From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Tue Apr 30 16:45:00 2024 From: "Laurence Cuffe cuffe++mac.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: chemical literature searching for poor, unaffiliated Message-Id: <-55143-240430024436-24370-wTfNKz0WRpN0hoLzOLOVYg|-|server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Laurence Cuffe Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_85CE3589-4E00-41F9-B1FF-09FE58A3363C" Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 07:44:18 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.5 \(3445.9.7\)) Sent to CCL by: Laurence Cuffe [cuffe]*[mac.com] --Apple-Mail=_85CE3589-4E00-41F9-B1FF-09FE58A3363C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I=E2=80=99d second Michel=E2=80=99s suggestion of using just plain = Google, but add that adding the restriction filetype:pdf can provide a = site effective primary filter. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=3Dmetol+ = Pudbmed can sometimes = turn up interesting results without a specifically medical focus as = well. The link I=E2=80=99ve placed here is for a search for Metol. A each for =E2=80=9CDensity functional calculations=E2=80=9D returns = 80,000 results. My other go-to data base site is=20 https://eric.ed.gov/ however that is primarily = education related sources, so things like the journal of Chemical = education might show up, but little else. As my primary research = interest now is education, I use it a lot. Best Lawrence Cuffe > On 29 Apr 2024, at 15:22, Michel Petitjean = petitjean.chiral]=3D[gmail.com = > wrote: >=20 >=20 > Sent to CCL by: Michel Petitjean [petitjean.chiral-x-gmail.com = ] > Dear David, > You may have a look at semantic scholar > https://www.semanticscholar.org > But please do not ignore just Google (not the scholar one), which > points to a number of free resources ignored by Scholar Google, which > in turn may point to pertinent resouces. > Best regards, > Michel. > Michel Petitjean, retired scsientist > http://petitjeanmichel.free.fr/itoweb.petitjean.html >=20 > Le lun. 29 avr. 2024 =C3=A0 04:14, David Shobe shobedavid]=3D[gmail.com > a =C3=A9crit : >>=20 >> Apparently I was wrong: Google Scholar does have Boolean searching, = but Google doesn't want you to know about it! In fact, searching with = Chrome led to a crash. (Coincidence? Who knows?) But I found information = on a different browser. >>=20 >> For the record, use & for and and | for or. >>=20 >> I'd still like to know about alternatives though. >>=20 >> --David Shobe >>=20 >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:05 PM David Shobe shobedavid/agmail.com = wrote: >>>=20 >>> As I mentioned on a different thread, I have, as far as I know, only = Google Scholar for literature searching. I do not have an affiliation = with an organization (such as a university) that would have an = institutional subscription to something like STN or Reaxys. I don't = have a lot of money either. Do I have any other options besides Google = Scholar? >>>=20 >>> --David Shobe >>>=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > -=3D This is automatically added to each message by the mailing script = =3D- > To recover the email address of the author of the message, please = change>=20>=20>=20 > Subscribe/Unsubscribe:=20>=20>=20 > Job: http://www.ccl.net/jobs=20 > Conferences: = http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/ >=20>=20>=20>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_85CE3589-4E00-41F9-B1FF-09FE58A3363C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
I=E2=80=99d second = Michel=E2=80=99s suggestion of using just plain Google, but add that = adding the restriction filetype:pdf can provide a site effective primary = filter.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=3Dmetol+ Pudbmed= can sometimes turn up interesting results without a specifically = medical focus as well. The link I=E2=80=99ve placed here is for a search = for Metol.

A = each for =E2=80=9CDensity functional calculations=E2=80=9D returns = 80,000 results.

My other go-to data base site is 
https://eric.ed.gov/  = however that is primarily education related sources, so things like the = journal of Chemical education might show up, but little else. As my = primary research interest now is education, I use it a lot.

Best

Lawrence Cuffe



On 29 Apr 2024, at 15:22, Michel Petitjean = petitjean.chiral]=3D[gmail.com <owner-chemistry,,ccl.net> wrote:


Sent to CCL by: Michel Petitjean [petitjean.chiral-x-gmail.com]
Dear = David,
You may have a look at semantic scholar
https://www.semanticscholar.org
But please = do not ignore just Google (not the scholar one), which
points to a number of free resources ignored by Scholar = Google, which
in turn may point to pertinent resouces.
Best regards,
Michel.
Michel = Petitjean, retired scsientist
http://petitjeanmichel.free.fr/itoweb.petitjean.html

Le lun. 29 avr. 2024 =C3=A0 04:14, David Shobe = shobedavid]=3D[gmail.com
<owner-chemistry ~ ccl.net> = a =C3=A9crit :

Apparently I was wrong: Google Scholar does have Boolean = searching, but Google doesn't want you to know about it! In fact, = searching with Chrome led to a crash. (Coincidence? Who knows?) But I = found information on a different browser.

For= the record, use & for and and | for or.

I'd still like to know about alternatives though.

--David Shobe

On = Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:05 PM David Shobe shobedavid/agmail.com = <owner-chemistry,,ccl.net> wrote:

As I mentioned on a different = thread, I have, as far as I know, only Google Scholar for literature = searching. I do not have an affiliation with an organization (such as a = university) that would have an institutional subscription to something = like STN or Reaxys.   I don't have a lot of money either. =  Do I have any other options besides Google Scholar?

