Thursday, November 20, 2008

ACS Has a New Journals Site

Announced yesterday on the CHMINF-L list, ACS has re-vamped their journal site.

View the flash demo of their new features: http://pubs.acs.org/flashdemo

The press release mentions the following new features:
- Enhanced PDF and Full-Text HTML functionality (e.g. Related Content Recommendations, Figure Browser, Forward Citation listings)
- Enriched Tables of Contents (e.g. Figure Thumbnail Previews, Multiple Abstract and Citation Downloads, Navigation to CAS SciFinder Resources)
- Advanced Search Interface (e.g. Simple and Advanced Search Capabilities, Tabbed Results for Research Articles and News & Features Content, Filters Column to Refine Results, Related Snippets on Displayed Content)
- New Home Pages for All ACS Journals (e.g. Content Highlights Area, Search by Citation, Graphical Abstract Highlights, Syndicated Articles displayed from Chemical & Engineering News)
- Abstract-Level Display for ACS Legacy Archives (e.g. Improved Navigation Options from Archive Content, First Page of Articles Displayed within New Abstract Template for Increased Functionality)

ACS journals are listed on the Library's subject pages for Chemistry, under e-journals:
http://kbsubguides.library1.ucalgary.ca/?CategoryID=21

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