Reaxys (replacement for CrossFire Beilstein)

The Kresge Library is pleased to announce the availability of Reaxys. Reaxys is a web-based system for searching the Beilstein (organic chemistry), Gmelin (inorganic and organometallic chemistry), and Patent Chemistry (1976-present) databases. Access is restricted to TSRI IP addresses (including VPN from off-campus). To try Reaxys, go to: http://www.reaxys.com

For more information on Reaxys, please see the Kresge Library webpage at:
http://www.scripps.edu/library/reaxys.html

***Please note that the CrossFire Commander client (used to access Beilstein) will be discontinued by Elsevier on December 31, 2010. We will have concurrent access to both Reaxys and the CrossFire client in 2010, but after that time, access with the CrossFire client will cease.

The project manager for Reaxys, Dr. Juergen Swienty-Busch, will be offering a demonstration and Question & Answer session for Reaxys on Friday, January 29, 2010, at 10am PT in the Keck Amphitheater. It will also be broadcast in Florida at 1pm ET in A116. We encourage you to attend if you use Beilstein in your current chemistry workflow, or if you are interested in learning more about this product.

If you have questions or comments about Reaxys or any of our other chemistry databases, please feel free to contact Aileen Chang of the Kresge Library at helplib@scripps.edu, (858)784-8705.

90th edition of CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics now online

The latest web version of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics is now available online, updating the previous edition. Eleven new topics are included:

• Structures and functions of common drugs
  
• Chemical constituents of human blood
  
• Proton nmr shifts for solvents
  
• Apparent Equilibrium Constants for Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions
  
• Phase Transitions in the Solid Elements at Atmospheric Pressure
  
• Thermoelectric Properties of Metals and Semiconductors
  
• Thermophysical Properties of Stainless Steel 310
  
• Description of the IUPAC chemical identifier (InChI)
  
• International recommendations on the expression of uncertainty of measurements
  
• Major world earthquakes, 850AD to 2008
  
• Nobel prize winners in Physics and Chemistry
  

Popular tables have been extensively revised and updated including mass spectral peaks for organic solvents, properties of refrigerants, aqueous solubility and Henry's Law Constants of Organic Compounds and more.

New Online Science Books Added

New online books have been added to our growing collection of scientific titles on Wiley Interscience. Check out the new ones below, listed in the ELLeN Library catalog, or browse the entire list.
There are unlimited concurrent seats, 24/7 access and pdf printing. If you have any problems accessing these titles, please contact the Library.

• Peptides as drugs: discovery and development
  
• Emerging technology platforms for stem cells
  
• Strategies for organic drug synthesis and design, 2nd ed.
  
• Multi-step enzyme catalysis:biotransformations and chemoenzymatic synthesis
  
• Biophysical analysis of membrane proteins: investigating structure and function
  
• Thomas' hematopoietic cell transplantation, 4th ed.
  
• Handbook of RNA biochemistry
  
• The Aptamer handbook
  
• Introduction to macromolecular crystallography
  
• Basic gas chromatography, 2nd ed.
  
• Fourier transform infrared spectrometry, 2nd ed.
  

New Online Computer Books Added

New online computer books have been added to the Library's collection. Check out the new titles listed below as well as about 200 titles in everything from desktop office applications to programming to presentation skills. There are a limited number of concurrent seats so if you cannot access, try again in a little while.

• The Little Mac Book, Snow Leopard Edition
  
• Linux in a Nutshell, 6th ed.
  
• Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 5th ed.
  
• Microsoft Windows 7 Unveiled: Exposing the Latest Features and Functions That Set Windows 7 Apart from Its Predecessors
• Windows 7: Up and Running
  
• Microsoft Windows 7 In Depth
  
• How to Use Adobe Premiere 6.5
  
• Real World Image Sharpening with Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Lightroom, 2nd ed.
  

PubMed Redesign

You may have noticed that PubMed looks a little different. The site went through a redesign to simplify the interface and make it easier to use. The same functionalities are still in place, they just may have moved. Read the announcement and see all the changes here: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so09/so09_pm_redesign.html

Some changes to note:

• The main search box now appears at the very top of the page.
  
• Search Limits, History and the Details tab have been moved under "Advanced Search" at the top of the page.
  
• Sign in to MyNCBI along the top right.
  
• Tools and resources previously found along the left-hand side menu are now in three columns in the middle of the page.
  
• The Single Citation Matcher is under the category "PubMed Tools".
  
• There is a simplified Abstract format, combining the old AbstractPlus and Citation formats.
  
• The SFX@TSRI button remains in the right hand column of the abstract.
  

NIH Public Access Policy - Publisher Database

Check out the Library's new publisher policies database to assist you in complying with the NIH Public Access Policy. We've started with the top 100 journals TSRI authors publish in.

If you are unfamiliar with the NIH Public Access Policy and are submitting papers funded by NIH, please see the Library's informational websiteor go directly to NIH's site.

The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication.

Science Translational Medicine now live

The newest offering from the publishers of Science, Science Translational Medicine is an interdisciplinary journal that aims to "promote human health by providing a forum for communication and cross-fertilization among basic, translational, and clinical research practitioners and trainees from all relevant established and emerging disciplines."

A free trial is being run from October 7, 2009 to January 7, 2010.