the "central science" because it overlaps with a number of other scientific disciplines, bridging physics and the biosciences. Published findings about modern chemistry date to the 18 th century and have increased tremendously in volume since World War II. In 1946, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) included in its flagship publication, Chemical Abstracts (CA), references to 49,578 documents; in 1997, the number was 716,564. Chemists pride themselves on their skill in using the literature of chemistry, despite its enormous size and complexity. They have made extraordinary contributions to the organization of chemical information and have had a major impact on the information retrieval practices in other scientific disciplines. Commercial Databases and Vendors. Much of the control of the literature of chemistry in the last third of the twentieth century was due to partnerships between the abstracting and indexing (A&I) services and the vendors of online services who leased their databases. The partnerships formed by Lockheed Information Systems (later Dialog) and System Development Corporation (later Orbit) with various private, not-for-profit, and governmental A&I services led to the rapid adoption of online searching in the early 1970s. STN International and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). Over 200 databases are now available on the STN International search system, in which CAS is a major stakeholder. STN offers information on a broad range of topics, including chemistry, engineering, life sciences, biotechnology, regulatory compliance, patents, and business. STN International is the only vendor that provides the abstract data from Chemical Abstracts in addition to full structure searching capabilities (in the CA and Registry databases respectively). Utilizing the CAS Registry Number, the unique number that Chemical Abstracts Service assigns to compounds and mixtures indexed by CAS, it is possible to search in excess of 60 different databases on the STN system. An example of a CAS Registry Number is that for isatin: 91-56-5. Chemical registry databases enable the unique identification of a chemical substance and help to avoid errors in indexing chemical compounds in related databases. They can be searched by such parameters as chemical name, molecular formula, and structure. The registry database identifier for a chemical (usually a number) is used to index documents in other databases that deal with chemical substances. The main CAS databases are the Chemical Abstracts (CA) and REGISTRY files. At the end of 1998, they included about 14 million document records and 18 million substance records respectively. CAS also produces a database that covers chemical reactions (CASREACT), as well as one that combines the catalogs of chemical suppliers (CHEMCATS), and a database that indexes regulated chemicals (CHEMLIST).
an instructional guide for the discovery and use of chemistry reference works and database
a history of the pewter manufacturer Flagg & Homan and their successor companies which existe... more a history of the pewter manufacturer Flagg & Homan and their successor companies which existed from 1847 to 194
A history of the IU Chemistry Library from its beginnings to 2007
A precursor to bibliographies published in the Journal of Chemical Education for instruction in t... more A precursor to bibliographies published in the Journal of Chemical Education for instruction in the use of the chemical literature and databases.American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Informatio
Inula Notes Indiana University Librarians Association, 2003
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 1998
The Internet today has much to offer to chemists and other scientists. A review of the major uses... more The Internet today has much to offer to chemists and other scientists. A review of the major uses of the Internet and a look at future developments is presented. Special attention is given to electronic journals and the impact that they will have on the scholarly communication process.
reviews the two main avenues for teaching chemical information to undergraduate students: in a de... more reviews the two main avenues for teaching chemical information to undergraduate students: in a dedicated course or integrated into existing chemistry courses or laboratorie
Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to ... more Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to generations of American students. Through their tireless efforts and willingness to share their love of the language and culture of Russia, these dedicated educators made an invaluable contribution to the lives and careers of countless students at Indiana University and to the enhancement of Slavic Studies in the United States.
Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to ... more Languages and Literatures and the Summer Workshop, who provided exceptional language training to generations of American students. Through their tireless efforts and willingness to share their love of the language and culture of Russia, these dedicated educators made an invaluable contribution to the lives and careers of countless students at Indiana University and to the enhancement of Slavic Studies in the United States.
Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Summary Chemistry librarians have traditionally been involved with instruction in the chemical li... more Summary Chemistry librarians have traditionally been involved with instruction in the chemical literature and chemistry reference tools. There is a very strong tradition in chemistry for instruction in this area to be required for undergraduate chemistry majors, especially those who receive a degree certified by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The ACS has published guidelines in this regard, but has avoided prescribing the manner in which chemical information instruction is conducted. A selective review of the literature in ...
