C400 Quiz Number 4
Fall 2000
How and Where to Search:
Specialized
A = True B =
False
1. Assume
that a chemist patented a really important type of chemical substance in 1985.
You could use the Science Citation Index to find other patents that cited that
patent.
2. When
searching for a standard analytical method, the best place to look is the
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.
3. A
Chemical Abstracts Index Name for a substance will typically be in inverted
form.
4. The
Dictionary of Organic Compounds contains no structural drawings for the
compounds included in the work, but the lucid technical definitions of the
compounds make it apparent what the structures will be.
5. The
Beilstein database will let you search for a substance or group of substances
that melt within a certain range of temperatures by inputting a range of
melting points.
6. It is
possible to specify both a reagent and a final product in a reaction search of
the Beilstein CrossFireplusReactions database.
7. The
annual volumes of the series Organic Syntheses are cumulated
periodically into a larger volume, which should be used in preference to the
annual volumes, since corrected procedures are incorporated into the
cumulations.
8. US
chemical companies are not legally bound to follow regulations governing the
use and handling of chemical substances until they receive a certified letter
from the appropriate agency notifying them of the new regulations.
9. An MSDS
is a specialized graduate degree for those who want to major in scientific
documentation systems. It is one of two
masters degrees to be offered by the new School of Informatics at IU.
10. Every
chemical substance has one and only one name, so the fact that entries in
printed physical property handbooks are usually arranged by chemical name
creates no problem in data retrieval.
11.
Physical property data in one-volume handbooks are mostly copied from large critically evaluated data
compilations such as CASSI.
12. The
three major requirements for patentability are novelty (newness), utility
(usefulness), and invention (unobviousness).
13. Every search system uses the same truncation (wild card)
symbol for expanding a search. That is
the ampersand (&).
14.
Finding the registry number for a compound is very important when searching the
online Chemical Abstracts files because the CA or CAPlus indexing of the
chemical substances in the original primary documents utilizes mostly registry
numbers, not chemical names.
15.
SciFinder Scholar includes references to more new journal articles than does
Science Citation Index, but SCI has much broader coverage of new chemistry
dissertations than does SFS.
16. An
MSDS will include information such as physical data (melting point, boiling
point, flash point etc.), toxicity, health effects, first aid, reactivity,
storage, disposal, protective equipment, and spill/leak procedures. These are
of particular use if a spill or other accident occurs.
17. The
Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) contains over 4500 chemical records, each
of which can have as many as 150 or so fields of data, covering human health
effects, emergency medical treatment, animal toxicity studies, etc.
18. Once a
compound has been identified in the Web of Science's Science Citation Index, it
is an easy matter to link to ISI's CHEMLIST file to determine what federal
regulations apply to the substance.
19. A
treatise is a multivolume secondary work that, like an encyclopedia, is
designed for easy retrieval of information by someone who does not know much
about a topic.
20. The
CASREACT database covers the most important journal literature of synthetic
organic chemistry, but unfortunately includes no patents in its coverage.