For more information on the features of SciFinder Scholar 2000, visit http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/resources.html

To install SciFinder Scholar on workstations in your lab, office or home computer, visit http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR2000/

This is a password protected site,
For more information and the password contact jennifer.kostelnik@yale.edu

Both of these tools are currently installed on workstation 5 in the Chemistry Library. In the near future, the software will be installed on all public workstations in the Chemistry Library and on select workstations in the Kline Science Library and the Engineering Library.

If you have any questions about these databases, their content or the installation procedure, please contact (phone: 2-9519; jennifer.kostelnik@yale.edu

ACS electronic journal WEB EDITIONS

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 are found on the the Yale Science Libraries Electronic Journals list http://www.library.yale.edu/science/ejournals.html and the Orbis online catalog http://www.library.yale.edu/orbis

WebLab ViewerLite

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.

Elsevier Journals

ACD/Name Pro Version 4.5

ACD/Name Pro enables you to:

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

• systematic names of most classes of general organic compounds.
• many derivatives of more than 150 basic natural product parent structures.
• semisystematic and trivial names of common organic compounds.
• incorrect names that do not strictly follow Organic Nomenclature rules.

Enter a chemical structure and obtain the name. When you use ACD/Name Pro to generate the IUPAC name you can:

• output the generated name as a text string.
• obtain an explanation for the specific naming procedures used.
• keep a record of all molecules named in a particular session.

ACD/Name assigns names to structures based upon IUPAC naming conventions.

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.

http://www.els.net/

Full Text Electronic Journals

Rochelle Smith:  New Forestry & Environmental Studies Librarian

Borrow Direct: A New Document Delivery Option

Science Citation Index Coverage Expanded

Science Magazine Online

Online Research Assistance

AutoAlerts expanded into new databases

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/help/databases.html

Are You Satisfied?

Connecting to Yale Resources with the Proxy Server

Additional information about this service is available at http://www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/proxy/proxy_about.html

When would I need to use a proxy server? You need to use the proxy server to access restricted Yale databases via Internet service providers other than Yale (i.e., America Online or SNET). Users with Yale PPP accounts or other Yale dial-up connections DO NOT need to use the proxy server. Examples of IP-restricted databases include Science Citation Index and INSPEC.

How do I set up the proxy server? Directions for configuring Netscape and Internet Explorer to access the proxy server are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/proxy/proxy_about.html

How do I get a netID? Visit the User Accounts Office at 221 Whitney Avenue IN PERSON.

Where can I get help? Desktop support for configuring Netscape to access the proxy server is available from the Internet Information Center (iic@yale.edu or 432-5116).

Library Shelving Facility/ Mudd Library Update

Science librarians will select low use science materials for the LSF from Sterling Memorial Library, and eventually from the science libraries collections. Before making a final decision, we will inform faculty members of our selections and provide them the opportunity to review these materials.

Lesser-used materials that require browsing will be moved from the science libraries to the Mudd Library, the campus storage library, when additional growth space is required in the core science collections. Some material presently located at Mudd will be moved to the LSF in the future. Please contact your subject librarian if you know of materials shelved in Mudd that should not be sent to LSF (i.e., materials that require browsing or are frequently used).

CRC Handbooks Online

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

To access EPB and other environmental databases go to http://www.library.yale.edu/scilib/help/environ.html

Academic Search (EBSCOhost)

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.

ACM Digital Library

Academic Search (EBSCOhost)

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://http://search.epnet.com

Environmental Periodicals Bibliography now on the web

Have you noticed a change in your Yale dialup connection? The Library and ITS recently upgraded the MPG gateway, which now allows access to a greater variety databases and information resources.

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use the new Lynx MPG gateway to access E-mail, Orbis, Library resources, and other World Wide Web Internet sites using the Lynx Web browser. The workshop will take place on July 8 from 10-11:30 am in the Electronic Classroom in Cross Campus Library.

PLEASE NOTE: You need to have a Pantheon E-mail account for this workshop

To register, send email to smlref@yale.edu or call the Sterling Memorial Library Reference Desk at 432-1775. Also, please contact us if you are interested in the workshop, but cannot attend this particular session.

What is an AutoAlert?

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.
• BIOSIS (Biological Abstracts)
• Compendex (Engineering Index)
• Medline (biomedical literature)
• PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts)

How do I get started? To set up an AutoAlert, go to the Ovid database menu at http://ovid.med.yale.edu/ and select a database. Logon to the database using your name and social security number as a password.

