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USING THE BEILSTEIN DATABASE IN ACADEMIIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES

USING THE BEILSTEIN DATABASE IN ACADEMIIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES. BY GARY WIGGINS CHEMISTRY LIBRARY INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 812-855-9452 WIGGINS@INDIANA WIGGINS@INDIANA.EDU. "Springer Chemistry Academic Program on STN." Main features of the program are:

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USING THE BEILSTEIN DATABASE IN ACADEMIIC RESEARCH LIBRARIES

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  1. USING THE BEILSTEIN DATABASEIN ACADEMIICRESEARCH LIBRARIES BY GARY WIGGINS CHEMISTRY LIBRARY INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON, IN 47405 812-855-9452 WIGGINS@INDIANA WIGGINS@INDIANA.EDU

  2. "Springer Chemistry Academic Program on STN." Main features of the program are: - an 80 percent discount on the usage of the Beilstein, Gmelin Online, and Gmelin Formula Index Databases - a cap each year on the maximum payment of DM 10,000 per account number and per database - database is accessible whenever STN can be searched. requires: -subscription to Beilstein, Gmelin, or Current Facts LAN version

  3. 1993/94 $32,041 1992/93 $31,743 1991/92 $31,351 1990/91 $23,945 1989/90 $21,185 1988/89 $21,764 Table 1. Print Subscription Payments for the Beilstein Handbook of Organic Chemistry at Indiana University, Fiscal Years 1989-94.

  4. 1992/93 $27,203 1991/92 $32,953 1990/91 $22,177 1989/90 $14,295 Table 2. CAS ONLINE Academic Program Search Costs at Indiana University, Fiscal Years 1990-1993.

  5. 6 times or less 9 1 time per month 7 2-5 times per month 7 6-10 times per month 2 > 10 times per month 1 ---- 26 Table 3. Frequency of Searching the Beilstein Database in the Past 12 Months.

  6. Canceled in: N 1991-93 8 1988-90 4 1985-87 3 Prior to 1985 5 --- 20 Table 4. Currency of Beilstein Print Cancellations.

  7. 1 = rarely or never used for this purpose 2 = sometimes used for this purpose 3 = frequently used for this purpose. Use Score _N_ Ave. ready reference 53 28 1.89 comprehensive data 52 28 1.86 teaching tool 36 26 1.35 rxn/preparation 58 27 2.15 other 9 9 1.00 Table 5. Uses of the Beilstein Database.

  8. It is true that Beilstein is not used as much as it should be, because the present generation of organic chemists don't appreciate its utility. Part of the problem is that the librarians don't know how to use it and don't appreciate its utility, and don't suggest its use. If Beilstein is infrequently used, it isn't because it's not useful, but because chemists and the librarians who help them don't know how to use it.

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