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FAQ: Mass Spectrometry Internet Resources
Editor: Kermit Murray
kmurray@ch335c.chem.lsu.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 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 kmurray@ch335c.chem.lsu.edu.

Changes:
Partial link update
Added Section 7 Terms and Definitions

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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:
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Hypertext (note: long URLS have been line wrapped):
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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: LISTSERV@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
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: Listserv@latrobe.edu.au
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE ANZSMS
WWW PAGE: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/anzsms/Listserv.html (Who's computer is this?)
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: Listserv@FTMON.ARL.MIL
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE SIMS
WWW PAGE: http://www.simsworkshop.org/WWW/Forums/DiscussionMenu.nclk (Who's computer is this?)
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: http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/stms/listserv.htm (Who's computer is this?)
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: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE TIMS First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE: http://listserv.syr.edu/archives/tims-l.html (Who's computer is this?)
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: abrf-request@aecom.yu.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUB ABRF
WWW PAGE: http://www.abrf.org/index.cfm/list.home (Who's computer is this?)
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: 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: Web subscription
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: Web subscription
WWW PAGE: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chrom-l/ (Who's computer is this?)
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://list.uvm.edu/archives/isogeochem.html (Who's computer is this?)
DESCRIPTION: An E-mail Discussion List for Stable Isotope Geochemistry.

NAME: LASAB
TOPIC: Laser Ablation
TYPE: Discussion
SUBSCRIBE ADDRESS: LISTSERV@TU-CLAUSTHAL.DE
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE LASAB
WWW PAGE: http://www.immr.tu-clausthal.de/geoch/labs/icp-ms/lasab.html (Who's computer is this?)
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: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
SUBSCRIBE MESSAGE: SUBSCRIBE PLASMACHEM-L First_name Last_name
WWW PAGE: http://www.geochemistry.syr.edu/cheatham/MMClistproc.html (Who's computer is this?)
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/ (Who's computer is this?) as well as general search
pages like Alta Vista: http://www.altavista.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

2.1 sci.techniques.mass-spec

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.techniques.mass-spec (Who's computer is this?)

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
mass.spec@gatech.edu.

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 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 mass.spec@gatech.edu. 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/ (Who's computer is this?)
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/ (Who's computer is this?) ).

2.2 sci.techniques.spectroscopy

http://groups.google.com/groups?group=sci.techniques.spectroscopy (Who's computer is this?)

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 (Who's computer is this?)

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 (Who's computer is this?)

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/ (Who's computer is this?)

Cheatham's Instrumentation Pages
http://www.geochemistry.syr.edu/cheatham/ (Who's computer is this?)

Google Directory
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Chemistry/Analytical/ (Who's computer is this?)

I-Mass
http://www.i-mass.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

IonSource
http://www.ionsource.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

International Mass Spectrometry
http://www.i-mass.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

MS Blog
http://ch335c.chem.lsu.edu/resources/ms/ (Who's computer is this?)

Proteomics Surf
http://proteomicssurf.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

The Yahoo Index, Spectroscopy Page
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/chemistry/spectroscopy/ (Who's computer is this?)

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/ (Who's computer is this?)

Google
WWW and Usenet (DejaNews archive).
http://www.google.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

Hotbot
WWW and Usenet search. Search by country/region option.
http://www.hotbot.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

WhoWhere
Search page for e-mail addresses.
http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

Yahoo
Yahoo site and beyond.
http://www.yahoo.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

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/ (Who's computer is this?)
Mass_Spectrometry/Societies/ (note page wrap).
To translate sites, see the Babelfish site http://babel.altavista.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry
http://www.acs-analytical.duq.edu/ (Who's computer is this?)

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.asms.org/ (Who's computer is this?)

Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/www/anzsms/ (Who's computer is this?)

Belgian Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://masseroute.cico.ucl.ac.be/bsms/bsms.htm (Who's computer is this?)

British Mass Spectrometry Society
http://www.bmss.org.uk/ (Who's computer is this?)

Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.csms.inter.ab.ca/ (Who's computer is this?)

Chinese-American Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/7486/massspec.html (Who's computer is this?)

Czech Socitey for MassSpectrometry
http://www.spektroskopie.cz/en/index.htm (Who's computer is this?)

