Kresge Library Blog

April 8, 2015

BrowZine -Keeping Up

BrowZine delivers thousands of academic journals to your iPad, Android or Kindle Fire tablets or mobile phone. It works by organizing journal articles and arranging these journals on a common newsstand. The result is an easy and familiar way to browse, read and monitor scholarly journals across the disciplines. Browsing journals is a great way to keep up-to-date in your field.

With BrowZine, you can:

Browse and read journals: Browse journals by subject, easily review tables of contents, and download full articles, all in a uniform format - no more searching for pdf's in different platforms!
Create your own bookshelf: Add journals to your personal bookshelf and be notified when new articles are published
Save and export articles: Save articles for off-line reading or export to services such as Endnote, DropBox, Mendeley, RefWorks, Zotero, Papers and more

Getting started is easy! From your Android, Apple or Kindle Fire HD device, find BrowZine in the Apple App, Google Play or Amazon App store and download it for free. When initially launching BrowZine, select our institution's name from the drop down list. Enter your TSRI email credentials and start exploring BrowZine!

Watch this short 2-minute introductory video below:

April 3, 2015

Synthetic Reaction Updates

Synthetic Reaction Updates creates e-mail alerts, keeping you up-to-date on recent developments in synthetic organic chemistry. It replaces Methods in Organic Synthesis and Catalysts & Catalysed Reactions.

Create an weekly or monthly alert by:

reaction type (can select catalytic or stereoselective reactions)
subject keywords in the article title and/or abstract
author
journal

Sign up for a free RSC ID to log-in to save your alerts in Synthetic Reaction Updates. For tips on setting up these alerts, check out the User Guide.

Grants database webinar April 16

The grants database the Library subscribes to, Grant Forward, is hosting a one-hour webinar on how to find grants on April 16, 2015 from 12:30-1:30 PST. It is a free webinar, but you do need to register here to attend.

To learn more about Grant Forward and other grant resources available to you, visit the Library's Grants subject guide.

March 25, 2015

SciFinder Seminar 3/31/15

The Kresge Library will host a SciFinder seminar on Tuesday, March 31, at 1:30 PM, in the Beckman building’s Keck Amphitheater on the California campus. Representatives from Chemical Abstracts Services will provide updates on SciFinder’s key features and recent enhancements as well as news from the American Chemical Society’s recent meeting in Denver.

The seminar will include a demonstration of ChemBioDraw Ultra, from which TSRI scientists may now launch a SciFinder session.

Following the formal presentation, the speakers will be available for additional questions. Attendees may bring laptops to the event for help with specific search examples or problematic structure queries.

The Scripps Florida SciFinder seminar is scheduled for August.

For more information on SciFinder as well as tips and tutorials, check out the Library's SciFinder Guide.

March 13, 2015

New Journals 2015

The Library was able to obtain access to a number of new journal titles in 2015 through various package and consortial arrangements:

Plus, there are new Open Access options for two highly requested titles:

RSC’s Chemical Science - will be open access and freely accessible to everyone from 2015 going forwards. RSC is also waiving the open access article processing charge for the years 2015 and 2016.
Nature Communications -is transitioning to open access in 2015 with many articles available for free this year, but not all. By 2016 all new articles in this journal will be open access and therefore freely available to everyone.