Enter your search statement and perform the search. If you need assistance in constructing your search, please contact one of the librarians listed on the reverse side. Click the Save Search History button located directly below the Search History window. Save your search as an AutoAlert (SDI) and enter your email address. That's it! Your search results will be automatically delivered to you via email every time the database is updated.

For more detailed directions on setting up a search see http://info.med.yale.edu/library/reference/publications/ovid/sdi.html.

What if I want to stop receiving an AutoAlert? If you no longer wish to receive article notifications, click on Run Search Strategy, select and delete the saved search.

24 Hour Access to Chemical Abstracts

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

Guide to Information Resources in Chemistry

This information system is meant only as a guide; for additional assistance contact a science reference librarian.

http://www.library.yale.edu/scilib/chem/chemnav.html

ACM Digital Library

http://www.library.yale.edu/scilib/engineer/acm.html

ComputerSelect Web Access

http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/cmpsel.html

TreeCD Web Access

http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/treecd.html

Zoological Record Web Access

http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/zoo.html

March 15, 1999

Zoological Record, a major database covering descriptive taxonomy and population studies, is now available on the WWW.

TreeCD, a database covering all aspects of the ecology and management of natural and plantation forests and agroforestry systems, is now available on the WWW.

Valid Yale users attempting to access databases from off campus (and not using the dial-up PPP connection) will need to use the Remote Access Proxy server. See info at URL http://www.library.yale.edu/pubstation/proxy/proxy_about.html

Computer Select provides current information about computer products and companies. With Computer Select 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. Computer Select also includes a searchable glossary of computer terms.
At this time, you will need to obtain a user name and password to access Computer Select. Contact either the Engineering Librarian, Andy Shimp, or a science reference librarian for the password.
Once you have the password use URL http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/cmpsel.html

March 9, 1999

24 hour Chem Abstracts and test Substructure Searching

24 hr access to SciFinder Scholar is now available from all office, lab, and library computers. No changes are necessary to take advantage of this increased access. Keep in mind that only two users can be logged on at the same time -- please log off when you are finished with your search.

Substructure searching is still ONLY available after 5 p.m. from one computer in the Chemistry Library.

***** CAS Representative to Offer Demonstration/Q&A of Substructure Searching *****

When: Thursday, March 18 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Where: Chemistry Library Workstation Room

What: On THURSDAY, MARCH 18 from 1-2, Scott Parker from Chemical Abstracts Service will be here to demonstrate and answer questions about the new substructure searching module of SciFinder Scholar. Scott will provide an overview of this feature from 1:00-1:30 and will be available to answer questions afterward. We will have access to the substructure search module from multiple computers in the Chemistry Library during this time. Please come with your questions and comments or just to try out this new feature.

I. A review of some of the best in Yale library information technology:

2. Automatically receive email tables-of-contents and/or citations from your personalized keyword search strategies, select "SDI" from within the Save Strategy option in the Current Contents database (also available from within Biological Abstracts and Compendex)
database: http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/ccon.html
directions: http://info.med.yale.edu/library/reference/publications/ovid/sdi.html

3. Science Citation Index now available via the WWW; find articles using citation patterns, track research fronts, follow your cited article trails; interdisciplinary coverage, all years from 1974, new name: Web of Science
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/sci.html

4. FREE Chemical Abstracts searching is now available after 5pm, the user-friendly interface is called SciFinder Scholar and is available from workstations in Kline Science Library, Sterling Chemistry Library, Engineering Library, and the Medical Library.

5. Biological Abstracts (Biosis) is now available with a better interface, allowing printing and downloading via the WWW; there will soon be links to full text and local holdings data;
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/biosis.html

6. WilsonWeb search index provides full text articles for selected popular level science journals and magazines, see URL
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/wilsonwe.html

7. A new journal abbreviations search engine allows you to enter abbreviations (without punctuation) and find complete titles and locations, see URL
http://info.med.yale.edu/library/journalfinder/

REMINDER: actual holdings and bindery information is only available on the ORBIS OPAC (online catalog)
http://orbis.library.yale.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=sbSearch

8. The science libraries have developed web pages specifically designed for scientists, with obvious links for science resources. Try starting from these pages instead of the generic Research Workstation, see URL
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/subject/general.html

9. The science libraries have developed web pages specifically designed as HELP for scientists; they use expert systems to emulate a librarian and point to the most appropriate resources, see URL
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/

II. staff changes

gone: Joe Miller, Margery Maass, Jonathan Iannone, Frank Boateng, Kim Parker, Kathy Muggleton

III. budget update

B. Our use study and faculty survey analysis continues in an attempt to identify journal priorities. We are tabulating weighted values for these titles at the moment and will post the results and share them with the Departmental Library Committees for further discussion.

