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              FAQ: Mass Spectrometry Internet Resources
           Editor: Kermit Murray
                   [email protected]

This FAQ contains information about Internet resources of interest to
mass spectrometrists and related researchers. It includes electronic
mail,
Usenet News, World Wide Web (WWW), and anonymous file transfer (FTP)
resources.

This FAQ is posted periodically to the Usenet groups
sci.chem.analytical,
sci.answers and news.answers. The latest version should be obtained
either from those groups, or via FTP from the FAQ archive site at
rtfm.mit.edu.

Comments, contributions, and corrections are invited and encouraged.
Feel free to point out broken links in follow-ups to this post or send
e-mail to [email protected].

Changes:
   Partial link update

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Subject: How Do I Get This FAQ?

World Wide Web

   With a WWW browser, select one of the URL addresses below.

   Text:
   http://www.landfield.com/faqs/sci/mass-spec-resources/

   Hypertext (note: long URLS have been line wrapped):
   http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sci/mass-spec-resources/
   http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/sci/mass-spec-resources.html

Anonymous FTP

    rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/sci/
    ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de:/pub/doc/news.answers/sci/
    ftp.sinica.edu.tw:/pub/doc/USENET-FAQ/news/answers/sci/
    ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp:/pub/news/archive/usenet/sci.chem.analytical/
    ftp.rge.com:/pub/docs/rtfm/usenet-by-hierarchy/sci/chem/analytical/

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Subject: What Is In This FAQ?

1. What E-mail Lists are Devoted to Mass Spectrometry?
    1.1 Mass Spectrometry Lists
    1.2 Analytical Sciences Lists

2. What Usenet News Groups Are Useful to Mass Spectrometrists?
    2.1 sci.techniques.mass-spec
    2.2 sci.techniques.spectroscopy
    2.3 sci.chem.analytical
    2.4 sci.chem

3. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Sites on the World Wide Web?
    3.1 Mass Spectrometry Index Pages
    3.2 Search pages
    3.3 Organizations
    3.4 Journals

4. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Software?
    4.1 Software Index Pages
    4.2 Other MS Software Pages and Sites

5. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Employment Information?
    5.1 Usenet Groups
    5.2 WWW Resources

6. Where Can I Find Mass Spectral Databases?
    6.1 Free Access Databases
    6.2 Commercial Databases

7. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Terms and Definitions?
    7.1 Mass Spectrometry Tutorials
    7.2 Mass Spectrometry Glossaries

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Subject: 1. What E-mail Lists are Devoted to Mass Spectrometry?

A discussion list will accept messages from subscribers for distribution
to the list on either a moderated or unmoderated basis. Distribution
lists
send periodic electronic mail information from the list editor.
Mail-on-demand servers respond to e-mail messages by sending the
requested
files as return mail. Unless otherwise noted, the SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE
text is
sent to the SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS as the first line in the body of an e-mail
message.

1.1 Mass Spectrometry Mailing Lists

NAME: AAMSDG
TOPIC: Atlanta-Athens MS Discussion Group
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE AAMSDG
WWW PAGE: none
DESCRIPTION: meeting announcements for the Atlanta-Athens Mass
Spectrometry
Discussion Group.

NAME: ANZSMS
TOPIC: Australian and New Zealand Society for MS
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE ANZSMS
WWW PAGE: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/anzsms/Listserv.html
DESCRIPTION: "The ANZSMS Listserver serves as an interactive E-mail
discussion group concerning mass spectrometry matters of interest
to ANZSMS members."

NAME: SIMS
TOPIC: Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE SIMS
WWW PAGE: http://www.simsworkshop.org/WWW/Forums/DiscussionMenu.nclk
DESCRIPTION: "The SIMS Listserver was established by Richard T. Lareau
at the Army Research Laboratory to serve as a resource by which SIMS
users could get communicate with the SIMS community via email. Currently
there are over 200 SIMS users registered on the listserver."

NAME: STMSLIST
TOPIC: sci.techniques.mass-spec Digest
TYPE: Distribution
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUB STMSLIST
WWW PAGE: http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/stms/listserv.htm
DESCRIPTION: Once to twice per week mailing of digests of the Usenet
Newsgroup sci.techniques.mass-spec.

