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| At times scientists have very specific problems to solve. We may want a particular spectrum, or specific synthetic method, or a key document. At other times we may not know precisely what we want and indeed we are welcome to suggestions, particularly quite novel ones. Historically we achieved this through browsing in the library, or attending lectures outside our immediate fields at conferences. These options are still available to us. Browsing in the electronic library is possible, although here scientists meet several basic problems including the amount of information in the electronic library and the inability to browse many items (e.g. structures, reaction diagrams, information in tables etc). SciFinder offers solutions in two principal ways. The first is through its ability to Explore topics, substances, properties, and reactions, both separately and in iterative combinations. The second is through its many post-processing functions, and to achieve this SciFinder critically depends on 100 years of intellectually indexed data. This presentation will present examples on how the functionality in SciFinder allows scientists to browse the electronic literature in a unique and creative way, thereby opening new research opportunities. |
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Going With the Information Flow: Chemical Abstracts Service 100th Anniversary Presidential Symposium
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Tuesday, August 21, 2007 BCEC -- 205 A/B, Oral
Presidential Event |