On 30th January, the following client desktop editions of SciFinder will stop working:
1) SciFinder Scholar 2006 for MicrosoftR Windows
2) SciFinder Scholar 2006 for MAC OS X
If you are using one of these, please upgrade. For information about downloading the 2007 version and about web access go to http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resbysub/scifinder.shtml
The UoEdinburgh open access computer labs are running SciFinder Scholar 2007.
[To see which version you're using: select Help from the top menu then About SciFinder Scholar. The version is given just above the copyright notice on the box which displays.]
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
CAS registry numbers on "certain" Elsevier databases
From publisher, Elsevier's website at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_01105
Academic publishing company, Elsevier is providing enhanced electronic versions of its journal articles to CAS SciFinder publisher, and CAS in turn is helping Elsevier identify additional CAS Registry Numbers in certain of its databases.
The CAS Registry Number identification aspect of the agreement is being carried out periodically through an automated, first level, "machine comparison". That method is neither comprehensive nor detailed relative to many chemical structure conventions, and so this resulting addition of Registry numbers does not represent a complete comparison of Elsevier resources with the CAS Registry, the most comprehensive substance collection...From time to time more CAS Registry Numbers will be added.
Academic publishing company, Elsevier is providing enhanced electronic versions of its journal articles to CAS SciFinder publisher, and CAS in turn is helping Elsevier identify additional CAS Registry Numbers in certain of its databases.
The CAS Registry Number identification aspect of the agreement is being carried out periodically through an automated, first level, "machine comparison". That method is neither comprehensive nor detailed relative to many chemical structure conventions, and so this resulting addition of Registry numbers does not represent a complete comparison of Elsevier resources with the CAS Registry, the most comprehensive substance collection...From time to time more CAS Registry Numbers will be added.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
2011 international year of chemistry
The 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution proclaiming 2011 as International Year of Chemistry, placing UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) at the helm of the event.
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy amongst others
2009 is the International Year of Astronomy amongst others
Friday, 9 January 2009
Physical Sciences Centre funding for learning and teaching projects
Each year the Physical Sciences Centre offers funding of up to £5000 for academics to carry out learning and teaching projects. The funding can be used to buy out staff time, to employ summer project students or part time staff, or to pay for expertise not immediately available.
The closing date for bidding is 31st March 2009. Applications should be made using the template provided on the website. Contact the Centre Director, Tina Overton, for an informal discussion of ideas for projects (01482 465453, t.l.overton@hull.ac.uk).
For further information, including criteria, previous projects and details of how to apply see: www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/home/projects/devprojects
The closing date for bidding is 31st March 2009. Applications should be made using the template provided on the website. Contact the Centre Director, Tina Overton, for an informal discussion of ideas for projects (01482 465453, t.l.overton@hull.ac.uk).
For further information, including criteria, previous projects and details of how to apply see: www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/home/projects/devprojects
Thursday, 8 January 2009
RSC & ChemZoo developing tools to help chemists label compounds with standard tags
The information below is an edited version of the item from Knowledgespeak Newsletter
RSC news item Web chemistry progresses InChI by InChI in Chemistry World
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and ChemZoo, a US-based software firm, are developing tools to help chemists label their own compounds with a standard computer-readable tag. A beta form of the InchI resolver is expected to be on display in March.
The standard way to represent chemical structures using a string of text, the International Chemical Identifier (InChI), was developed several years ago but is unused, even unknown, by many chemists.
The free 'resolver' would turn any InChI into a shorter 25-letter code (the 'InChI key') seen to be friendlier to search engines.
There is disagreement over what impact the collaboration could have on current gold standards in managing chemical information, such as the ACS' subscription-only Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). The ACS service allots compounds a CAS number and catalogues them using its own proprietary informatics platform. CAS holds some 40 million organic and inorganic substances in its registry - roughly double ChemSpider's existing database.
A comment "Five Questions about the InChI Resolver" posted on the blog Depth-First: walking the web of chemical informatics.
RSC news item Web chemistry progresses InChI by InChI in Chemistry World
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and ChemZoo, a US-based software firm, are developing tools to help chemists label their own compounds with a standard computer-readable tag. A beta form of the InchI resolver is expected to be on display in March.
The standard way to represent chemical structures using a string of text, the International Chemical Identifier (InChI), was developed several years ago but is unused, even unknown, by many chemists.
The free 'resolver' would turn any InChI into a shorter 25-letter code (the 'InChI key') seen to be friendlier to search engines.
There is disagreement over what impact the collaboration could have on current gold standards in managing chemical information, such as the ACS' subscription-only Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). The ACS service allots compounds a CAS number and catalogues them using its own proprietary informatics platform. CAS holds some 40 million organic and inorganic substances in its registry - roughly double ChemSpider's existing database.
A comment "Five Questions about the InChI Resolver" posted on the blog Depth-First: walking the web of chemical informatics.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
SciFinder Scholar e-seminars
Two January seminars over the web. They will be repeated and they will also be recorded and posted on the website for viewing.
To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com
After you register, you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing the teleconference phone numbers.
You can submit questions at any time during a live e-Seminar.
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1) SciFinder: Spectra and Properties
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 19:00-20:00 GMT
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 11:00 GMT & 14:00 GMT
In addition to the 2 billion predicted and experimental properties, spectra, and data tags already available in SciFinder, 23.8 million predicted proton NMR spectra have been added.
Nearly every organic substance in the CAS REGISTRYSM now has a proton NMR spectrum.
The e-Seminar will:
* Explore the collection of expanded property information
* Share how SciFinder adds value to spectral data
* Discuss how to locate the expanded property information in SciFinder
2) Exploring New Enhancements in the Web Version of SciFinder®!
January 23 - 13:30
February 3 - 18:00
February 17 - 13:30
February 24 - 20:00
The upcoming release of the web version of SciFinder extends functionality beyond the capabilities of all existing SciFinder products. In these sessions, CAS will:
* Explore existing features
* Introduce brand new features such as one click linking to your favorite SciFinder answers, new Keep Me Posted features, related references on key scientific concepts, and more . . .
* Unveil new content such as experimental and predicted properties and reaction data
To register, visit: http://casevents.webex.com
After you register, you will receive an e-mail confirmation containing the teleconference phone numbers.
You can submit questions at any time during a live e-Seminar.
________________________________
1) SciFinder: Spectra and Properties
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 19:00-20:00 GMT
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 11:00 GMT & 14:00 GMT
In addition to the 2 billion predicted and experimental properties, spectra, and data tags already available in SciFinder, 23.8 million predicted proton NMR spectra have been added.
Nearly every organic substance in the CAS REGISTRYSM now has a proton NMR spectrum.
The e-Seminar will:
* Explore the collection of expanded property information
* Share how SciFinder adds value to spectral data
* Discuss how to locate the expanded property information in SciFinder
2) Exploring New Enhancements in the Web Version of SciFinder®!
January 23 - 13:30
February 3 - 18:00
February 17 - 13:30
February 24 - 20:00
The upcoming release of the web version of SciFinder extends functionality beyond the capabilities of all existing SciFinder products. In these sessions, CAS will:
* Explore existing features
* Introduce brand new features such as one click linking to your favorite SciFinder answers, new Keep Me Posted features, related references on key scientific concepts, and more . . .
* Unveil new content such as experimental and predicted properties and reaction data
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Bursaries to attend conferences in the USA
The RSC Education Division is offering bursaries of up to £1500 for academics to attend a major US chemistry education conference in order to initiate collaboration and networking with those carrying out pedagogic research in chemistry.
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