Archive-name: sci/mass-spec-resources
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Last-modified: 28 August 1996
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              FAQ: Mass Spectrometry Internet Resources
           Editor: Kermit Murray
                   kmurray@kkm02.chem.emory.edu


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 monthly to the Usenet groups sci.chem.analytical,
sci.answers and news.answers, and 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.

Changes:
   Typos in URLs and other places have been fixed.

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Subject: How Do I Get This FAQ?

Anonymous FTP

    Use the FAQ archive site at rtfm.mit.edu or the server
kkm02.chem.emory.edu;
        look in the /pub/FAQs directory. The file is mass-spec-resources.txt

World Wide Web

   With a WWW browser, select one of these URL addresses:
   http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kmurray/mass-spec-resources.txt

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sci/mass-spec-resources/f
aq.html

Electronic Mail

    This FAQ can be obtained from the listserver MASS-SPEC. See instructions
        in Section 1.1 below.


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Subject: What Is In This FAQ?

1. Where are the Electronic Mailing Lists Devoted to Mass Spectrometry?
        1.1 Mass Spectrometry Lists
        2.1 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

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

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Subject: 1. Where are the Electronic Mailing Lists 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:  MASS-SPEC
TOPIC:  Mass Spectrometry
TYPE:  Mail-on-Demand
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  mass-spec@kkm02.chem.emory.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  none required (send INDEX for file list)
WWW PAGE:  http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kmurray/mslistserv.html
DESCRIPTION:  Mail-on-demand for e-mail distribution of mass
spectrometry information.

NAME:  MSALERT-C
TOPIC:  Mass Spectrometry
TYPE:  Distribution
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  msalert@elsevier.nl
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  subscribe msalert-c (in subject line)
WWW PAGE:  http://www.elsevier.nl:80/section/chemical/msonline/msalert.htm
DESCRIPTION:  "The Table of Contents listing of forthcoming issues of the
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes (IJMSIP)
and the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (JASMS)
is supplied free of charge ... For each paper the titles, author(s) and
pages numbers are given."

NAME:  SIMS
TOPIC:  Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
TYPE:  Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  Listserv@FTMON.ARL.MIL
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUBSCRIBE SIMS
WWW PAGE:  http://129.6.98.95/WWW/Internet/Listserver
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:  maiser@novell.chem.utk.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUB STMSLIST
WWW PAGE:  ftp://ftp.gatech.edu/pub/mass-spec/
DESCRIPTION:  Once to twice per week mailing of digests of the Usenet
Newsgroup sci.techniques.mass-spec.

NAME:  TIMS
TOPIC:  Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometry
TYPE:  Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  listproc@ripken.oit.unc.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUBSCRIBE TIMS First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE:  http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/white/tims/tims.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."

NAME:  TOFLIST
TOPIC:  Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
TYPE:  Distribution
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: toflist@mcphar01.med.nyu.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE TOFLIST
WWW PAGE:  http://128.122.10.3/toflist/toflist.htm
DESCRIPTION:  TOFLIST is a mailing list for the American Society for
Mass Spectrometry Time-of-Flight  Interest Group.


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.
A WWW page with a list of chemistry listservers is at
http://bionmr1.rug.ac.be/chemistry/overview.html

NAME:  ANALYSIS-L
TOPIC:  Analytical Science
TYPE:  Discussion, Moderated
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  MAISER@FS4.IN.UMIST.AC.UK
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:  LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUB APPLSPEC
WWW PAGE:  none
DESCRIPTION:  Listserver of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

NAME:  CHROM-L
TOPIC:  Chromatography
TYPE:  Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  listserv@isc-uk.demon.co.uk
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUBSCRIBE CHROM-L Firstname Lastname
WWW PAGE:  http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kmurray/mslistserv.html
DESCRIPTION:  Listserver for all forms of chromatography.

NAME:  INTERFACE-L
TOPIC:  Computer to Instrument Interfacing
TYPE:  Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  MAISER@FS4.IN.UMIST.AC.UK
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:  listproc@list.uvm.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:  SUB ISOGEOCHEM First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE:  http://beluga.uvm.edu/geowww/isogeochem.html
DESCRIPTION:  An E-mail Discussion List for Stable Isotope Geochemistry.

