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more open access news Wednesday, 26 July 2006 10:51 am

Posted by Dongmei in open access.
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There has been dramatic progress in the adoption of Open Access Self-Archiving Mandates lately.
ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies) and ROAR (Registry of Open Access Repositories) now list:
497 institutional repositories registered to date
29 institutional or funder self-archiving policies
10 self-archiving mandates
4 funder self-archiving mandates
For details, read “Dramatic progress in the adoption of OA self-archiving mandates” on the ACRL sts-l.

Proceedings of the Bird Control Seminars available (digitally, searchable) Monday, 17 July 2006 9:58 am

Posted by Dongmei in Internet Resources, biology, e-journals, open access.
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The ICWDM is pleased to announce that all the published Proceedings of the Bird Control Seminars held in Bowling Green, Ohio are now available, in searchable form, through the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage portion of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Library Digital Commons. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdmbirdcontrol/  This is the first time that all 7 proceedings are available both digitally and in searchable form. The Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management hopes that these publications will enable researchers and practitioners to learn more about responsibly mitigating damage caused by bird species. Those wishing to learn more about wildlife damage management are welcome to visit http://icwdm.org

(from STS-l)

newer version of SciFinder Scholar for Mac OS X users Tuesday, 11 July 2006 4:27 pm

Posted by Dongmei in chemistry, database features, databases.
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That is: SciFinder Scholar 2006!

So now, you Mac users can enjoy these new, powerful features too:

  • Structure Similarity Searching
  • New structure and reaction query tools: Variable Attachment Position tool and Repeating Group tool
  • Easy access to additional reaction information
  • Enhanced multi-step reaction display
  • New quick look-up of research references
  • Duplicate detection/removal…and much more!

Yesterday I spent the day testing this new version, it works just fine. I generated an archive file of the application package and loaded on the library server (I tested this installation file too, it works well. It’s been a while since the release of last version of SciFinder Scholar for Mac OS X, I almost forgot how to use a Mac!). I also created a “how to install” page (How to Install SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac OS X) for you to follow along, and added links to the SciFinder Scholar Gateway Page and SciFinder Scholar 2006 Page that I created a while back.

As far as tutorial goes, there’s a 13 page pdf document to help you, Getting Started with SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac OS X (linked on the SciFinder Scholar Gateway Page and SciFinder Scholar 2006 Page).
You may also wish to go to http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/scholwhatsnew.html to view examples that will show you the latest SciFinder Scholar 2006 features.