Beilstein-Institut publishes first issue of new OA organic chemistry journal

This new journal, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry is published in cooperation with BioMed Central. Content is free for everyone, and they are receiving manuscripts.
Have a look at:

www.beilstein-journals.org/

SciFinder Scholar 2006

SciFinder Scholar has come out with some enhancements to its interface

www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/scholwhatsnew.html

Chemistry department users can contact Kim Wagstaff about downloading the new interface. If you're not in the Chemistry department, feel free to contact me about the new download.

Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II - Trial

The library is trialling the electronic version of Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II. The trial runs until September 15. Have a look at the URL below and let me know what you think. Will it be useful? Do you find it easy to use? Is the content good? Any thoughts are welcome! Since it is a trial, the URL can only be accessed from on-campus:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/referenceworks/
0080446558

Cambridge Journals - They're going to look different

If you haven't accessed any journals from Cambridge lately:

Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) launched on 8th August 2005

In keeping with our ongoing commitment to provide the highest standards of
service to the academic community, Cambridge University Press is pleased
to announce a completely new journal hosting platform. The new site will
provide increased capacity and improved performance compared to the
previous version, supporting our provision of the best and latest research
to all users worldwide.

The new site provides powerful new features for both content-users and
librarians:

● High capacity and performance

● Flexibility to enable rapid development in response to your needs

● Clear, clean look and feel

● New information displays

● New account management and administration features

● New, powerful search functions

● New FAQs and Help

● Atom and RSS feeds

● Article citation downloads

● Next issue publication dates

● Open URL enabled

● Greater range of trial samples and free offers

All existing URL links into CJO will be maintained and will be fully
operational

Wiley InterScience - Login changes

This notice from the publisher, Wiley, only affects those who have registered / will register with Wiley for table of contents alerts, etc. You will not need to do this for journal access...

NOTICE OF POLICY CHANGE
E-mail Address Now Required for Wiley InterScience User Logins

Beginning August 15th 2005, Wiley InterScience will require individual users of the site, who access online subscriptions via a username and password, to update their registration information with a valid e-mail address in place of a self-selected username.

This new policy is designed to help improve security and reduce account duplication. Requiring an e-mail address as a login has become widely standard practice among many high-profile commercial websites.

NOTE: This new policy affects only individual users who have registered on the site with a personal login. It will not impact the vast majority of users at institutions, who are verified by IP-address for access to subscribed online content.

Only individuals who access personal, member, or complimentary subscriptions via a login will have to update their accounts. Similarly, those who have chosen to register for any of the personalized features of the site—such as table of contents alerts or purchase single Pay-Per-View articles—will need to update their logins. Please note that logins previously saved as a "cookie" on a user's computer will no longer work; the user will have to manually enter their existing login to update their accounts. Once a new login has been created and verified.

Now, when a registered user comes to the Wiley InterScience site, and enters their existing login, the following will occur:

1. User enters current login and password.

2. User is prompted to enter name, country, and an area of interest, along with a single valid e-mail address.

3. User receives a one-time confirmation e-mail, then clicks on the authentication link in the message. The verification process is complete.

Afterward, users can login to the site with just their e-mail and password. (NOTE: confirmation links expire after 24 hours; after that, users can re-submit their info, if necessary)

This is a one-time process. Aside from the confirmation e-mail, users will not be sent any further e-mail alerts from Wiley InterScience unless they explicitly opt-in to receive such messages.

New users who register on the site for the first time will be guided through a similar procedure to enter and validate their e-mail logins.
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New Electronic Reference Materials

The library has recently subscribed to some electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries from Elsevier, Wiley and Dekker:

Encyclopedia of biological chemistry

Encyclopedia of computational chemistry

Burger's medicinal chemistry & drug discovery

Encyclopedia of spectroscopy and spectrometry

Encyclopedia of separation science

Comprehensive coordination chemistry II

Encyclopedia of supramolecular chemistry

Encyclopedia of biomaterials and biomedical engineering

Encyclopedia of materials

Comprehensive composite materials

Dekker encyclopedia of nanoscience and nanotechnology

Taylor & Francis Journals

We now have electronic access to all of the Taylor & Francis journals. The titles are all accessible through the catalogue. For chemistry, titles include:

Analytical Chemistry


Analytical Letters

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Instrumentation Science & Technology

Journal of Automated Methods & Management in Chemistry

Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies

Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology

Separation and Purification Methods

Separation and Purification Reviews

Separation Science and Technology

Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics

Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures

Molecular Physics

Chemistry


Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Chemical Engineering Communications

Enantiomer: A Journal of Stereochemistry

International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics

International Journal of Environmental & Analytical Chemistry

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Journal of Sulfur Chemistry

Main Group Chemistry

Ozone: Science and Engineering

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering

Progress in Natural Science

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Soft Materials

Spectroscopy Letters

Supramolecular Chemistry

Crystallography


Crystallography Reviews

Liquid Crystals

Liquid Crystals Today

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Phase Transitions: A Multinational Journal

Inorganic Chemistry


Comments on Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms

Journal of Coordination Chemistry

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry

Journal of Sulfur Chemistry

Laser Chemistry

Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements

Sulfur Letters

Sulfur Reports

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry (formerly Synthesis and
Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry)

Organic Chemistry


Journal of Asian Natural Products Research

Journal of Carbohydrate Chemistry

Journal of Sulfur Chemistry

Natural Product Letters

Natural Product Research

Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids

Synthetic Communications

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry


Catalysis Reviews

Combustion Science and Technology

International Reviews in Physical Chemistry

Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology

Molecular Simulation

Physics and Chemistry of Liquids