Coming soon! This section is under development. Please check back again for time lines, images, biographies, and resources. In the meantime, view an in-depth Chronology of Chemical Information Science. Handling the Chemical Information Explosion If you find chemical terms, symbols, formulae, and diagrams baffling, imagine trying to talk about or do chemistry without shared meanings for these terms and symbols. Or imagine trying to do research without the aid of tools like abstracts, reviews, compilations, and indexes. When you use these research tools, do you think about the process of gathering, organizing, sorting, classifying, and standardizing all the information contained in just a single volume? And what about storing and retrieving massive quantities of information? Today you can search electronic databases in a matter of seconds or look something up on the Internet. But that wasn’t always the case. Information science and information technology have developed over the years to help handle the problem of "too much information." And at least since the days of Robert Boyle (1627–1691), chemical scientists have been at the forefront of these efforts in the realm of science information. The management of all the chemical information out there is a monumental task, and we think you will find the story fascinating.