Did you know Stanford Libraries provide free access to RefWorks and EndNote Web? Please bring your lunch and join us to learn how citation management tools can help you track your research and simplify creating your papers.
See the Engineering Library blog entry for more information.
Each year in the Colors of Chemistry calendar, CAS attempts to answer intriguing scientific questions with information from the CAS databases. This year, we answered questions on topics ranging from environmentally friendly fireworks to glowing fuel rods in nuclear reactors; from promising anti-cancer agents in redwood trees to distinct forms of iron oxide on the surface of Mars.
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Haz-Map, a database on the effects of occupational exposure to potentially toxic agents from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), has added 265 agents.
These agents include 60 assorted metal compounds, 100 rare earth metals, 10 uranium compounds, and 16 metallic perchlorate compounds. Also added are 9 thiols, 4 sulfites, 20 nitriles, 6 glycol ethers, 4 fluorides, 7 aldehydes, and 5 acid anhydrides.
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Core Journals Covered in Chemical Abstracts Online
Bibliographic information and abstracts for all articles in more than 1,500 key scientific journals are added to CAplus within 7 days. The list below is sorted alphabetically by the full journal title and also includes the journal abbreviation, CODEN, and publication frequency. This is not the full list of publications covered by CAS, and the list is subject to change.
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Option 1: Setting up an alert for an individual paper
Do a search and locate paper of interest. Click on Create Citation Alert button at right.
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Chuck Huber, Chemistry Librarian at UC Santa Barbara, has compiled directories of Chemistry and Biochemistry department websites across the U.S. and worldwide.
LibX is a Firefox/Internet Explorer plugin that helps you conduct your research more quickly and efficiently. It allows you to:
For more information, see the LibX QuickStart Guide created by the Cubberley Education Library.
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) has added its first set of nanomaterial records. Nanotechnology is the study of matter on an atomic and molecular scale — structures 100 nanometers or smaller. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter.
Like other HSDB records, the nanomaterial records are peer-reviewed and contain information on toxicity, manufacturing and use, chemical and physical properties, environmental fate and exposure, and more.
This year’s NCW theme celebrated the Periodic Table of the Elements. To view more resources on periodic tables, go to the Resources for NCW 2009 site or see Swain’s Periodic Tables page.
SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more! You can explore one single source for scientific information in journals and patent literature from around the world.
With SciFinder, you can be more creative and productive in your research process. SciFinder is easy-to-use and offers:
