17 May 2010    Cobidoc Nieuwsbrief Mei 2010

COBIDOC NIEUWSBRIEF MEI - 2010

IN DIT NIEUWSBERICHT

STN User Day on May 27 CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe Announce Plans for a New STN® Platform Database nieuws Cursusschema 2010

STN User Day on May 27

The STN Userday is free of charge, but pre-registration is mandatory. Please register here. Date: May 27th, 2010 Location: COBIDOC BV Kabelweg 37, Amsterdam Agenda   09:30 - 10:00 Henk Mosterd Welcome with coffee/tea 10:00 - 10:45 Ralph Remme What's new on STN (FIZ Karlsruhe) An update about the latest developments on STN 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break 11:00 - 12:00 Robert Austin Tips for effective physical property searching on STN A number of key databases on STN provide physical and chemical property search options. Properties ranging from chemical, pharmacological and ecological, to physical and electrical/electronic may be searched on STN. In this session, we will provide practical tips for conducting a variety of property searches in several key STN databases, including REGISTRY, BEILSTEIN and INSPEC. The session will be of value to all intermediate, expert, and aspiring STN chemical and physical property searchers. 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 13:30 Yvonne Pope What's new on STN (CAS) An update about the latest developments on STN 13:30 - 14:30 Henk Mosterd Finding elusive information Sometimes we drown in information, at other times there is a drought. Learn techniques for finding elusive information, including: expanding complex chemical names, retrieving information about compounds with non-standard structures, looking for information in non-traditional databases, searching in multilingual sources 14:30 - 14:45 Coffee break 14:45 - 15:30 Sander de Kooter "Biotextology"-Text Search Techniques for Biotechnology Information What search techniques can be used searching Biotechnology Information? This session will provide you information how to use thesauri, specialized indexing, the synergy of using multiple biological databases on STN to ensure comprehensive reference retrieval 15:30 - 16:00 Bart de Vries Tips & Tricks from the helpdesk A half hour of Tips, Tricks and Did you Know?! top

CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe Announce Plans for a New STN® Platform

CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe Announce Plans for a New STN® Platform The STN Partners CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe would like to give early notification to their valued customers that a new STN platform is being developed. The new platform will provide a more modern interface and product architecture, while maintaining the critical search power and high quality content for which STN has become known. The new product will have many advantages, such as: Better integration of analysis tools Improved database content consistency Higher system limits The new platform will run in parallel with current STN services for a few years to provide a comfortable transition for users. Our development activities are being supported by an advisory council of global information professionals and thought leaders. We will also reach out to additional customers to help us pioneer the development of the next generation of STN. We will be providing additional information at various development stages. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your STN Service Center. STN will continue to focus on delivering what customers expect: precision and comprehensiveness; premium, value-add content; and exceptional customer support. top

Database nieuws

WPINDEX/WPIDS/WPIX - recent enhancements Coverage of China in DWPI The Chinese patent office has made the following IP kind changes to the Chinese numbering system for the published data issued from 7th April 2010. The records included in DWPI from this date will reflect these changes to the patent kinds. There is no change to the number formats, only the kind codes are affected. Granted Patents - will change from kind C to kind B for data published from 7th April 2010. Prior to April 2010 the patent kinds for granted patent publications were as follows: C for examined patents issued 1993 - 2010 and B for examined patents published before 1993. Utility Models - will change from kind Y to kind U for the data published from 7th April 2010. French Granted Patents The coverage of France in DWPI will be enhanced at start of May 2010 with the inclusion of French Granted patents (FR B), to add to the existing coverage of French Applications in the file. The FR B's will be mainly equivalents within the DWPI patent family. The first records to be processed will be those published in January 2010, and these are expected to be included into DWPI Update 201029. top

Cursusschema

Hieronder vindt u het cursusoverzicht voor 2010. Voor meer informatie verwijzen wij u naar onze website: www.cobidoc.nl of klik op de links hieronder om u direct in te schrijven. Datum Tijd Cursus 27 Mei 2010 10:00 - 16:00 STN User Day 8 Jun 2010 10:00 - 14:00 SciFinder Basics 17 Jun 2010 10:00 - 16:00 STN Basics 24 Jun 2010 10:00 - 14:00 STN Intermediate 29 Jun 2010 10:00 - 14:00 SciFinder Basics 6 Sep 2010 10:00 - 16:00 STN Basics 8 Sep 2010 10:00 - 14:00 SciFinder Basics 23 Sep 2010 10:00 - 14:00 STN Intermediate 6 Okt 2010 10:00 - 10:00 STN Basics 12 Okt 2010 10:00 - 14:00 SciFinder Basics 14 Okt 2010 10:00 - 14:00 STN Intermediate 8 Nov 2010 10:00 - 14:00 SciFinder Basics 16 Nov 2010 10:00 - 16:00 STN Basics 23 Nov 2010 10:00 - 14:00 STN Intermediate De meer gespecialiseerde cursussen, worden op aanvraag georganiseerd. U hoeft dan bijvoorbeeld niet meer enkele maanden te wachten totdat de cursus weer aan de beurt is. U kunt een datum afspreken, die u het beste uit komt. Neemt u hiervoor contact op met de Cobidoc helpdesk (020-6880333 of helpdesk@cobidoc.nl). Een overzicht van de gespecialiseerde cursussen vindt u hieronder.   Advanced Structure Searching in CAS REGISTRY Introduction to DWPI Advanced Subject Searching in CAPLUS Introduction to INPADOCDB + INPAFAMDB Advanced Text Searching in the CAS REGISTRY File Markush Searching in the Patent Literature Analysis and Visualization with STN AnaVist MEDLINE Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Basic Patent Searching Patent Family and Legal Status Searching Basic Subject Searching in CAPLUS Polymer Searching Basic Substance Searching Property Searching in CAS REGISTRY BEILSTEIN Reaction Searching in CASREACT Biotechnology Searching on STN Searching Full-Text Patent Files + STN Viewer CAS Roles Sequence Searching Citation Searching Structure Searching in the CAS REGISTRY File Dealing with Large Answer Sets The Virtual File top

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