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June 30, 2006
SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac
The new improved SciFinder Scholar 2006 for Mac OS X (10.2 and higher) is now available. You do not need to upgrade; however, there are improved options (see below).
The software is available from the usual library web site --
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/scifinder/sfsdownload.html
You will NOT need to reload the site preferences file. The preferences are now embedded into the zip file.
The new features, which emulate those of the latest PC version, include:
- 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!
Posted by dstern at 04:21 PM | Comments (0)
June 20, 2006
Tutorials
The Science Libraries have begun creating short video tutorials to help explain and demonstrate information discovery and manipulation tools and techniques. This suite of tutorials is available for point-of-need exploration.
These tutorials are found at
http://www.library.yale.edu/science/help/tutorials.htmlPosted by dstern at 11:28 AM | Comments (0)