9.1 Accessing Data Documents

How do I access specific Data Documents?

There are many ways to access documents in ChemExpo. Users can access Data Documents directly from the ‘Documents’ tab on the Chemical, Product Use Category, Function Category, and Chemical List Presence Keyword Detail pages (described in sections Section 5.3, Section 6.3, Section 6.4,Section 7.1, Section 8.1).

Users can also find documents via the main search. From the ChemExpo homepage, identify a document of interest by typing in any search keyword or text string in the main search bar and pressing the Enter key. Navigate to the ‘Documents’ Search Result Tab to view the resulting documents matching the searched term. Clicking on a specific document title takes the user to the Data Document page. Section 3.5 provides an overview of the Data Document page for each type of document. For details of the data on the Data Document page, see Table A.5.

9.2 Original Data

How do I access the original data source for a document?

ChemExpo does not provide direct access to the original source documents due to copyright laws. There are two tools in ChemExpo to assist users in accessing the original data source for a document, via an external URL and an external search tool.

• View Source Document (External): On the Data Document page, users can click the ‘View Source Document (External)’ button in the top-right corner to access the page URL obtained from the original reporting organization or manufacturer. These URLs are captured during data extraction and may degrade over time. This button may be missing if the original source URL is unavailable.

• Search for Source Document (External): On the Data Document page, users can click the ‘Search for Source Document (External)’ button in the top-right corner to be redirected to a Google search query, which includes the data document title and organization. These keywords are useful in finding the original document, if it is still accessible on the web.