Chemical Information Sources/SIRCh/Science Writing Aids

SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Science Writing Manuals and Style Guides

• The ACS Style Guide (3rd ed., 2006)
  • Quick Guide: ACS Citation Style (Nan Butkovich, Penn State)
  • ACS Style Guidelines (University of Wisconsin)
• The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University)
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Modern Language Association)
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation

Science Writing Tutorials and Courses

• The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University)
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students by : Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeff Donnell, Georgia Tech; or Christene Moore, University of Texas at Austin.
• Guides for Better Science Writing (Gary Wiggins, Indiana)
• Online Technical Writing by David McMurrey, Austin Community College

Deciphering Journal Abbreviations

• CAS Source Index (CASSI) Search Tool (abbreviated journal titles; Chemical Abstracts Service)
• Beyond CASSI (abbreviated journal titles from early chemical literature and other historical reference sources)
• Journal Titles and Abbreviations (lists journal titles and their Chemical Abstracts abbreviations; University of British Columbia)
• Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index; print version ceased publication, 2010.
• All that JAS: Journal Abbreviations (registry of Web journal abbreviation sources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations)

Software and Other Tools for Writing Assistance

• EndNote and Other Bibliographic Reference Programs (University of California, Davis)
• EndNote (Wisconsin)
• Zotero (free bibliography manager)
• ACD's ChemFolder
• Molinspiration WebME Molecular Editor
• OSRA Optical Structure Recognition (Web version)
  • OSRA (standalone version)
• Clide Chemical Literature Data Extraction (University of Leeds)
• errnet (for proofreading)
• Chemistry Dictionary for Wordprocessors
• Publicon (from BioMedCentral)
• KNIME (open-source data integration, processing, analysis, and exploration platform)
  • KNIME Report Designer (free)

Chemical Structure Drawing Software

• accelrys Draw
• accelrys JDraw (free for academic and non-commercial use)
  • Symyx Draw Add-ins
• ACD's ChemSketch
• ACD's Structure Drawing Applet
• [http://avogadro.openmolecules.net/wiki/Main_Page Avogadro

• Bio-Rad DrawIt (formerly, ChemWindow)]
• Bioclipse
• BKChem
• CambridgeSoft's ChemBioDraw
• ChemDoodle
• Chemistry 4D-Draw
• EasyChem
• Ghemical
• iBabel
• JChemPaint
• MarvinSketch (ChemAxon)
• XDrawChem

Chemical Database Software

• Bingo Open Source RDBMS for Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases
• Collaborative Drug Discovery Public Access Account (gives access to free data sets)

Chemical Nomenclature Aids

• Chemical Nomenclature Lite: A Guide to Naming and Indexing Chemical Compounds by Charles H. Davis
• Chemistry 4-D Nomenclator
• ACD's Name (organic)
• IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (1979 and 1993 versions from ACD)
• Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
  • IUPAC version
  • IUBMB version
• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology - the Gold Book
• Abbreviations and Symbols for Nucleic Acids, Polynucleotides, and Their Constituents (IUPAC-IUB)
• Biochemical Nomenclature Publications (IUPAC-IUBMB)
• IUPAC Publications on Nomenclature and Symbolism
• Bibliography of IUPAC and IUBMB Nomenclature Recommendations, August 1993
• Index to Organism Names (ION)
• Enzyme Nomenclature Database
• Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides; Recommendations 1983
• Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)
• Graphical Representation of Stereochemical Configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)
• Chemical Nomenclature Aids in the IU Chemistry Library

Structure to Name Programs

• Chemical Identifier Resolver (NIH)
• CSLS: Chemical Structure Lookup Service (NIH)
• OpenEye Lexichem
• MarvinSketch (ChemAxon)
• Symyx Draw Structure Resolver
• ChemBioDraw (CambridgeSoft)
• ACD/Name (ACD Labs)
• OPSIN (component of OSCAR)
• ChemIDplus (NLM)
• eMolecules
• ChemSpider