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Science Libraries: New Tools


ATTENTION:

The Kline Science Library is now operating as the Center for Science and Social Science Information, which is located at 219 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511-8499

This page highlights some of the newest web-based information tools available to Yale students, faculty and staff.

Contact a librarian for more information about these or any other Yale information tools.

New Databases and Reference Tools

August 1, 2007

SciFinder Scholar 2007

The new improved SciFinder Scholar 2007 for both PCs and Mac OS X (10.2 and higher) is now available.

The software is available from the usual library download site

The new features include:
* Combine answer sets.
* Launch a new structure search or refine your current structure search by clicking on any structure in an answer set.
* Categorize: sort and evaluate information in your answer sets by creating a histogram for easy analysis.

For more information see the SciFinder Info Page.

June 20, 2006

SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac

The new improved SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac OS X (10.2 and higher) is now available. You do not need to upgrade; however, there are improved options (see below).

The software is available from the usual library web site -- http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html

You will NOT need to reload the site preferences file. The preferences are now embedded into the zip file.

The new features, which emulate those of the latest PC version, include:

Multi-Database Searching Now Available

You can now search multiple databases at one time using a new Multi-Database Searching option. The Multi-Database Search allows you to simultaneously search predefined clusters of databases in order to identify articles. You will see the total number of results found in each database, so you can use this search engine to identify the best databases for particular research topics.

Once you do a search, you can choose to display the combined search results, or view results found in a single database. For searches that retrieve many records, the combined results will first display a subset of the total records found. You can display more results by clicking on the "combine more" link.

You will find the link "Find Articles (multiple databases)" on all science libraries subject pages under Selected Resources. The complete list of subject clusters for the sciences is found on the left portion of the resulting screens. A direct link can be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/jrnl.html.

Computing Reviews

Computing Reviews helps you to manage the large amount of new material published in computer science by pointing you to the best new journal articles and books. The database compiles expert, unbiased critical reviews of current publications of note in computing. Computing Reviews aims to provide an overview of developments in computing to both specialists and generalists who wish to survey the field as a whole and identify quality materials.

Access Computing Reviews at http://www.reviews.com.

Ask!Live Online Reference Desk

You can now submit a question and consult with library reference staff in real time with the Ask!Live service. Using Ask!Live you pass text messages back and forth. It is also possible to browse Web pages together.

Expanded hours are offered for the spring term: Monday - Thursday, noon-11:00 pm; Friday, noon-5:00 pm; and Sunday, 6:00 pm-11:00 pm. Access Ask!Live at http://www.library.yale.edu/reference.

See and Hear Birds of North America Online

Access to the pictures and sounds of more than 700 species of birds is now possible using the online Birds of North America. This collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the American Ornithologists' Union, and the Academy of Natural Sciences has an 18-volume print counterpart, completed in 2002. The online edition includes new additions since then.

The database can be searched by bird name or by topic word and can also be browsed using either a taxonomic group or alphabetical name. Bibliographies are included in these life histories and the birds covered are those who nest in the U.S. or Canada. Many details of birds are included.

Explore this resource for information such as the singing territorial male house wren, the call of a female rufous-sided towhee, or pictures of a cliff swallow at its nest or a female scarlet tanager bathing. An account of the rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker is found in its video clips.

At Kline Science Library a pair of headphones may be checked out and used at the assistive technology workstation in the reading room. Access Birds of North America at http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA.

November 11, 2005

SciFinder Scholar for OS X ... but only for 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4

This is a slightly reduced version compared to the new Windows release - some of the searching features are more like the previous Windows version. There will be a newer more powerful version for the Mac within the next few months.

You will need to grab the software from the usual library web site, and you will need to reload the site preferences file even if you have used SFS on your machine before.

