International Science Library

Recommendations of solvent extraction terminology have been published by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (lUPAC) [1,3-5]. Some excellent monographs on solvent extraction are listed in section 1.8.1 unfortunately, the older ones may only be available in large science libraries. Most of them deal either with a small sector of the field or are very comprehensive. Finally, in section 1.8.2, we have collected edited versions of proceedings of the International Conferences of Solvent Extraction (ISEC), which normally are held every three years. 

I acknowledge many discussions over the years with research students and with the international research community on problems in organic electrochemistry. The assistance given to me by Sheila Tandy and her staff of the Science Library in Queen s University is gratefully acknowledged. Finally, I thank my wife for her help and her patience in dealing with all the disruptions to normal life which writing this book has caused. 

R. E. Billings yi Hjdrogen-PoweredMass Transit System, Technical Library, International Academy of Science, 1976. 

Research articles of interest to biochemists may appear in many types of research journals. Research libraries do not have the funds necessary to subscribe to every journal, nor do scientists have the time to survey every current journal copy for articles of interest. Two publications that help scientists to keep up with published articles are Chemical Titles (published every 2 weeks by the American Chemical Society) and the weekly Current Contents available in hard copy and computer disks (published by the Institute of Science Information). The Life Science edition of Current Contents is the most useful for biochemists. The computer revolution has reached into the chemical and biochemical literature, and most college and university libraries now subscribe to computer bibliographic search services. One such service is STN International, the scientific and technical information network. This on-line system allows direct access to some of the world s largest scientific databases. The STN databases of most value to life scientists include BIOSIS Pre-views/RN (produced by Bio Sciences Information Service covers original research reports, reviews, and U.S. patents in biology and biomedicine), CA (produced by Chemical Abstracts service covers research reports in all areas of chemistry), MEDLINE, and MEDLARS (produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and Index Medicus, respectively cover all areas of biomedicine). These networks provide on-line service and their databases can be accessed from personal computers in the office, laboratory, or library. Some... 

There has been a rapid proliferation of commercial search interfaces, such as DataStar and STN International. STN may deserve special mention since it is a science information service operated by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) in North America, Fachinformationszentrum-Karlsruhe (FIZ-K) in Europe, and Japan Association for International Chemical Information (JAICI) in Japan. It is available as online subscriber access to 220 databases (STN Express) and as web access (STN on the Web for experienced searchers and STN Easy for infrequent searchers). See www.cas.org/stn. html and/or www.stn-international.de/. Since Internet search techniques depend on the interface available, no detailed explanations are given here. There are several published guides to database searches for chemical and physical properties, but the situation is evolving rapidly and it is recommended that you consult a reference librarian for information about the current situation concerning search interfaces at the library you use. 

This chapter mostly emphasizes materials, procedures, and products for the creation, repair, and storage of records. This aspect is only part of the picture, as records materials are only the media for storage, retrieval, and use of information. Although we are aware of the need for, and of considerable activity in, areas such as buildings, equipment, automation, and archival arrangement and description, these subject areas are left to others who are more competent to address them. Technical standards for library and information science were covered in Library Trends (I), international standards for archives were discussed by Rhoads (2), and the general subject of standards for libraries and archives was developed by Clark (3). 

Databases. Sites such as Bath Information and Data Services (BIDS) and web of Science (WOS) provide access to abstracts of recent publications use these to find relevant literature for specific topics. Access is via the websites at http //www.bids.ac.uk/ or http //www.webofscience.com you will need a username and password - check with your department or library. In the case of BIDS, it provides access to databases covering subjects from science, engineering and medicine to economics, politics, education and the arts. Specific databases offered include ISI citation indexes EMBASE (international biomedical information) INSPEC (physics, electronic engineering and computing) international bibliography of the social sciences (IBSS) The Royal Society of Chemistry databases and education databases. See also Table 46.2. 

Clapp, V. W., Library of Congress Information Bulletin, Appendix, pp. 1-3 (July 1 18, 1949). International Conference on Science Abstracting, Paris, June 20 to 25, 1949. 

A doctoral dissertation from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University, is usually a summary of a number of papers. A few copies of the complete dissertation are kept at major Swedish research libraries, while the summary alone is distributed internationally through the series Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology. (Prior to October, 1993, the series was published under the title Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science .)... 

Goodwin, T. W., and E. I. Mercer. Introduction to Plant Biochemistry. 2nd ed. Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Social Studies. New York Pergamon Press, 1983. 

Profile TPIMS is a nonprofit biomedical research institute focused on the development of combinatorial chemistry techniques that can be applied to all compound types. It was founded in 1988 to continue earlier research begun at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, and in 1989 it began its research activities. Less than one year after beginning its operations, TPIMS scientists had developed a method for synthesizing and screening combinatorial libraries of tens of millions of peptides and other nonpeptide compounds. As a result of this early research, TPIMS became an internationally recognized research center in the field of molecular diversity and combinatorial chemistry. Research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army, and by a variety of pharmaceutical companies. 

PLOS Medicine. 2004-. San Francisco, CA Public Library of Science. Monthly, new articles published weekly. URL http // medicine.plosjoumals.org/perlserv/ request = index-html issn 1549-1676. PLOS is an open access international, modern. 

Resource, NY, (inset)Scala/Art Resource, NY 743 Mark Steinmetz 744 (t)The Bettmann Archive, (bl brJMark Burnett 748 Doug Martin 751 (tl)David R. Frazier Photolibrary, (tr)D.C. Lowe/FPG International, (b)David R. Frazier Photolibrary 752 Geoff Butler 753 Skip Comer 754 (t)Paul Hanny/Gamma Liaison, (bl)Michael Collier/Stock Boston, (br)James King-Holmes/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers 755 (t)James King-Holmes/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers,... 

Winters, (r)John Cancalosi/Stock Boston 56, 57 Matt Meadows 58 file photo 60 (t)James L. Amos/Peter Arnold, Inc., (b)Skip Comer 61 Skip Comer 63 Matt Meadows 67 Stephen Simpson/FPG International 69 NASA/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers 71 (t)PhotoEdit, (b)Gary Yeowell/Tony Stone Images 72 Richard Megna/Fundamental Photographs 73 Pekka Parviainen/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers 74 Rich Treptow/Photo Researchers 76 (t)Peter Gridley/FPG International, (b)Zambelli Internationale Fireworks 77 Ted Rice 78 Mor-... 

Many libraries also have available the Dialog, BRS, Orbit, and STN International Retrieval Services, which are online computer information retrieval services. All the Predicast data, the Applied Science and Technology Index, CA Search, Chemical Industry Notes, CSCORP, and Kirk-Othmer are searchable through these services. 

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