Enhancing the Discovery of Chemistry Theses by Registering Substances and Depositing in PubChem

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dc.contributor.authorScalfani, Vincent F.
dc.contributor.authorDahlbach, Barbara J.
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Jacob
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-13T14:16:26Z
dc.date.available2021-07-13T14:16:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractChemical substances from theses are not widely accessible as searchable machine-readable formats. In this article, we describe our workflow for extracting, registering, and sharing chemical substances from the University of Alabama theses to enhance discovery. In total, 73 theses were selected for the project, resulting in about 3,000 substances registered using the IUPAC International Chemical Identifier and deposited in PubChem as either structure-data files or Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry System notations. In addition to substances being deposited in PubChem, an archive copy was also deposited in the University of Alabama Institutional Repository. The PubChem records for the substance depositions include the full bibliographic reference and link to the thesis full text or thesis metadata when the full text is not yet available. Excluding mixtures, we found that 40% of the shared substances were new to PubChem at the time of deposition. We conclude this article with a detailed discussion about our experiences, challenges, and recommendations for librarians and curators engaged in sharing chemical substance data from theses and similar documents.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationScalfani, V., Dahlbach, B., Robertson, J. (2021): Enhancing the Discovery of Chemistry Theses by Registering Substances and Depositing in PubChem. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Issue No. 97.
dc.identifier.doi10.29173/istl2566
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/7974
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectinformation retrieval
dc.subjectinstitutional repositories
dc.subjectPubChem
dc.subjectinformation discovery
dc.subjecttheses
dc.subjectchemistry theses
dc.titleEnhancing the Discovery of Chemistry Theses by Registering Substances and Depositing in PubChemen_US
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