<cross posting> CLIC ONCE FOR PROGRESS Whilst the modern chemical laboratory would be barely recognisable to the scientific time traveller from the turn of the century, the chances are that they would feel entirely at home in the traditional periodical library. In spite of the sheer volume of printed periodicals available, much useful chemical information is not included in journals. For example, 3D molecular coordinates, dynamic and time dependent behaviours translate inadequately to the printed page. The Royal Society of Chemistry, in association with the other members of the CLIC Consortium, is in the process of producing an electronic version of ChemComm, its flagship primary journal, incorporating new ways of presenting molecular information by visual and interactive displays. The CLIC Consortium takes its name from its four participants (Cambridge University, Leeds University, Imperial College London, and The RSC at Cambridge), and its primary objective is to introduce and set standards for fundamentally new ways of communicating chemistry. The World Wide Web has been used to deliver an enhanced presentation of conventionally submitted and reviewed articles in ChemComm. For the first time in a chemistry journal, articles are available with colour-coded models which readers can rotate and inspect. The first article to be given this treatment deals with the intrinsically three-dimensional subject of supermolecular chemistry. The CLIC project has also introduced other electronic journal features such as enhanced illustrated contents lists and feature articles. In the near future, other methods of presenting complex molecular information will be introduced, including wavefunctions and molecular surfaces, dynamics, spectra, and mathematical symbolism. As the CLIC project develops, it will explore new ways of presenting chemical information which have no printed equivalent - in effect to transform the conventional scientific journal into an interactive and highly visual experience. Further information is available from: http://chemcomm.clic.ac.uk/ ---------- Dr Jonathan Griffiths, NewMedia, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0)1223 432136; Fax: +44 (0)1223 420247. Email: griffithsj@rsc.org http://chemistry.rsc.org/rsc/ ---------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver@ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa@ic.ac.uk)