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 1996
The introduction of Beilstein CrossFire in 1994 led many academic librarians to reexamine their t... more The introduction of Beilstein CrossFire in 1994 led many academic librarians to reexamine their treatment of the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry, which in a number of cases had been dropped from their subscription list. While cost factors were weighed against the requirement to cancel primary journal subscriptions when decisions were made to drop the printed Beilstein, other factors were found to be important when CrossFire was considered. The factors which influenced academic librarians to subscribe to CrossFire are examined in this paper. Also covered are the reception to the product after its introduction and a comparison to the funding of the CAS ONLINE Academic Program, which does not have a fixed subscription cost.
Drug Discovery Today, 2006
Drug Discovery Today, 2001
Chemoinformatics techniques are increasingly being used to analyse the huge volumes of chemical a... more Chemoinformatics techniques are increasingly being used to analyse the huge volumes of chemical and biological data resulting from combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput screening programmes. Scientists with both the chemical and the computing skills required to carry out such analyses are currently in very short supply, this resulting in the establishment of MSc programmes for the training of chemoinformatics specialists.
In silico biology
Some of the latest trends in cheminformatics, computation, and the world wide web are reviewed wi... more Some of the latest trends in cheminformatics, computation, and the world wide web are reviewed with predictions of how these are likely to impact the field of cheminformatics in the next five years. The vision and some of the work of the Chemical Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Collaboratory at Indiana University are described, which we base around the core concepts of e-Science and cyberinfrastructure that have proven successful in other fields. Our chemical informatics cyberinfrastructure is realized by building a flexible, generic infrastructure for cheminformatics tools and databases, exporting "best of breed" methods as easily-accessible web APIs for cheminformaticians, scientists, and researchers in other disciplines, and hosting a unique chemical informatics education program aimed at scientists and cheminformatics practitioners in academia and industry.
ABSTRACT Reports on a survey of Indiana University Master in Library Science (M.L.S.)-Chemical In... more ABSTRACT Reports on a survey of Indiana University Master in Library Science (M.L.S.)-Chemical Information Specialist program graduates. Information includes graduates' educational background; the nature of first jobs and current positions held; and databases most frequently used. Graduates generally favored more training in computer skills, patent searching, and management skills. (Contains five references.) (KRN)
Choice Reviews Online, 1992
Chemistry has been called the "central science" because it overlaps with a number of other scient... more Chemistry has been called the "central science" because it overlaps with a number of other scientific disciplines, bridging physics and the biosciences. Published findings about modern chemistry date to the 18 th century and have increased tremendously in volume since World War II. In 1946, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) included in its flagship publication, Chemical Abstracts (CA), references to 49,578 documents; in 1997, the number was 716,564. Chemists pride themselves on their skill in using the literature of chemistry, despite its enormous size and complexity. They have made extraordinary contributions to the organization of chemical information and have had a major impact on the information retrieval practices in other scientific disciplines. Commercial Databases and Vendors. Much of the control of the literature of chemistry in the last third of the twentieth century was due to partnerships between the abstracting and indexing (A&I) services and the vendors of online services who leased their databases. The partnerships formed by Lockheed Information Systems (later Dialog) and System Development Corporation (later Orbit) with various private, not-for-profit, and governmental A&I services led to the rapid adoption of online searching in the early 1970s. STN International and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). Over 200 databases are now available on the STN International search system, in which CAS is a major stakeholder. STN offers information on a broad range of topics, including chemistry, engineering, life sciences, biotechnology, regulatory compliance, patents, and business. STN International is the only vendor that provides the abstract data from Chemical Abstracts in addition to full structure searching capabilities (in the CA and Registry databases respectively). Utilizing the CAS Registry Number, the unique number that Chemical Abstracts Service assigns to compounds and mixtures indexed by CAS, it is possible to search in excess of 60 different databases on the STN system. An example of a CAS Registry Number is that for isatin: 91-56-5. Chemical registry databases enable the unique identification of a chemical substance and help to avoid errors in indexing chemical compounds in related databases. They can be searched by such parameters as chemical name, molecular formula, and structure. The registry database identifier for a chemical (usually a number) is used to index documents in other databases that deal with chemical substances. The main CAS databases are the Chemical Abstracts (CA) and REGISTRY files. At the end of 1998, they included about 14 million document records and 18 million substance records respectively. CAS also produces a database that covers chemical reactions (CASREACT), as well as one that combines the catalogs of chemical suppliers (CHEMCATS), and a database that indexes regulated chemicals (CHEMLIST).