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?!
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