Caltech Library System Workshop: "Reaxys/SciFinder: Not Just for Chemists"

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)

Reaxys provides a combined web interface to Beilstein, Gmelin and Elsevier s Patent Chemistry database.

Both Beilstein (organic compounds) and Gmelin (inorganic compounds) provide extensive physical property data. Reaxys content and format coverage (journal articles & patents) and search techniques for physical property data will be reviewed.

An extensive description of the Reaxys database is available: http://library.caltech.edu/learning/classhandouts/Reaxys2010.pdf

SciFinder is a premier database for both science and engineering. In addition to chemistry and chemical engineering, SciFinder coverage extends to the chemical aspects of biology, environmental engineering, geology, materials science, medicine, and physics.

SciFinder content and format coverage (journal articles, patents, theses, etc.) and search techniques for topics and physical property data will be reviewed. An extensive description of the SciFinder database is available: http://library.caltech.edu/learning/classhandouts/scifinderwebhandout.pdf

Reaxys & SciFinder will also be compared and contrasted with other important databases: Combined Chemical Dictionary, Web of Science, and PubMed.

Registration: http://library.caltech.edu/forms/cls-classes.php

For more information, please contact Dana Roth by phone at 6423 or by email at dzrlib@library.caltech.edu or visit http://library.caltech.edu/learning/.

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