--David Shobe




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= --Apple-Mail=_85CE3589-4E00-41F9-B1FF-09FE58A3363C-- From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Tue Apr 30 21:07:01 2024 From: "Robert Molt r.molt.chemical.physics]*[gmail.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: chemical literature searching for poor, unaffiliated Message-Id: <-55144-240430202924-26418-ZJlsyfeNbMsydqnUonUZig],[server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Robert Molt Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------JUl0JzsSCY7JZag6CS4SisM7" Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:29:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Robert Molt [r.molt.chemical.physics(-)gmail.com] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------JUl0JzsSCY7JZag6CS4SisM7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00268976.2017.1333644 Free, from a great scholar, reliable article. Read it and the problem is solved. On 4/30/24 2:44 AM, Laurence Cuffe cuffe++mac.com wrote: > I’d second Michel’s suggestion of using just plain Google, but add > that adding the restriction filetype:pdf can provide a site effective > primary filter. > > https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=metol+ Pudbmed can sometimes > turn up interesting results without a specifically medical focus as > well. The link I’ve placed here is for a search for Metol. > > A each for “Density functional calculations” returns 80,000 results. > > My other go-to data base site is > https://eric.ed.gov/ however that is primarily education related > sources, so things like the journal of Chemical education might show > up, but little else. As my primary research interest now is education, > I use it a lot. > > Best > > Lawrence Cuffe > > > >> On 29 Apr 2024, at 15:22, Michel Petitjean >> petitjean.chiral]=[gmail.com >> wrote: >> >> >> Sent to CCL by: Michel Petitjean [petitjean.chiral-x-gmail.com >> ] >> Dear David, >> You may have a look at semantic scholar >> https://www.semanticscholar.org >> But please do not ignore just Google (not the scholar one), which >> points to a number of free resources ignored by Scholar Google, which >> in turn may point to pertinent resouces. >> Best regards, >> Michel. >> Michel Petitjean, retired scsientist >> http://petitjeanmichel.free.fr/itoweb.petitjean.html >> >> Le lun. 29 avr. 2024 à 04:14, David Shobe shobedavid]=[gmail.com >> a écrit : >>> >>> Apparently I was wrong: Google Scholar does have Boolean searching, >>> but Google doesn't want you to know about it! In fact, searching >>> with Chrome led to a crash. (Coincidence? Who knows?) But I found >>> information on a different browser. >>> >>> For the record, use & for and and | for or. >>> >>> I'd still like to know about alternatives though. >>> >>> --David Shobe >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:05 PM David Shobe shobedavid/agmail.com >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> As I mentioned on a different thread, I have, as far as I know, >>>> only Google Scholar for literature searching. I do not have an >>>> affiliation with an organization (such as a university) that would >>>> have an institutional subscription to something like STN or Reaxys. >>>>   I don't have a lot of money either.  Do I have any other options >>>> besides Google Scholar? >>>> >>>> --David Shobe>> the strange characters on the top line to the ^^^ sign. You can also>> >> E-mail to administrators: CHEMISTRY-REQUEST^^^ccl.net or use>> >> > -- Dr. Robert Molt Jr. r.molt.chemical.physics-,-gmail.com --------------JUl0JzsSCY7JZag6CS4SisM7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00268976.2017.1333644

Free, from a great scholar, reliable article. Read it and the problem is solved.

On 4/30/24 2:44 AM, Laurence Cuffe cuffe++mac.com wrote:
I’d second Michel’s suggestion of using just plain Google, but add that adding the restriction filetype:pdf can provide a site effective primary filter.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=metol+ Pudbmed can sometimes turn up interesting results without a specifically medical focus as well. The link I’ve placed here is for a search for Metol.

A each for “Density functional calculations” returns 80,000 results.

My other go-to data base site is 
https://eric.ed.gov/  however that is primarily education related sources, so things like the journal of Chemical education might show up, but little else. As my primary research interest now is education, I use it a lot.

Best

Lawrence Cuffe



On 29 Apr 2024, at 15:22, Michel Petitjean petitjean.chiral]=[gmail.com <owner-chemistry^^^ccl.net> wrote:


Sent to CCL by: Michel Petitjean [petitjean.chiral-x-gmail.com]
Dear David,
You may have a look at semantic scholar
https://www.semanticscholar.org
But please do not ignore just Google (not the scholar one), which
points to a number of free resources ignored by Scholar Google, which
in turn may point to pertinent resouces.
Best regards,
Michel.
Michel Petitjean, retired scsientist
http://petitjeanmichel.free.fr/itoweb.petitjean.html

Le lun. 29 avr. 2024 à 04:14, David Shobe shobedavid]=[gmail.com
<owner-chemistry ~ ccl.net> a écrit :

Apparently I was wrong: Google Scholar does have Boolean searching, but Google doesn't want you to know about it! In fact, searching with Chrome led to a crash. (Coincidence? Who knows?) But I found information on a different browser.

For the record, use & for and and | for or.

I'd still like to know about alternatives though.

--David Shobe

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:05 PM David Shobe shobedavid/agmail.com <owner-chemistry,,ccl.net> wrote:

As I mentioned on a different thread, I have, as far as I know, only Google Scholar for literature searching. I do not have an affiliation with an organization (such as a university) that would have an institutional subscription to something like STN or Reaxys.   I don't have a lot of money either.  Do I have any other options besides Google Scholar?

--David Shobe




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