Danish Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.dsms.dk/ (Who's computer is this?)

Dutch Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.denvms.nl/ (Who's computer is this?)

European Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/esms/ (Who's computer is this?)

French Society of Mass Spectrometry
http://wwwadm.admp6.jussieu.fr/sfsm/ (Who's computer is this?)

German Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.dgms.de/ (Who's computer is this?)

Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.ismas.org/ (Who's computer is this?)

International Mass Spectrometry Society
http://www.imss.nl/ (Who's computer is this?)

Irish Mass Spectrometry Society
http://homepages.iol.ie/~instchem/imss98/imss.htm (Who's computer is this?)

Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan
http://www.mssj.jp/ (Who's computer is this?)

Norwegian Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.chem.uit.no/nsms/ (Who's computer is this?)

Polish Mass Spectrometry Society
http://ptsm.ichf.edu.pl/ptsm_main.htm (Who's computer is this?)

Society for Applied Spectroscopy
http://www.s-a-s.org/ (Who's computer is this?)

South African Association for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.up.ac.za/academic/acadorgs/saams/home.html (Who's computer is this?)

Spanish Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.iibb.csic.es/seem/ (Who's computer is this?)

Swedish Mass Spectrometry Club
http://www.chemsoc.se/sidor/Sekt/spektro.htm (Who's computer is this?)

Swiss Group for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.sgms.ch/ (Who's computer is this?)

3.4 Journals

Analytical Chemistry
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/ancham/ (Who's computer is this?)

European Mass Spectrometry
http://www.impub.co.uk/ems.html (Who's computer is this?)

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/ (Who's computer is this?)

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/saa/webjam/ (Who's computer is this?)

Journal of Mass Spectrometry
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1076-5174/ (Who's computer is this?)

Mass Spectrometry Reviews
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0277-7037/ (Who's computer is this?)

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0951-4198/ (Who's computer is this?)

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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://ch335c.chem.lsu.edu/resources/ms/mssw.html (Who's computer is this?)

Charged Particle Optics
http://wwwdo.tn.tudelft.nl/bbs/cposis.htm (Who's computer is this?)

ExPASy Peptide and Protein Software Tools
http://www.expasy.ch/tools/ (Who's computer is this?)

4.2 Other MS Software Pages and Sites

The NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library Page
http://www.nist.gov/srd/analy.htm (Who's computer is this?)

SIMION for PC Home Page
http://www.inel.gov/env-energyscience/chemistry/simion-software.shtml (Who's computer is this?)

Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data
http://www.wileyregistry.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

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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/ (Who's computer is this?)

ASMS Job Page
http://www.asms.org/jobs.php (Who's computer is this?)

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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 (Who's computer is this?)

NIST Chemistry Webbook
Searchable by compound name
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/ (Who's computer is this?)

6.2 Commercial Databases

NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library
EI mass spectra
http://www.nist.gov/srd/nist1a.htm (Who's computer is this?)

Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data
EI mass spectra
http://www.wileyregistry.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

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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/ (Who's computer is this?)

ASMS 'What is Mass Spectrometry?'
http://www.asms.org/whatisms/index.html (Who's computer is this?)

Basic Mass Spectrometry
http://chipo.chem.uic.edu/web1/ocol/spec/MS.htm (Who's computer is this?)

Iowa State MS Tutorial
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kamel/mstutorial.html (Who's computer is this?)

TOF Mass Spectrometry Tutorial
http://www.rmjordan.com/tt1.html (Who's computer is this?)

7.2 Mass Spectrometry Glossaries

Basepeak Glossary
http://www.genomicglossaries.com/content/mass_spectrometry.asp (Who's computer is this?)

Caltech Terms and Definitions
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ppmal/sample_prep/term_def.html (Who's computer is this?)

Genomic Glossaries
http://www.genomicglossaries.com/content/mass_spectrometry.asp (Who's computer is this?)

IUPAC Compendium on Analytical Nomenclature

http://www.iupac.org/publications/analytical_compendium/TOC_cha12.html (Who's computer is this?)

Little Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bl5/ency/ency.html (Who's computer is this?)

Mass Spectrometry Terms
http://www.msterms.com/ (Who's computer is this?)

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Subject: Copyright Statement

Copyright 1996-2004 Kermit Murray

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