| Abstrakt: |
Science librarians at the New York Public Library without a strong educational background in chemistry often had difficulty in searching the printed Chemical Abstracts. A one-hour seminar was held to teach the fundamentals of Chemical Abstracts with an emphasis on findings references to well known chemical substances. Uses of the Index Guide, Author Index, General Subject Index, Chemical Substance Index, Chemical Formula Index, Patent Index, and Index of Ring Systems were shown. A brief discussion of online searching of Chemical Abstracts followed. Participants were given a set of exercises and a reading list of guides to the chemical literature. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
