Index Chemicus

Index Chemicus (IC) is a chemical database in Web of Science that provides the chemical compound information since 1994. It covers more than 100 organic chemistry journals, is text- and substructure- searchable, and offers full graphical summaries, reaction diagrams, and bibliographic information. The Office of Academic Resources (OAR) has subscribed to the database which provides a service for Chulalongkorn University users.

How to begin
Go to http://www.car.chula.ac.th/curef-db/slist.html#science and click Index Chemicus. The screen is shown as the following picture. 

In Current Limits section, select Index Chemicus (IC) only (in Chemical Databases topic) 

Information search
1. Search
   1.1 Type words or phrases in the box (Add more boxes by click Add Another Field)
   1.2 Select fields, such as topic, title, author, and publication name, and can click Select from Index to select terms from the index of that field
   1.3 Select proper operator that are AND, OR, and NOT
   1.4 Click Search

2. Author Search
   2.1 Type author’s last name (*required)
   2.2 Type author’s initials of name (1 required, up to 4 allowed)
   2.3 Click Add Author Name Variant to add other author name (if necessary)
   2.4 Click Select Research Domain 

   2.5 Select the research domains
   2.6 Click Select Organization 

   2.7 Select the organizations
   2.8 Click Finish Search 

3. Cited Reference Search: Find the articles that cite a person’s work
   3.1 Type words or phrases in the box (add more boxes by click Add Another Field)
   3.2 Select fields, such as cited author, cited work, cited year(s), and cited title, and can click Select from Index to select terms from the index of that field
   3.3 Click Search 

   3.4 Select cited reference(s)
   3.5 Click Finish Search 

4. Structure Search
   4.1 Draw structure in the box by using tools and select search mode 

   4.2 Type compound name, compound biological activity, and molecular weight in the boxes and select a role
   4.3 Enter the reaction data such as atmosphere, pressure, time, temperature, product yield, reaction keyphrases, and reaction comments
   4.4 Click Search 

Structure Search results
The structure search results screen is shown as the following example picture. 

>> Click Compound Details to view the compound details
>> Click Full Record to view the article information of the structure 

>> Click Full Text to view full text from the resource
>> Click ENDNOTE to export citation to EndNote 

Log out from the system
When finish the work, click Log Out to log out from the system. 