The software is available from our web site: http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html

Directions for Downloading the new SciFinder Scholar for Macintosh OS X (10.2, 10.3 and 10.4)

1. Download the SciFinder Scholar scholar-osx.dmg (a Macintosh Disk Image File) and the siteMac.prf preferences file to your desktop or a download folder on your OS X drive.
2. Double-click "scholar-osx.dmg" to mount SciFinder Scholar (a Desktop Volume containing the SciFinder Scholar Application Package).
3. Open the SciFinder Scholar Volume if it does not auto-open.
4. Drag and drop the SciFinder Scholar Application Package (~21.9 MB) to your Applications folder.
5. Eject (Unmount) the desktop SciFinder Scholar Volume.
6. (Optional) Create a "SciFinder Scholar" alias for your dock or desktop.
7. In the Applications folder Ctrl+click the SciFinder Scholar package or select the SciFinder Scholar package and click the gear on the Finder window. Choose Show Package Contents.
8. Open the Contents folder. Open the MacOS folder.
9. Drag and drop the siteMac.prf file into the MacOS folder.
10. Rename the siteMac.prf file to site.prf.

Contact Joe Murphy joseph.murphy@yale.edu or 2-3447.

October 2005

Bibliography Managers: A Comparison

EndNote and RefWorks are bibliography managers that allow you to create your own personal database of references. Once you have added references to your database, you can use them in writing papers, and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in a variety of styles (i.e., Chicago, Science, Nature).

Using either EndNote or RefWorks you can:

Which one is best for me?
Although both EndNote and RefWorks offer many of the same features, they do have differences that you may want to consider.

EndNote features include:

RefWorks features include:


Access RefWorks at http://www.refworks.com. First time users will need to register.

You can transfer groups of references between EndNote and RefWorks, so you can choose to use both products. For additional information about EndNote and RefWorks see http://www.library.yale.edu/cite/.

Scopus

Scopus is a new database for locating articles in the scientific literature. It features an easy to use yet powerful search engine. The database covers the citations, abstracts, and references of articles from 14,200 publications, including approximately 750 conference proceedings and 531 e-only journals from 1966 to the present. Article records in Scopus can link to chemical compound and reaction information in the CrossFire Beilstein Database.

Like ISI Web of Science, Scopus displays cited references for articles from 1996 to present. Scopus indexes more publications than Web of Science. Web of Science offers greater depth of coverage (from 1900).
Search Scopus at http://www.scopus.com.

CRCnetBASE

CRCnetBASE is a collection of online full text reference handbooks. The database includes many notable engineering and chemistry reference books, such as the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. We recently acquired hundreds of new titles in the subject areas of environmental studies, materials, mathematics, nanotechnology, neuroscience, and polymers.
Access CRCnetBASE at http://www.crcnetbase.com.

September 29, 2005

Electronic materials property data available online

The library provides full text access to a variety of engineering reference books through the Knovel service. If you need information about properties of materials you may be interested in the following new additions. We also have the print versions of most of these books in the library.

Access Knovel at http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/My_Books.jsp

Knovel is pleased to announce the release of the entire Electronic Materials Information Service (EMIS) Datareviews series, published by IEE. This series offers guidance on the most appropriate materials to use for particular applications, based entirely on input from experts in the field. According to the Engineering Science and Education Journal, "There is a great deal of factual information in this [series] that cannot be obtained easily from other sources. The authors are all renowned scientists from the world's most important research facilities in both the public and industrial sectors."

The titles that comprise the EMIS Datareviews series include:

September 26, 2005

SC-Database (stability constants)

SC-Database contains all significant stability constants and associated thermodynamic data published from 1887 to the present day, including all stability constants included in the book volumes published by the Chemical Society, London (now the Royal Society of Chemistry) and by IUPAC. It is a compilation of literature data, intended to direct the user to the original literature reference.

Ligand structures may be displayed in .mol file format, and the database may be searched on any sub-structure fragment. Media include both aqueous, mixed and non-aqueous solvents, measured under a wide range of conditions and by varying methods. Thermochemical data, solubility products and other useful information are included with the experimental data as comments where appropriate.

SC-Database may be searched using any combination (including name fragments) of:

The databases can be browsed to get an idea of their contents : Following a search, data may be displayed on screen in full or condensed format, or they may be printed or saved to disk as a text file. Ligand structures may also be saved in .mol file format, or edited using the EdChemS structure drawing package provided (SC-Database only). They may also be copied to the Windows Clipboard for export to other applications. Data may be sorted in several ways (e.g. in the order of ligand/metal/reference or reference/ligand/metal).

DG values may be calculated and ionic strength corrections applied. Species distribution curves may be calculated and displayed graphically, or saved either graphically or as numeric values. Solubility products may even be included in the calculations to predict precipitation.

SC-Database gives very fast access to all significant published metal-ligand stability constants with over 22000 literature references and with interactive applications to display speciation curves, to correct for temperature or ionic strength changes etc.

The SC-Database is loaded on workstation number 5, the machine between the Conquest and spectral workstations.

August 23, 2005

SciFinder Scholar 2006

The library announces the release of SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Microsoft Windows.

Download SciFinder Scholar 2006 from
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html
today to begin using new, powerful features:

New features of SciFinder 2006 include:

o Similarity Searching - as a complement to SciFinder substructure searching, similarity searching permits new options for identifying substances of interest via precise statistical analysis using the Tanimoto algorithm;

o Structure Query Tools - to identify substances more precisely, new tools permit drawing a variable attachment point and a repeating group;

o Reaction Searching - finding reaction information has been enriched with new content and features; these include reaction conditions and identifying intermediate reactions in a multi-step reaction. Scientists can also click any substance in the reaction display to find additional information, including retro-synthetic pathways;

o Navigation & Usability - improvements include duplicate detection and removal for more efficient combined searching of the CAplus and MEDLINE databases. A new Locate feature permits quick access to journal and patent documents by entering journal titles, author names and other partial bibliographic information.

While announcing the release of SciFinder 2006 for Windows, CAS revealed that a native MAC OS X version of SciFinder will appear in fourth quarter 2005.

Visit www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR to view examples that will show you the latest SciFinder Scholar 2006 features. If you have questions about downloading SciFinder Scholar 2006, please call Joe Murphy, phone: 203 432-3447 or email: joseph.murphy@yale.edu

July 5, 2005

VPN for Mac OS X 10.3+

Mac OS X version 10.3 includes a built-in PPTP (point-to-point tunneling protocal) client, which allows you to use an existing internet connection to create a secure, encrypted path back to the Yale network (This is called a "Virtual Private Network," or VPN). The PPTP client is only available in version 10.2 and higher of MacOS X. If you have an older version of OS X, and need to use VPN, currently the only solution is to upgrade your OS (which has other benefits as well). If you think you need to upgrade your OS, please contact your local support provider for advice (Faculty in the Arts and Sciences should send email to faculty.support@yale.edu ).

For more information and instructions see
http://www.yale.edu/fsp/doco/mac10dot3vpn.html

June 13, 2005

Multi-database searching now available

The new Multi-database Searching option now allows users to simultaneously search predefined clusters of databases in order to identify the best databases for particular search topics. Researchers can retrieve search results by database, then search the databases in either the standard interface or use the native interface of the particular database, and use the standard interface to combine search results into one set of citations. (This last process is labor intensive and requires quite a number of clicks for large sets of results.)
March 10, 2005

links.med.yale.edu allows sharing of URLs

links.med.yale.edu is a beta project of the Yale Center for Medical Informatics and the Yale University Library.

links is a group linklog; you can post the links you are reading and look at what other people and groups of people are reading on the web here. Anyone at Yale (valid netid required) can get an account simply by signing in through the Yale Authentication Service (use the link at right). Once you have an account, use the bookmarklet to add your own links.

links lets anyone create and join groups here too. Groups are sets of people with some shared interest: a course project team, a research unit, or some friends, whatever you want. Both your own account and groups you join can be made private, so nobody but you (if a private account) or your fellow group members (if a private group) can see your links.