NAME: TIMS-L
TOPIC: Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE TIMS First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE: http://listserv.syr.edu/archives/tims-l.html
DESCRIPTION: "TIMS is a listserver created to serve as a multipurpose
email communication device for the users of Thermal Ionization Mass
Spectrometers in Academia, Government, and Industry. This listserver is
co-owned by Steve Goldberg at UNC-Chapel Hill and Michael M. Cheatham at
Cornell University. So those of you with interests in Geochemistry,
Environmental Chemistry, Nuclear Sciences, Ecology and Systematics,
etc., are encouraged to join."

1.2 Analytical Sciences Mailing Lists

These listservers are not devoted to mass spectrometry as such, but may
contain discussion of mass spectrometry or closely related topics.

NAME: ABRF
TOPIC: Biomolecular Resources
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUB ABRF
WWW PAGE: http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.home
DESCRIPTION: Mailing list for the Association of Biomolecular Resource
Facilities. Topics include protein, peptide and nucleic acid chemistry,
sequencing, synthesis, mass spectrometry and amino acid analysis.

NAME: ANALYSIS-L
TOPIC: Analytical Science
TYPE: Discussion, Moderated
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUB ANALYSIS-L
WWW PAGE: none
DESCRIPTION: "The aim of the discussion group is to encourage and
facilitate the spread of information about analytical science including
techniques, methodologies etc. The list is not restricted to the
discussion
of chemical problems, instead it is  hoped that it will cover all
aspects
of measurement science."

NAME: APPLSPEC
TOPIC: Applied Spectroscopy
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUB APPLSPEC
WWW PAGE: none
DESCRIPTION: Listserver of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

NAME: CHROM-L
TOPIC: Chromatography
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: Web subscription
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: Web subscription
WWW PAGE: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chrom-l/
DESCRIPTION: Listserver for all forms of chromatography.

NAME: INTERFACE-L
TOPIC: Computer to Instrument Interfacing
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE Interface-L Firstname Lastname
WWW PAGE: none
DESCRIPTION: To encourage and facilitate the discussion of all aspects
of
computer-instrumentation interfacing. The discussion is not limited to
any one computer type or operating system.

NAME: ISOGEOCHEM
TOPIC: Stable Isotope Geochemistry
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUB ISOGEOCHEM First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE: http://list.uvm.edu/archives/isogeochem.html
DESCRIPTION: An E-mail Discussion List for Stable Isotope Geochemistry.

NAME: LASAB
TOPIC: Laser Ablation
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE LASAB
WWW PAGE: http://www.immr.tu-clausthal.de/geoch/labs/icp-ms/lasab.html
DESCRIPTION: An informal forum for the discussion of topics related to
analytical techniques using laser ablation sampling. Workers in the
areas of laser ablation ICP-MS, laser ablation ICP-OES, and related
fields are encouraged to join the list.

NAME: PLASMACHEM-L
TOPIC: Plasma chemistry, including ICP-MS
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: [email protected]
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUBSCRIBE PLASMACHEM-L First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE: http://www.geochemistry.syr.edu/cheatham/MMClistproc.html
DESCRIPTION: "PLASMACHEM-L is a listserver created to serve as a
multipurpose email communication device for the Plasma Chemists in
Academia, Government, and Industry. So those of you with an interest in
instruments designed around ICP's ,MIP's, or what have you, are
encouraged to join."

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Subject: 2. What Usenet News Groups Are Useful to Mass Spectrometrists?

Most mass spectrometrists will be interested in the science related
hierarchies and the sci.chem.* and sci.techniques.* groups. Brief
descriptions of four of these groups are given below.

A WWW archive of the past several months of Usenet posts can be found at
the DejaNews archive http://groups.google.com/ as well as general search
pages like Alta Vista: http://www.altavista.com/

2.1 sci.techniques.mass-spec

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.techniques.mass-spec

This is a newsgroup moderated by David Bostwick with the goal:
"provide a place for the discussion of all areas of mass spectrometry."
Messages can be posted with a newsreader program or by sending them to
[email protected].

Moderator:              David Bostwick
                        [email protected]
                        School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
                        Georgia Institute of Technology
                        Atlanta, GA 30332-0400

Backup moderator:       Sarah Shealy
                        [email protected]

Submission address:     [email protected]
Problems address:       [email protected]

A digest of the posts to this group is sent out by the STMSLIST
listserver.
See STMSLIST in Section 1.1 above for subscription information.

If you have only e-mail internet access, you can still use this group.
Post
by sending a message to [email protected]. Wait for the digest of
posts from the STMSLIST mailing list (see Section 1.1), or if you need a
faster response, request an e-mail reply to your post.

