(REVISED 4/16/2008) Miami has purchased an annual site license for ChemDraw and some related software through CambridgeSoft. If you have an @muohio.edu email, you are now able to download this software and have access to related online databases.
The MU license is for the products “ChemOffice Ultra” (for PC) and “ChemDraw Ultra 11.0” (for Mac). There are unfortunately some differences between the two products: ChemOffice for PC contains (amongst other tools) ChemDraw and BioDraw for creating high-quality drawings (cartoons) of an assortment of chemical and biological objects. However, ChemDraw Ultra for Mac only includes the chemistry tools (and some runt biology tools that aren't much use).
To download, go to:
http://scistore.cambridgesoft.com/sitelicense.cfm?sid=800
ChemDraw and BioDraw together provide an easy way to draw presentation-quality diagrams of chemical structures and reactions, metabolic pathways, membrane bilayers, enzymes and signal transduction effectors, and more. They can be a useful tool for researchers and students in preparing presentation slides and figures for publication. We previously had a few copies of these tools on our computers at Brill (and still do for those who don't have ready access to a PC), but the University-wide purchase is an obvious step ahead.
Showing posts with label Library Tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Library Tools. Show all posts
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Initial content for the Encyclopedia of Life Project Unveiled
The first 30,000 pages of the online Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) were recently unveiled. The EOL seeks to catalog and describe in one location the estimated 1.8 million species of life on Earth. See an example record.
In addition to its strong potential for use in comparative biology and as a general taxonomic reference, The EOL will be a foundational resource for helping to conserve species already known and to identify millions of additional species that haven’t yet been described or named. At its core is the knowledge about the world’s species that has been discovered by scientists over the last 250 years. By putting this information all together in one place, EOL hopes to accelerate our understanding of the world’s remaining biodiversity.
In addition to its strong potential for use in comparative biology and as a general taxonomic reference, The EOL will be a foundational resource for helping to conserve species already known and to identify millions of additional species that haven’t yet been described or named. At its core is the knowledge about the world’s species that has been discovered by scientists over the last 250 years. By putting this information all together in one place, EOL hopes to accelerate our understanding of the world’s remaining biodiversity.
Monday, September 10, 2007
New Version of ISI Web of Science Available
Thomson ISI has released a new version of the Web of Science literature citation database. It can be accessed on campus through the existing Web of Science web site -- once in Web of Science click the button reading "Access the New Version" at the top of the page. Note that at present the new version is only available on campus; for off-campus use, you'll need to continue to use the old/current version.
The changes to the interface are not profound, mostly cosmetic. Linking to citing and cited papers is essentially unchanged. One can search within a set of existing results, and the analyses one can perform on a set of search results are more straightforward -- so one can ask, e.g., "for a given set of results on a topic, which authors wrote the most of these papers?"
As always, feel free to address any questions or problems using this tool to my attention!
The changes to the interface are not profound, mostly cosmetic. Linking to citing and cited papers is essentially unchanged. One can search within a set of existing results, and the analyses one can perform on a set of search results are more straightforward -- so one can ask, e.g., "for a given set of results on a topic, which authors wrote the most of these papers?"
As always, feel free to address any questions or problems using this tool to my attention!
Try the New Libraries Catalog
The Libraries are pleased to announce a new experimental interface for the Libraries' catalog. This interface enables users to refine their initial search results based on a menu of choices of subject, format, media, location (e.g., just the science library), or geographical area. The catalog also presents a cleaner interface than our current production catalog site.
The new catalog is at http://beta.lib.muohio.edu/drupal5/. More info available at http://www.lib.muohio.edu/spotlight/story.php?id=271. Feedback is welcome and encouraged!
The new catalog is at http://beta.lib.muohio.edu/drupal5/. More info available at http://www.lib.muohio.edu/spotlight/story.php?id=271. Feedback is welcome and encouraged!
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Problems with Blackboard + E-Reserves
The start of a new semester always comes with its share of hiccups. One item that's come to our attention regards course electronic reserves. Several instructors have reported that their e-reserves are not showing when accessing within Blackboard.
The e-reserves are actually being processed as the library receives them, and they are in fact available through the Libraries e-reserves web site: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/reserves/. The data from the Libraries isn't currently being captured properly by University IT Services. IT services is working to resolve the problem with Blackboard -- for the moment, though, please direct your students to access through the Libraries' site. (Students can go directly to http://www.lib.muohio.edu/reserves/; or in Blackboard click on the name of the class that appears in the Blackboard popup window. That will take them directly to the Libraries site where they can get the most up to date article listing.)
The e-reserves are actually being processed as the library receives them, and they are in fact available through the Libraries e-reserves web site: http://www.lib.muohio.edu/reserves/. The data from the Libraries isn't currently being captured properly by University IT Services. IT services is working to resolve the problem with Blackboard -- for the moment, though, please direct your students to access through the Libraries' site. (Students can go directly to http://www.lib.muohio.edu/reserves/; or in Blackboard click on the name of the class that appears in the Blackboard popup window. That will take them directly to the Libraries site where they can get the most up to date article listing.)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
OhioLINK Adds Thousands of Scholarly E-Books, Opens E-Book Center
Thousands of new scholarly e-books, published by Springer, are now available to students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member institutions. These are recent (2005-2007), high-quality scientific, technological and medical books. Students can use these books to do research anytime, anywhere. Faculty can use the books for research or as course materials. Faculty can assign particular readings and link to relevant chapters or sections from course pages or Web sites. New Springer e-books will be added regularly. These recent additions bring the total number of e-books offered by OhioLINK to 25,000.
These new e-books are available as part of the new Electronic Book Center. Similar in concept to the Electronic Journal Center, the E-Book Center will allow you to find and utilize e-books from multiple publishers using one common interface. Currently, the E-Book Center contains 5,000 e-books from Oxford University Press and Springer. Additional e-books and e-book collections will be added, including the Electronic Reference Books collection. Links to OhioLINK’s other e-book collections are available from the E-Book Center’s home page.
Books in the E-Book Center will also be accessible from the OhioLINK Library Catalog. Records are being added for the new e-books.
These new e-books are available as part of the new Electronic Book Center. Similar in concept to the Electronic Journal Center, the E-Book Center will allow you to find and utilize e-books from multiple publishers using one common interface. Currently, the E-Book Center contains 5,000 e-books from Oxford University Press and Springer. Additional e-books and e-book collections will be added, including the Electronic Reference Books collection. Links to OhioLINK’s other e-book collections are available from the E-Book Center’s home page.
Books in the E-Book Center will also be accessible from the OhioLINK Library Catalog. Records are being added for the new e-books.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
RefWorks Import Guides for Life Sci Lit Databases Now Available
Step-by-step guides for importing citations from PubMed, BIOSIS, Agricola, and Google Scholar into RefWorks are now available at the MU(LS)2 blog, http://miamiulifescilib.blogspot.com/
Some of you will note that Web of Science (Science Citation Index) is conspicuously absent from the list above. Thomson ISI has indicated that they will be releasing a new version of Web of Science "soon," so I'm awaiting the new version to see how it handles exporting and will make a guide accordingly. We'll also tackle a few other databases (e.g. SciFinder Scholar); please let me know of any others you use regularly.
Some of you will note that Web of Science (Science Citation Index) is conspicuously absent from the list above. Thomson ISI has indicated that they will be releasing a new version of Web of Science "soon," so I'm awaiting the new version to see how it handles exporting and will make a guide accordingly. We'll also tackle a few other databases (e.g. SciFinder Scholar); please let me know of any others you use regularly.
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