Once you're set up and saving your links here, you can syndicate your own recent links or your group links using RSS, or export your whole set of personal links to a number of formats for use in other systems. See the docs for more details about how to do this.

Our goal is to make links an extremely useful and easy way to share information or just keep notes for yourself. Over the next few months we will be working to improve how links can keep more detailed information about your links, such as bibliographic fields you for journal articles.

links is a beta project for the 2004-2005 academic year; we hope it will be helpful during this beta phase, and we would like to hear from you about what we might do to improve it. Use the contact page above to let us know what you think.

Access is at http://links.med.yale.edu/

May 21, 2004
Yale University now has a trial account for the online version of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences.

The Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences is the most current, authoritative, and comprehensive resource on the science of the oceans. This ambitious work includes contributions from leading scientists around the world on the physical processes that drive the oceans and the chemical, biological, and geological disciplines. The Encyclopedia also covers ancillary topics such as ocean technology, law of the oceans, global programs, marine policy, the use of the oceans for food and energy, and the impact of pollution and climate changes. The many different methods used to study the oceans are covered, from ship-based systems to satellite remote sensing. Users will enjoy easy access to more than 400 articles, each approximately 3000-4000 words in length with further reading lists and extensive cross referencing. Each article provides comprehensive coverage of a particular topic, and is designed for a wide audience of students, academics, researchers, and professionals. The articles are written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest technical information.

September 26, 2005

SC-Database (stability constants)

SC-Database contains all significant stability constants and associated thermodynamic data published from 1887 to the present day, including all stability constants included in the book volumes published by the Chemical Society, London (now the Royal Society of Chemistry) and by IUPAC. It is a compilation of literature data, intended to direct the user to the original literature reference.

Ligand structures may be displayed in .mol file format, and the database may be searched on any sub-structure fragment. Media include both aqueous, mixed and non-aqueous solvents, measured under a wide range of conditions and by varying methods. Thermochemical data, solubility products and other useful information are included with the experimental data as comments where appropriate.

SC-Database may be searched using any combination (including name fragments) of:

The databases can be browsed to get an idea of their contents : Following a search, data may be displayed on screen in full or condensed format, or they may be printed or saved to disk as a text file. Ligand structures may also be saved in .mol file format, or edited using the EdChemS structure drawing package provided (SC-Database only). They may also be copied to the Windows Clipboard for export to other applications. Data may be sorted in several ways (e.g. in the order of ligand/metal/reference or reference/ligand/metal).

DG values may be calculated and ionic strength corrections applied. Species distribution curves may be calculated and displayed graphically, or saved either graphically or as numeric values. Solubility products may even be included in the calculations to predict precipitation.

SC-Database gives very fast access to all significant published metal-ligand stability constants with over 22000 literature references and with interactive applications to display speciation curves, to correct for temperature or ionic strength changes etc.

The SC-Database is loaded on workstation number 5, the machine between the Conquest and spectral workstations.

August 23, 2005

SciFinder Scholar 2006

The library announces the release of SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Microsoft Windows.

Download SciFinder Scholar 2006 from
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html
today to begin using new, powerful features:

Visit www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR to view examples that will show you the latest SciFinder Scholar 2006 features. If you have questions about downloading SciFinder Scholar 2006, please call Joe Murphy, phone: 203 432-3447 or email: joseph.murphy@yale.edu

July 5, 2005

VPN for Mac OS X 10.3+

Mac OS X version 10.3 includes a built-in PPTP (point-to-point tunneling protocal) client, which allows you to use an existing internet connection to create a secure, encrypted path back to the Yale network (This is called a "Virtual Private Network," or VPN). The PPTP client is only available in version 10.2 and higher of MacOS X. If you have an older version of OS X, and need to use VPN, currently the only solution is to upgrade your OS (which has other benefits as well). If you think you need to upgrade your OS, please contact your local support provider for advice (Faculty in the Arts and Sciences should send email to faculty.support@yale.edu ).