IV. Instruction

V. other news

The KSL orange stacks have been assimilated into the regular collection.

New shelving has been added in the Engineering and Geology libraries.

ITS laser printers with direct billing to bursar accounts should be available soon from selected library locations. More info ASAP.

The library is interested in testing electronic reserves with faculty that are interested in loading their own homework and lecture notes (non-copyright materials) into PDF format. Please contact Joe Murphy if you are interested in more details.

The science libraries still maintain the $6 per article MACs document delivery service for journal articles held in the Medical Library; contact our ILL page for more details, see URL http://www.library.yale.edu/scilib/techserv/illinfo.html

Faculty may forward suggestions for the Recommended Readings display area in KSL to Lori Bronars (Lori.Bronars@yale.edu).

Chemical Abstracts FREE!!!

Chemical Abstracts, the premier chemistry database, is now free for Yale users.

The Yale Science Libraries now provide access to the SciFinder Scholar interface to Chemical Abstracts. This online service provides keyword and structure searching within the Chem Abstracts database from 1969 to the present. It is available from selected workstations in the following libraries: Sterling Chemistry, Kline Science, Engineering, and (soon) Medical. Selected research labs and offices may be provided with copies of the software if they are prepared to provide support; contact your local subject librarian for more information.

The hours are as follows:

             Sunday 6:00 p.m. EST - Monday 5:00 a.m. local time 
             Monday - Thursday, 5:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. local time 
             Friday 5:00 p.m. local time - Saturday 6:00 p.m. EST 

Science Citation Index on the Web

Web of Science Offers Enhanced Features

Web of Science includes Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, all published by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). ISI Citation databases are multidisciplinary sources of bibliographic information indexed so that you can search for specific articles by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. Because the information stored about each article includes the article's cited reference list (often called its bibliography), you can also search the databases for articles that cite a known author or work. The Web of Science citation databases collectively index more than 8,000 high quality, peer-reviewed journals from 1978 to the present.

Cited reference searching, and Related Records, both unique to ISI indexes, let you use a given work as if it were a subject term in order to find more recent articles on the same topic. This type of searching often locates relevant articles that cannot be retrieved through traditional subject-author searching. Citation searching is also useful for authors who want to see how their published research is being used by others.

You can search the Web of Science databases independently or in combination:

Science Citation Index (SCI) covers the journal literature of the sciences and engineering. It indexes 5,300 major journals, covering approximately 2,000 more journals than its SCI print and CD-ROM counterparts. SCI contains a current total of over 14 million articles, and averages 17,000 new articles and approximately 300,000 new cited references per week.

Social Sciences Citation Index covers 1,700 journals spanning 50 social sciences disciplines, adding 2,800 new records each week.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index covers 1,100 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, adding 2,200 new records each week.

Keep Current on New Research via Email

Current Contents is a multidisciplinary index of the tables of contents from current issues of the world's leading journals and conference publications. Cover-to-cover indexing is provided for more than 7,500 journals in all disciplines. English-language author abstracts are included for approximately 85% of science articles. The database is updated weekly.

Creating a current awareness search (also called selected dissemination of information or SDI) is easy. Connect to the Ovid system on the Web at http://ovid.med.yale.edu/. Log on using your name and Yale ID number (usually your social security number), and select the most recent Current Contents file. Enter your search topic and perform the search. From the Main Search page, select Save Search History. Choose the option to save your search as an SDI and enter your email address. You may enter an optional comment. Now all you will need to do is wait for the results to show up in your email.

You can also create current awareness searches for other databases on Ovid, such as Medline and Compendex (Engineering Index). The current awareness feature will be available for BIOSIS by the end of June. Contact a science librarian for more information or assistance.

Summer Hours

For Your Reading Pleasure

What Happened to BIOSIS and PsycInfo?

WWW: http://ovid.med.yale.edu/
Telnet: ovid.med.yale.edu

Literature coverage is available in BIOSIS from 1985 to present, and in PsycInfo from 1967 to present. Ovid also includes databases such as Medline, Compendex (Engineering Index), and Current Contents, as well as collections of full-text biomedical journal articles.

Electronic Journals Are Here . . . But are they worth the price?