NAME:  PLASMACHEM-L
TOPIC:  Plasma chemistry, including ICP-MS
TYPE:  Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS:  listproc@cornell.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE:   SUBSCRIBE PLASMACHEM-L First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE:  http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/white/icp-ms/icp-ms.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://www.dejanews.com/ as well as general search pages
like Alta Vista:  http://altavista.digital.com

2.1 Sci.techniques.mass-spec

This is a newsgroup moderated by David Bostwick with the stated goal:
"provide a place for the discussion of all areas of mass spectrometry."
Messages are posted by sending them to mass.spec@gatech.edu where they
are inspected then posted to the group.

Moderator:              David Bostwick
                        david.bostwick@chemistry.gatech.edu
                        School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
                        Georgia Institute of Technology
                        Atlanta, GA 30332-0400

Backup moderator:       Sarah Shealy
                        sarah.shealy@chemistry.gatech.edu

Submission address:     mass.spec@gatech.edu
Problems address:       mass.spec-request@chemistry.gatech.edu

A digest of the posts to this group is sent out by listserver approximately
once a week. 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 mass.spec@gatech.edu and waiting for the digest of
posts from the STMSLIST mailing list (see Section 1.1). 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

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."

The sci.techniques.spectroscopy FAQ WWW page address is
http://lolita.colorado.edu/faq.html

2.3 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.

2.4 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. 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.

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry on the Internet
   http://wwwphys.ethz.ch/IPP/tandem/hotlist.html

The Analytical Chemistry Springboard
   http://www.anachem.umu.se/jumpstation.htm

Cheatham's Instrumentation Pages
   http://www.geo.cornell.edu/cheatham/InstrPages.html

European Molecular Biology Laboratory Protein and Peptide Group
   http://mac-mann6.embl-heidelberg.de/

Mass Spectrometry on the Internet
   http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kmurray/mslist.html

NYU/RU Shared Data Resource
   http://128.122.10.5/resource.htm

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

3.2 Search Pages

Search pages 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.

Alta Vista
   WWW and Usenet search.
   http://altavista.digital.com

DejaNews
   One of the best Usenet search pages.
   http://www.dejanews.com

Netscape Net Search Index
   An index page of search pages.
   http://home.netscape.com/home/internet-search.html

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

Yahoo
   The Yahoo search covers the Yahoo site only.
   http://www.yahoo.com


3.3 Organizations

WWW and FTP sites and e-mail contacts for mass spectrometry, spectroscopy,
and analytical chemistry organizations.

American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry
   http://nexus.chemistry.duq.edu/analytical/analytical.html

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry
   1201 Don Diego Avenue
   Santa Fe, NM  87505
   (505) 989-4517
   http://www.asms.org/
   E-mail:  asms@asms.org
   Abstract programs are available by anonymous FTP to asms.org
   in the directory /pub/asms/

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

European Society for Mass Spectrometry
   http://masseroute.cico.ucl.ac.be/esms/esms.htm

Society for Applied Spectroscopy
   201B Broadway Street
   Frederick, MD 21701
   (301) 694-8122
   http://esther.la.asu.edu/sas/

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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

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

EMBL Biological Mass Spectrometry Software Archive
   http://mac-mann6.embl-heidelberg.de/MassSpec/Software.html
   Anonymous FTP to mac-mann6.embl-heidelberg.de directory /Saturn/Pub

Mass Spectrometry on the Internet Software Page
   http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kmurray/mssw.html
   Anonymous FTP to kkm02.chem.emory.edu directory /pub

NYU Protein MS Software Archive
   http://128.122.10.5/software/contents.htm
   Anonymous FTP to 128.122.10.5 directory /pub

4.2 Other MS Software Pages and Sites

American Society for Mass Spectrometry Software Page
   Abstract entry and search programs
   http://www.asms.org/softw.html
   Anonymous FTP to asms.org directory /pub/asms

The NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library Page
   http://www.srd.nist.gov:8231/analy.htm

SIMION for PC Home Page
   http://www.inel.gov/technology_transfer/products/simion.html

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Subject: Copyright Statement

Copyright 1996 K. Murray

This file may be freely distributed, copied, and archived in whole,
but not in part. All copies must include this notice.