For more information and instructions see
http://www.yale.edu/fsp/doco/mac10dot3vpn.html

June 13, 2005

Multi-database searching now available

The new Multi-database Searching option now allows users to simultaneously search predefined clusters of databases in order to identify the best databases for particular search topics. Researchers can retrieve search results by database, then search the databases in either the standard interface or use the native interface of the particular database, and use the standard interface to combine search results into one set of citations. (This last process is labor intensive and requires quite a number of clicks for large sets of results.)
January 12, 2005
Hazardous Properties handbooks

Two well known sources providing toxicology information for chemicals and materials are now available online to the Yale community:

Please see the complete list of Hazardous Properties databases and resources at our Hazardous Properties web page.

December 6, 2004
Science of Synthesis update The library announces a new version of Science of Synthesis.

Science of Synthesis Online now comprises 15 volumes in the Organometallic, Hetarene, and Two Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds categories, 14,317 pages of essential reading. Currently, Science of Synthesis is the largest major reference work of evaluated synthetic chemistry methods. The newly released volumes include:

Volume 7: Compounds of Groups 13 and 2 (Al, Ga, In, Tl, Be ... Ba) Volume Editor - Prof. Dr. Hisashi Yamamoto, Chicago University

Volume 27: Heteroatom Analogues of Aldehydes and Ketones Volume Editor - Prof. Albert Padwa, Emory University

The new version also features the complete Backfiles (Houben-Weyl), which includes the highly popular E22 or Synthesis of Peptides volumes. There is extensive linking between Science of Synthesis and its Backfile within the same interface, allowing the user to peruse 200 years of synthetic methods at a glance.

September 7, 2004
RefWorks citation manager software
With RefWorks users can create their own personal research database of citations to books, journal articles, and web pages, by importing references from online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography. Citations initially captured with RefWorks can subsequently be exported to other citation programs, such as Endnote, Procite, or Reference Manager. As a web-based product, RefWorks is available to users across various platforms including Windows, Mac, Unix, etc.

RefWorks provides a one-stop method of searching and downloading Orbis records.

Citations imported into RefWorks will display with Yale SFX links. These links will lead to electronic full text (when available) along with other library services, such as Interlibrary Loan.

Help tutorials and an FAQ are found at: RefWorks help page

Books 24x7
Provides access to more than 1,700 e-books on computing and information technology. Access is limited to 3 simultaneous users.

February, 2003
Knovel: Reference Books Online
Knovel is a collection of more than 150 chemistry and engineering reference books. The collection is particularly strong in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, semiconductors, and electronics. See http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/My_Books.jsp

Digital Dissertations
Online full-text access is now available at http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/ for dissertations produced since 1997.

With more than 1.6 million entries, the Dissertation Abstracts database is the single, authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. The database offers access to more than 90 percent of the doctoral dissertations accepted each year in North America. The database also covers thousands of dissertations and theses from around the globe.

Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital format and have 24 page previews available. To access the full text, select "Free Download." Citations and abstracts are available for older dissertations dating back to 1861.

Science of Synthesis
The Science of Synthesis is the Fifth Edition of the Houben-Weyl series. Topic-specific coverage containing critical analyses of all prior literature. This set is continuing to expand. This database is structure searchable. (Not on Macs at this time)

Houben-Weyl online, the Archive of the earlier 1st through 4th edition of Houben-Weyl, is the standard synthetic chemistry methods encyclopedia. It is a reference series for preparative methods in organic chemistry, in which all methods are organized according to the class of compound or functional group to be synthesized. This tool provides a comprehensive and critical selection of reliable organic and organometallic synthetic methods. Methods from journals, books and patent literature from the early 1800s are selected by leading chemists in the field. The online version is published in English and includes all volumes published since 1952.

