SciFinder Scholar und CrossFire und Web of Science und ... - Luxus oder Notwendigkeit?

In contrast to the field of biology, the information supply in the field of chemistry is almost completely predominated by commercial information providers who market their databases to financially strong clients in the industrial sector. Although there have been several "academic programs" for such databases, this is a problematic situation for universities. During the last years, the providers have tried to enlarge their market share by means of an increase in coverage, integration of more databases, and an optimisation of the user interfaces. In light of that the question came up, if one or two of these costly and comprehensive resources would be sufficient for the end-users concerning their need for secondary or tertiary literature? Unfortunately, based on our long lasting experience with literature search and database comparisons, we have to answer no

CHIMIA in Comparison – An Update

The impact of CHIMIA is compared to corresponding journals

Chemical Landmark 2010 - Chemische Forschung im CAB

ISSN:0009-429

German databases for national and international users, using environmental databases as an example

German Databases in Biotechnology : Problems of Biotechnology Information in Germany (Beitrag von Eleonore Poetzsch