The sci.techniques.mass-spec WWW page is
http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/stms/
and the posts are archived at the anonymous FTP site ftp.gatech.edu in
the
directory pub/mass-spec (ftp://ftp.gatech.edu/pub/mass-spec/).

2.2 sci.techniques.spectroscopy

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.techniques.spectroscopy

From the sci.techniques.spectroscopy charter:

       "The purpose of sci.techniques.spectroscopy is to provide an open
       forum for the spectroscopy community on the Internet.
       Sci.newsgroups allow the rapid and timely discussion of opinions and
       information that would take months or years (or not at all) on
       conventional paper journals. They also serve as highly valuable
       resources for referral and references on topics of interest for the
       readers."

2.3 sci.chem.analytical

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.chem.analytical

Sci.chem.analytical is more general than sci.techniques.mass-spec
but less general than sci.chem. The group is not moderated thus
it contains some off-topic and crossposted material, but the advantage
is that your post is rapidly available.

The charter is reproduced in full below from a post to
news.announce.newgroups
on June 5, 1995.

       "sci.chem.analytical:

       Sci.chem.analytical is an unmoderated newsgroup for the discussion
       of organic and inorganic analytical chemistry.  This newsgroup will
       provide a place for professional analytical chemists to meet and
       exchange ideas.

       Topics for discussion will include:

       - Chromatography - Capillary electrophoresis - Separation techniques
       - Mass spectrometry - Atomic absorption - Methods of analysis

       The list above is far from complete, but serves as an illustration.

       Posting of advertisements by private individuals are not permitted.
       Product announcements will be allowed provided they are related to
       topics discussed in the newsgroup and included in followup articles."

2.4 sci.chem

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.chem

The sci.chem FAQ is posted (more or less) monthly to the Usenet groups
sci.chem, sci.answers and news.answers. The best place to find it is the
internet, for example, the FTP FAQ archive site at rtfm.mit.edu in the
pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/sci/chem directory.

sci.chem is a high profile/high noise newsgroup in the best Usenet
tradition.There is much crossposting from other related and non-related
newsgroups and other standard abuses. In spite of this it is an
excellent
forum. Read this newsgroup for a month and get to know the regulars
before
posting. To quote the sci.chem FAQ:

   "sci.chem is a discussion group, and it covers the scientific
discussion
   of all issues concerning chemistry. There is no talk.chemistry
group,
   consequently discussion often drifts away from the narrow focus of
the
   science of chemistry. Please ensure that threads that have no
ongoing
   'science' requirement have the "Followup To" header diverted back
to the
   original group. There are several groups that also cover specialist
   areas ... and prospective sci.chem posters should check to ensure
   their post would not be more appropriately placed in one of those
   groups. Please do not crosspost to all chemistry groups, and
please do
   not post to groups that you are not currently reading."

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Subject: 3. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Sites on the World Wide
Web?

3.1 Index Pages

A few WWW index pages are listed below. These should be enough for a
start.
Go to these pages and start Web surfing mass spec.

Base Peak Mass Spectrometry Resource (Hosted by SpectroscopyNow)
   http://www.spectroscopynow.com/Spy/ms/

Cheatham's Instrumentation Pages
   http://www.geochemistry.syr.edu/cheatham/

Google Directory
   http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Chemistry/Analytical/

I-Mass
   http://www.i-mass.com/

IonSource
   http://www.ionsource.com/

International Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.i-mass.com/

MS Blog
   http://mass-spec.lsu.edu/blog/

Proteomics Surf
   http://proteomicssurf.com/

The Yahoo Index, Spectroscopy Page
   http://dir.yahoo.com/science/chemistry/spectroscopy/

3.2 Search Pages

Search pages are rapidly multiplying on the WWW, so the list below
isn't exhaustive. The Netscape site has a page of links to other
search pages and is a good jumping off point.

Dogpile
   Multiple database Internet search page.
   http://www.dogpile.com/

Google
   WWW and Usenet (DejaNews archive).
   http://www.google.com/

Hotbot
   WWW and Usenet search. Search by country/region option.
   http://www.hotbot.com/

WhoWhere
   Search page for e-mail addresses.
   http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/

Yahoo
   Yahoo site and beyond.
   http://www.yahoo.com/

3.3 Organizations

WWW and FTP sites and e-mail contacts for mass spectrometry,
spectroscopy,
and analytical chemistry organizations. For an index page of sites, see
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Chemistry/Analytical/
Mass_Spectrometry/Societies/ (note page wrap).
To translate sites, see the Babelfish site http://babel.altavista.com/

American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry
   http://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.asms.org/

Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/anzsms/

Belgian Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://masseroute.cico.ucl.ac.be/bsms/bsms.htm

British Mass Spectrometry Society
   http://www.bmss.org.uk/

Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.csms.inter.ab.ca/

Chinese-American Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7486/massspec.html

Czech Socitey for MassSpectrometry
   http://www.spektroskopie.cz/en/index.htm

Danish Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.dsms.dk/

Dutch Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.denvms.nl/

European Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/esms/

French Society of Mass Spectrometry
   http://wwwadm.admp6.jussieu.fr/sfsm/

German Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.dgms.de/

Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.ismas.org/

International Mass Spectrometry Society
   http://www.imss.nl/

Irish Mass Spectrometry Society
   http://homepages.iol.ie/~instchem/imss98/imss.htm

Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
   http://www.mssj.jp/

Norwegian Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.chem.uit.no/nsms/

Polish Mass Spectrometry Society
   http://ptsm.ichf.edu.pl/ptsm_main.htm

Society for Applied Spectroscopy
   http://www.s-a-s.org/

South African Association for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.up.ac.za/academic/acadorgs/saams/home.html

Spanish Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.iibb.csic.es/seem/

Swedish Mass Spectrometry Club
   http://www.chemsoc.se/sidor/Sekt/spektro.htm

Swiss Group for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.sgms.ch/

3.4 Journals

Analytical Chemistry
   http://pubs.acs.org/journals/ancham/

European Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.impub.co.uk/ems.html

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
(Former title: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion
Processes)
   http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/500847/

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/saa/webjam/

Journal of Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1076-5174/

Mass Spectrometry Reviews
   http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0277-7037/

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0951-4198/

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Subject: 4. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Software?

Most of the FTP sites exist in conjunction with WWW pages. Use the
WWW sites if you can. Use anonymous FTP only if you don't have WWW
access.

4.1 Index Pages

Base Peak Directory Software Page
   http://www.wiley.com/legacy/wileychi/ms/msi/mssw.html

Charged Particle Optics
   http://wwwdo.tn.tudelft.nl/bbs/cposis.htm

ExPASy Peptide and Protein Software Tools
   http://www.expasy.ch/tools/

4.2 Other MS Software Pages and Sites

The NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library Page
   http://www.nist.gov/srd/analy.htm

SIMION for PC Home Page
   http://www.inel.gov/env-energyscience/chemistry/simion-
software.shtml

Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data
   http://www.wileyregistry.com/

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Subject: 5. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Employment Information?

5.1 Usenet Groups

See the groups in Section 2 above, as well as
misc.jobs.fields.chemistry.

5.2 WWW Resources

ACS Jobspectrum
    http://www.jobspectrum.org/

ASMS Job Page
    http://www.asms.org/Default.aspx?tabid=251

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Subject: 6. Where Can I Find Mass Spectral Databases?

See Section 4 for mass spectrometry software, which includes database
search software.

6.1 Free Access Databases

Mass Spectrometry Database Committee
   Mass spectra of drugs and metabolites
   http://www.ualberta.ca/~gjones/mslib.htm

NIST Chemistry Webbook
   Searchable by compound name
   http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/

6.2 Commercial Databases

NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library
   EI mass spectra
   http://www.nist.gov/srd/nist1a.htm

Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data
   EI mass spectra
   http://www.wileyregistry.com/

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Subject: 7. Where Can I Find Mass Spectrometry Terms and Definitions?

7.1 Mass Spectrometry Tutorials

University of Arizona Tutorial
   http://www.chem.arizona.edu/massspec/

ASMS 'What is Mass Spectrometry?'
   http://www.asms.org/whatisms/index.html

Basic Mass Spectrometry
   http://chipo.chem.uic.edu/web1/ocol/spec/MS.htm

Iowa State MS Tutorial
   http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kamel/mstutorial.html

TOF Mass Spectrometry Tutorial
   http://www.rmjordan.com/tt1.html

7.2 Mass Spectrometry Glossaries

Basepeak Glossary
   http://www.genomicglossaries.com/content/mass_spectrometry.asp

Caltech Terms and Definitions
   http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ppmal/sample_prep/term_def.html

Genomic Glossaries
   http://www.genomicglossaries.com/content/mass_spectrometry.asp

IUPAC Compendium on Analytical Nomenclature
   http://www.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/TOC_cha12.html

Little Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry
   http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bl5/ency/ency.html

Mass Spectrometry Terms
   http://mass-spec.lsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Mass_spectrometry_terms

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