Select Product from the menu on the left hand side.

You will need to download the two free plug-ins ... see SS download info.

Select reaction search from the drop-down-menu. If the plug-ins are installed correctly, the ISIS/Draw structure drawing tool will be launched automatically.



October 26, 2001
Landolt-Bornstein Handbook
The library now offers online access to the Landolt-Börnstein Handbook (L-B), http://www.springer.de/phys/laboe/index.html, also known as the Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Naturwissenschaften und Technik (Numerical data and functional relationships in science and technology). This multi-volume work is a systematic and comprehensive collection of critically assessed data from all fields of physics, physical chemistry, geophysics, astronomy, material technology and engineering and biophysics. It contains verified tabular physical data; the older volumes are in German and more recent volumes in English. The categories of material are: Nuclear and particle physics/Elementary particles, nuclei and atoms; Atomic and molecular physics/Molecules and radicals; Crystal and solid state physics/Condensed matter; Macroscopic and technical properties of matter/Physical chemistry; Geophysics and space research; Astronomy, astrophysics and space research; and Biophysics.


February 28, 2001
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology.

Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry.


June 1, 2001
Combined Chemical Dictionary
The online Combined Chemical Dictionary, or 'CCD', http://www.chemnetbase.com/scripts/ccdweb.exe contains all those compounds published in:Dictionary of Organic Compounds (240,000 records); Dictionary of Natural Products (155,000 records); Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (100,000 records); Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents (38,000 records); Dictionary of Analytical Reagents (14,000 records). This reference database includes concise chemical, structural and bibliographic data on almost 450,000 compounds, including the Dictionary of Natural Products. Users can now perform convenient time-saving searches across six dictionaries as a single database. Spanning the breadth of chemistry, entries can be accessed in seconds, with powerful searching by text, substructure or a combination of both.


December 1, 2000
Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) http://jcrweb.com provides access to data that help you evaluate and compare scholarly journals using citation data drawn from more than 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. Use the database to show you the highest impact journals, most frequently used journals, hottest journals, and the largest journals. You can browse the database by subject category or search by a journal title. JCR is the only source of citation data on journals, and includes virtually all specialties in the areas of science, technology, and social sciences.


IEEE Xplore
IEEE Xplore http://ieeexplore.ieee.org provides online full text access to papers in IEEE journals and 130 major conference proceedings from 1988 to the present. The IEEE is a leading publisher in electrical engineering, computing, and related fields. You can search the database by keywords or browse by journal title or conference. Abstracts are available for additional citations that are not part of Yale's full text subscription.

CRC ENGnetBASE
http://www.engnetbase.com/ip.htm is a database that allows you to search and view the contents of 35 engineering reference works. Coverage includes handbooks on biomedical engineering, circuits, communications, data compression, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, image processing, mechanical engineering, optomechanical engineering, sensors, signal processing, transforms, VLSI and more.


Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
When completed in 2001, the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences will be a 20 volume work, with 3,000 signed articles written by 5,000 of the world's scientists. Until that time it will be updated on a monthly basis. All of the articles are original, covering subjects that include biochemistry, developmental biology, ecology, genetics, molecular biology, microbiology, and plant science as well as bioethics, scientific biography, bioinformatics, environmental science, and more. The Encyclopedia is available at http://www.els.net/. Click on "Enter Site."


Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Browse by subject or search by keywords in the online version of the 24 volume comprehensive reference work that brings together the core knowledge from the many specialties encompassed by electrical and electronics engineering. Access the encyclopedia at http://www.interscience.wiley.com:83/eeee/.


