Archive for the ‘Web Tools’ Category

web version of SciFinder

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Access from Swain Library’s Databases page

Fill out one-time registration form, login and and begin searching!
There’s no need to download any software.

Scifinder web version

With the web version of SciFinder, you can be more creative and productive in your research process.

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SciFinder is now available via the Web!

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

web version of SciFinder

Because I am on the CAS Academic Advisory Committee, Stanford is one of the initial academic institutions to have access to the web version of SciFinder. For access requirements information, see CAS’s SciFinder information page. Mac Users: All text searching features are available but structure and reaction searching won’t be available for several months.

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Two library catalogs that you should check out

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

WorldCat.org

Over 1 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.

WorldCat

The European Library

The European Library searches the content of European national libraries.

European Library

ACD/Labs Calculators and Symyx Draw

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Integration of ACD/Labs Calculators and Symyx Draw Promotes Improved Efficiency and Productivity in Research and Discovery

No-charge add-ins integrate Symyx Draw with ACD/Labs’ nomenclature software, physical property calculators and NMR predictors.

Off-Campus Access to Stanford Library Resources

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Swain Library has updated its webpage on Off-Campus Access to Stanford Library Resources. The new page includes detailed instructions on how to use Citrix for off-campus access to databases such as SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein/Gmelin via Crossfire, Cambridge Structural Database, NIST Surface Structure Database (NIST SSD), and CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index).

Connotea

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Connotea is a free online reference management and social bookmarking service (see article at doi:10.1045/april2005-lund), that recognises and stores DOI names, enabling bookmarking a DOI name directly. Connotea will convert the DOI name to a web link and retrieve the citation information for that DOI name from CrossRef. The Connotea bookmarklet also allows users to highlight and bookmark a DOI name from within an article web page.

Digital Object Identifiers

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Swain Library has created a webpage about Digital Object Identifiers (DOI). The DOI system aims to assign permanent, unchanging identifiers to online content.