Chemical Information for the Chemist and Non-Chemist
Organized jointly by the RSC CICAG/CSA Trust.
A one day ‘training’ course for librarians, information scientists, researchers and anyone with an interest in chemistry consisting of a series of presentations providing an impartial and critical overview of Chemical Information products, given by specialists from academia, vendors and industry.
Wednesday 19th May 2010 at RSC, Burlington House, London
Presentations will include:
“What Makes Chemical Information Different?” – David Walsh, Information Scientist, Pfizer
“Connecting Chemists to the Internet through ChemSpider” – Jan Davies, ChemSpider Community Specialist, RSC
“An Introduction to SciFinder, the Chemical Search Tool for Scientists” – Yvonne Pope, Regional Marketing Manager, CAS
“Chemical Structure Drawing Packages”- Don Parkin, Chemical Database Manager, Chemical Database Service, Daresbury
“Overview of Structural Databases on STN” – Dr Anne Jones, Applications Specialist, CAS
“Reaxys: Making Sense of Chemistry Information” – Alexander Lawson, R&D Director, Elsevier Properties SA
“The RSC Virtual Library” – Nazma Masud, Chemical Information Specialist, RSC
“Choosing Information Resources: An Academic User’s Viewpoint” – Dr Jonathan Goodman, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
The booking form is available from the CICAG webpage at:
http://www.rsc.org/images/BookingFormMay2010_tcm18-53954.pdf
Please E-mail or phone Keith White (keith.white@matthey.com; 01763 256324), Chairman, RSC CICAG, for any enquiries.