September 29, 2000
AccessScience
AccessScience is an online version of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology with full search capabilities of the 8th edition, new and revised content, recent research developments, biographies of scientists, science and technology news, new references, links to related web sites and learning resources and study guides.
Access Science


July 31, 2000
ACS electronic journal WEB EDITIONS
We have just signed a deal that will provide us with electronic access to all available ACS Web Editions.
These journals can be accessed from http://pubs.acs.org/about.html

Due to licensing and publishing constraints we do not have electronic access to the following journals on the ACS list: Chemical & Engineering News, CHEMTECH, Crystal Growth & Design (coming in 2001), Modern Drug Discovery, Nano Letters (coming in 2001), Today's Chemist at Work, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, and Chemistry Letters.

Direct links to the journals will be added to the Yale Science Libraries Electronic Journals list http://www.library.yale.edu/science/ejournals.html and Orbis http://www.library.yale.edu/orbis in the near future.


WebLab ViewerLite
If you would like to view and manipulate 3D structure models from SciFinder Scholar (electronic version of Chemical Abstracts), this product may interest you.

WebLab ViewerLite is a molecular visualization application that uses OpenGL graphics for visualizing models of molecules. Models can be rotated, scaled, edited, labeled, and analyzed to provide a better understanding of the 3D structure. Windows users may use WebLab ViewerLite along with SciFinder Scholar 3.0 to view 3D structure models.

You can see how WebLab ViewerLite works in the Chemistry Library. WebLab ViewerLite and SciFinder Scholar 3.0 are installed on all of the PC workstations in the Chemistry Library.


ACD/Name Pro Version 4.5
This new software product has been added to the Chemistry Library.

ACD/Name Pro enables you to:

Enter a chemical name and obtain the structure. Chemical structures can be generated for the following name types:

Enter a chemical structure and obtain the name. When you use ACD/Name Pro to generate the IUPAC name you can: ACD/Name assigns names to structures based upon IUPAC naming conventions.


Science Citation Index expanded years of coverage
The Web of Science now includes the following years: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED): 1945-present Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): 1956-present Connect to Web of Science.


AutoAlerts expanded into new databases
What is an AutoAlert?
An AutoAlert, also known as SDI or Selective Dissemination of Information, is a saved search that runs automatically each time new data is added to a database of research literature. Your AutoAlert profile retrieves any newly-added citations on a topic of interest and emails them to you without any effort on your part.

Why would I want to set up an AutoAlert? AutoAlert searches allow you to keep up to date on the latest published research on a topic or author of interest to you. Since search results are delivered to you automatically by email, it saves you time.

What kind of information will I receive? You will receive citations and often abstracts of newly published research papers on your topic or author. Depending on the database, search results will be delivered to you on a weekly or monthly basis.

What databases are available? You can choose to run your search on any of these databases:

Current Contents The Current Contents database covers 7,500 major journals in all fields of study. The database is updated weekly to quickly disseminate the latest published research.
Agricola (NEW) - agriculture
BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts)
Compendex (Engineering Index)
GeoRef (NEW) - geology
Inspec (NEW) - physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, computer science
Medline (biomedical literature)
NTIS (NEW) - government reports and reproductions of selected technical reports
PAIS (NEW) - public affairs concerns from many perspectives
PolTox (NEW) - pollution and toxicology PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts)
TreeCD (NEW) - forestry
Zoological Record (NEW) - life sciences (new discoveries, population studies)

More information may be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/auto.html

You can access these databases from the following link http://www.library.yale.edu/science/databases.html


ARCHIVE OF RECENT ADDITIONS

ACM Digital Library
The ACM Digital Library is a database of full-text articles from the 21 journals and 44 conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Full-text articles in PDF format are available online from 1991 to the present. Users may search by keyword or browse the database by the title of the journal or conference.
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/acmhlp.html


Academic Search (EBSCOhost)
Academic Search was chosen as a replacement for ProQuest Direct Research Library. EBSCOhost's Academic Search database provides access to journal articles in most academic areas of study. It includes full-text coverage of nearly 1,200 journals from 1990 to the present and abstracts/indexing of nearly 3,000 journals from 1984 to the present.
http://www.epnet.com/ehost/yale/login.html http://www.epnet.com/ehost/11login.html   (via Lynx/MPG)


