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The first articles for new RSC Publishing journal Polymer Chemistry are now freely available online, with the inaugural issue due to follow early in 2010.

Polymer Chemistry publishes advances in polymer chemistry encompassing all aspects of synthetic and biological macromolecules, and related emerging areas. The first batch of articles covers a broad range of topics; from plastic electronics to click chemistry and polymers for biological applications by top authors including Thomas Davis, Stefan Hecht and Martina Stenzel.

Knovel’s new Nanotechnology collection focuses on nanoscale materials, nanostructure-dependent properties and phenomena data as well as fabrication and manufacturing techniques.

Nanotechnology is developing fast. Research predicts there will be $3 trillion worth of nanotechnology-enabled products by 2015. To invest appropriately and for research and development, companies need reliable information on the best practices of applications, fabrications, manufacturing and safety.

Companies are actively working on safety standards, risk management programs and researching the effects on human health and the environment.

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Stanford has trial access to Springer Materials through December 31, 2009.

Please send feedback about whether or not Stanford should license this resource by December 11, 2009.

Benefits for Researchers

• Save time because they don’t need to scan and evaluate the primary literature themselves.
• Find the right data for their specific research question on one platform, preselected and evaluated by international experts.
• Be sure that whatever data they choose will be the most reliable and most trusted for their work.
• Can easily choose from a preselection of search terms that they do not need to type themselves.
• Focus their search on specific parameters and be sure to find exactly what they were looking for.

ACS Chemical Neuroscience
ACS Chemical Neuroscience publishes high-quality research articles and reviews that showcase chemical, quantitative biological, biophysical and bioengineering approaches to the understanding of the nervous system and to the development of new treatments for neurological disorders.

Analytical Methods
Analytical Methods, a journal for new and improved methods for the practical application of analytical science, publishes monthly issues containing full papers, topical reviews and technical notes. The journal is highly interdisciplinary and will be of interest to researchers across the world and across many disciplines, focusing on real analytical issues and providing solutions beneficial to the wider community. Its scope encompasses new applications of analytical science and technology which are addressing current global challenges such as securing food supplies; improving and preserving human health; creating and maintaining sustainable feedstocks; and sustaining the management of water and air quality.

Nanoscale
Nanoscale, a new monthly journal intended to showcase important and high quality nano-research, is published in collaboration with the National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Beijing, China. Issue 1 demonstrates the journal’s commitment to publishing high-impact and multidisciplinary research of the highest quality covering all aspects of the nanoscale with 20 articles showcasing a broad spectrum of exciting work from some of the very best research groups in the field. Nanoscale publishes a lively mix of article types, including original research papers and communications, feature articles, minireviews, and important reviews from leaders in the field.

The National Technical Information Service acquires, indexes, abstracts, and archives the largest collection of U.S. government-sponsored technical reports in existence. NTRL contains information about more than 2 million technical reports with links to over 500,000 in full-text.

The digital archive includes all previous titles for this journal:

• Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry (1–69, 1882–1950)
• Journal of Applied Chemistry (1–20, 1951–1970)
• Journal of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology (1–28, 1951–1978)
• Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (29–33, 1979–1982)
• Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology — Chemical Technology (33A–35A, 1983–1985)
• Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology — Biotechnology (33B–35B, 1983–1985)
• Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (36–, 1986–Present)

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Comprehensive Chemometrics is a new 4-volume work that pulls key information into a single source for quick access to answers and/or in-depth examination. Stanford has purchased the digital version of this major reference work. View the table of contents.

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“SpringerImages provides a new way to access hard-to-find scientific content of the utmost value to researchers: images.”

Is this a resource that you think Stanford should acquire? If yes, please send comments to graceb(at)stanford(dot)edu.

Now available via the web as a campus-wide site license, the NIST X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Database gives easy access to the energies of many photoelectron and Auger-electron spectral lines. Resulting from a critical evaluation of the published literature, the database contains over 29,000 line positions, chemical shifts, doublet splittings, and energy separations of photoelectron and Auger-electron lines. A highly interactive program allows the user to search by element, line type, line energy, and many other variables. Users can easily identify unknown measured lines by matching to previous measurements.

Advances in Chemical Physics is an international forum for the review and critical evaluation of the science that has propelled every area of the discipline. Each volume contains discussions of aspects of the state of diverse subjects in chemical physics and related fields, with chapters written by top researchers in the field from around the world.

The series now comprises more than 130 volumes covering the period from the mid 1960s to the present. Collectively, they represent the history of modern chemical physics. Discussions of all areas of chemical physics, with extensions to biophysics and soft matter physics can be found in these volumes.

Edited by such eminent scientists as Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine and National Medal of Science Winner Stuart Rice, this series has played a key role in defining the field.