Online Videos for Scientists

It seems like online video sites are everywhere these days. Even CNN got on board with a YouTube election debate. Now scientists are exploring if this medium will further communication in their field.

Here are a few websites to check out:

• SciVee, created by Phil Bourne of University of California, San Diego, is a "YouTube for scientists." Researchers can post a 10-minute video explaining results from a paper they published.
  
  
• The Science Network wants to be the C-SPAN for science. Currently, the site has videos from various meetings and symposia such as the Stem Cell Meeting on the Mesa that took place at the Salk Institute, and a talk by Sydney Brenner from the Science Masters series.
  
  
• Another site, JoVE, offers videos of scientists explaining their experimental protocols.

SciFinder Scholar 2007

SciFinder Scholar 2007 for pc and mac is now available to TSRI faculty, students and staff. Go to the Library's Software Downloads page to get started.

New features for 2007:

* Categorize is a powerful and easy-to-use search tool that takes advantage of the index terms used in your sets.
* Combine Answer Sets. You can now save your answer sets and combine them with other sets of the same type (reference, substance, or reaction).
* Export Commercial Chemicals records into Microsoft Excel Answer Sets. Create reports and export catalog information to Excel.
* Explore from Substance Displays. Launch a new structure search by clicking on any structure in an answer set.
* Print Structures in a Grid Layout.
* Now compatible with Windows Vista.

Go to the CAS website for more about the new features of SciFinder Scholar 2007. Some of the features were previously only offered on the commercial version of SciFinder.

MDL Mentor Databases

Kresge Library staff are pleased to announce the campus-wide availability of the MDL Mentor Databases. The Elsevier suite of MDL Mentor databases includes:

* Available Chemicals Directory (ACD)
* ChemInform Reaction Library
* Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry (CMC)
* MDL Drug Data Report (MDDR)
* MDL Metabolite database
* MDL Toxicity database
* National Cancer Institute (NCI)
* Organic Syntheses (ORGSYN)
* Reference Library of Synthetic Methodology (Reflib)
* Screening Compounds Directory (MDL-SCD)
* Solid Phase Organic Reactions (SPORE)

To access the database, download the ISIS/Base client software . Or from the Scripps Research web site main page, select "Library," then "MDL Mentor" under "Software Downloads." The client is available for PC only.

Library staff are available to assist with the installation of the client software if needed. Please contact x4-8705 or helplib@scripps.edu to make an appointment. In addition, the staff would appreciate feedback regarding these databases. Due to its high subscription cost, the databases may not be renewed if their usage is not commensurate with the cost, so they would like to know if the Mentor databases are important or useful for your research.

If you have further questions about the MDL Mentor Databases, contact Aileen Chang at x4-8705 or helplib@scripps.edu.