Chemical Abstracts: SciFinder Scholar 24 Hour Access
The Yale Science Libraries now provide free 24 hour access to the SciFinder Scholar interface to Chemical Abstracts. This resource is available from selected workstations in the Sterling Chemistry, Kline Science, and Engineering libraries. The Chemical Abstracts database covers the chemical literature from 1967 to the present. Sources for CA include more than 8,000 journals, patents, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations from around the world. The SciFinder Scholar interface allows the user to search the Chemical Abstracts database by keyword, author, structure, and/or reaction. http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/chemabs.html


ComputerSelect Web Access
ComputerSelect provides current information about computer products and companies. With ComputerSelect you can compare product features and prices, and keep up with the latest trends in technology. The database includes thousands of product reviews, hardware and software specifications, and company profiles. Over 70,000 full-text articles are available from more than 100 leading publications.
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/cmpsel.html


CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics on the Web
The Handbook can be found at: http://www.hbcpnetbase.com

The Handbook is accessible from any computer that connects to the Internet using a Yale IP address (on-campus Ethernet and off-campus remote PPP/proxy servers).

System Requirements: Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and Netscape 4.03/IE 4.0 (or higher) are required to use this product.


CRC Engineering Handbooks Online
CRC Press has released web versions of a number of popular handbooks. The Engineering Library has subscribed to ENGnetBASE, a database of CRC engineering handbooks. The database can be found on the Engineering Library home page at http://www.library.yale.edu/science/subject/engineering.html or directly at http://www.engnetbase.com/ip.htm

Disciplines covered in the database include communications, digital signal processing, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, optomechanical engineering, remediation engineering, and measurement, instrumentation and sensors.

In addition, the science libraries have initiated a trial of the web version of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Trial access to this database will last for 60 days. We encourage you to use it and send your comments to one of the librarians listed below. You can access the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics at http://www.hbcpnetbase.com

System requirements for the CRC databases include Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and either Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Communicator 4.03 or higher.


Environmental Periodicals Bibliography
The world's leading guide to environmental periodical literature, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography (EPB) has been published since 1972 by the Environmental Studies Institute. The database contains approximately three quarters of a million indexed citations to articles from scientific, technical, and popular journals, spanning the entire range of environmental topics. Nearly 400 journals are currently indexed. To access EPB and other environmental databases go to http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/environ.html


Guide to Information Resources in Chemistry
A guide to information resources in Chemistry including a help system for property information is now available at the Sterling Chemistry Library Website. In addition to descriptions of core resources for chemical information, the user can find recommended resources for finding and using property information. Descriptions, including location information, are available for each resource. This information system is meant only as a guide; for additional assistance contact a science reference librarian.
*This page no longer exsists in the format described above. For information on Chemistry resources, please see http://www.library.yale.edu/science/subject/chemistry.html (1/7/02)

TreeCD Web Access
The TreeCD database covers all aspects of the ecology and management of natural and plantation forests and agroforestry systems; pests; disease and abiotic injuries of woody plants; biology and genetics of woody plants; wood properties; and the production, properties and marketing of forest products. The database covers the literature from 1939 to the present. http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/treecd.html


WilsonWeb
A collection of periodical indexing databases covering the Arts, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences. You can search the databases separately, or use WilsonWeb's Check Relevant Databases feature at the bottom of the initial search screen to search across multiple databases simultaneously. WilsonWeb replaces the Expanded Academic Index which was available through Orbis. http://wilsonweb2.hwwilson.com/cgi-bin/auto_login.cgi Zoological Record Web Access Zoological Record, the index to the world's zoology literature, is now available via the Web. The database indexes 6,500 journals, books, and conference proceedings covering 1978 to the present. The early print volumes, going back to 1864, are available at Kline Science Library. http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/zoo.html
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