What's Your Chil Factor?

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1.

"Chemical Abstracts" is:
- A.
  
  Modern art by prominent chemists
- B.
  
  The primary index for the world's chemical literature
- C.
  
  Summaries of presentations at American Chemical Society meetings
- D.
  
  Something chemists used to use in the old days
2.

Almost all old scientific books are now available as e-books.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Which statement about scientific journals is most accurate?
- A.
  
  Most journals are now available online for free for everyone.
- B.
  
  Most journals are now available online to persons whose libraries are able to subscribe to them.
- C.
  
  Most libraries still receive print copies of journals as well as the online versions.
- D.
  
  Only recent years of most journals have been digitized.
4.

Which of these can be used in searching the chemical literature?
- A.
  
  Author names
- B.
  
  Chemical structures
- C.
  
  Chemical name/synonyms
- D.
  
  All of the above
5.

SciFinder is:
- A.
  
  A specialized web search engine
- B.
  
  The best and most advanced tool for searching the chemical literature
- C.
  
  Available in Google Scholar
- D.
  
  A ranking of science graduate programs
6.

Reaxys is a database that provides properties and reactions for what kinds of substances?
- A.
  
  Peptides and proteins
- B.
  
  Polymers and plastics
- C.
  
  Organic and inorganic compounds
- D.
  
  Enzymes
7.

Which of these is NOT a great place to look for the heat of combustion of naphthalene?
- A.
  
  CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
- B.
  
  DIPPR
- C.
  
  Google
- D.
  
  NIST Chemistry WebBook
- E.
  
  Reaxys
8.

Which of these is not considered part of the chemical literature?
- A.
  
  Patents
- B.
  
  Research group web pages
- C.
  
  Conference proceedings
- D.
  
  Reviews
- E.
  
  Dissertations
9.

Printed book collections in most libraries are arranged by:
- A.
  
  Subject
- B.
  
  Title
- C.
  
  Author
- D.
  
  Year of publication
- E.
  
  Size
10.

Which of the following would you not want to use to locate a journal article that you already know about?
- A.
  
  The Library Catalog
- B.
  
  An index database
- C.
  
  Google Scholar
- D.
  
  The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
11.

Which statement is most accurate about a library's collection of print journals?
- A.
  
  They're useless because they're all online now.
- B.
  
  There's no way to know what's in them.
- C.
  
  They are important when an digital version isn't available.
- D.
  
  None are printed anymore, so it's all just old stuff.
12.

The MOST accurate way to describe a chemical compound for searching in a database is to use its:
- A.
  
  IUPAC name
- B.
  
  Molecular formula
- C.
  
  Most common name
- D.
  
  Chemical structure
- E.
  
  Molecular weight
13.

A CAS Registry Number is:
- A.
  
  The phone number of Chemical Abstracts Service
- B.
  
  A unique identifer for a specific chemical substance as assigned by Chemical Abstracts Service
- C.
  
  An excellent substitute for a chemical name in database searching
- D.
  
  Both B and C
14.

"Peer Review" in journals is best described as:
- A.
  
  Reviews by critics after an article is published
- B.
  
  Discussion of an article in the British House of Lords
- C.
  
  Passing around a draft article for comments before submitting it to a journal
- D.
  
  Evaluation of a submitted article by experts before it's accepted for publication
- E.
  
  A foolproof way to prevent fraud in the scientific literature