SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL BRIEFS NEW SOFTWARE AND WEBSITES FOR THE CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE
Software ProCite 5 is bibliographic software that allows users to search PubMed and numerous Internet databases simultaneously It displays the full record, including the abstract, and allows click-sort on column headings to locate a reference when selecting from multiple matches. It locates unlinked citations in a document and allows users •""•""""""j/v f p I to select from any of VtO^J^zj/m the last 10 citation searches to bring up the results of a previous search. The software is compatible with Word, Macintosh, and WordPerfect. Thomson/ISI ResearchSoft, http:// www.procite.com
terparts, such as the ability to perform specific queries on one or several different parameters. Also, it enhances interaction between parties by allowing different groups of researchers to share notebooks. Finally, researchers can have access to their data, security permitting, whether they are in the laboratory, in their office, at a seminar, or working at home. The software is compatible with Windows and Mac OS X. ChemPetitive Group, http://www.notebook maker.com
Phoretix 2D Expression is image analysis software for routine 2-D gel analysis. In the Set-up mode, Analysis Setup wizard enables the user to quickly outline experiment structure without the need to define analysis parameters. In the Process mode, Phoretix 2D Expression automatically performs a comprehensive, consistent analysis without user intervention. In the Review mode, data are displayed, and the user is ScienceSlides V 1.5 is an extensive set provided with a wide range of tools for edof tools for presentations by scientists, ed- iting and further analysis. Other features ucators, and health professionals. It includes include spot detection, which captures all more than 1,100 objects, slides, and slide spot material with automatic splitting of templates from diverse fields. Among the overlapping spots, and automatic warping fields covered are chemistry, biochemistry, for accurate spot matching. The software pharmacology, and molecular biology Sci- is compatible with Windows 2000 andXP enceSlides' content is 100% compatible Nonlinear Dynamics, http://www.non with PowerPoint, so users can easily mod- Unear.com ify, rearrange, and combine objects and slides with personal slides. Software re- PractiCalc is a calculator for the PC. It quirements are Windows 2000 orXP and provides both conventional and unique calMicrosoft PowerPoint 2000,2003, orXP culator operation and facilities. It processVisiScience, http://visiscience.com es calculations, equations, and expressions and gives the result as the user types. PracNoteBookMaker V 6.4 is a totally se- tiCalc has extensive built-in functions and cure and completely electronic laboratory user-defined formulas and offers a comnotebook that looks and prints like a typi- prehensive range of conversion operators cal 8.5 x 11-inch paperbound notebook. It and a special conversion screen. PractiCalc has several advantages over its paper coun- runs in all Windows environments. PractiCakp http://www.practicalc.com
Databases The Custom Manufacturing Sourcing Guide (CMSG) is a detailed, searchable, Web-based database that provides information on the capabilities ofmore than 1,200 custom and contract manufacturing facilities worldwide. CMSG enables pharmaceutical, chemical, and life sciences companies; equipment suppliers; and custom manufacturers themselves to identify othHTTP://WWW.CEN-ONLINE.ORG
er custom manufacturing service providers, to keep current on custom and contract capabilities within the industry, and to promote business development. Subscribers can search using parameters such as scale of operations, processes, chemical reaction types, equipment, compliance characteristics (cGMP), and site location or contacts. CMSG is Windows compatible. Richman Chemical/Strategic Info, http://cmsg. sourcingguide.com SPRESIweb is a database that offers users Internet access to 4.5 million compounds and 3.5 million reactionsfrom380,000 references. Chemical, physical, and biological property data and keywords abstracted from the primary literature are searchable in SPRESF^, which can be linked to inhouse databases. Other features are Isomer Search, Parent Search, and FlexMatch, and links to several document delivery services, to online patent services, to other cheminformatics services, and to online services for physical property and spectra prediction. SPRESIweb works with Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Navigator 4.7. InfoChem, http://www.spresi.com
Online Chem People is a networking site for chemical professionals worldwide. It helps chemists by enabling them to make connections with other chemists, tofindjobs,
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to advance their careers, to make business contacts, and to raise their industry profiles. http://www.chempeople.com DSSTox (Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity) database network website is aimed at providing a service to the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) community by publishing standard format, structure-annotated chemical toxicity data files for open public access. Another goal is to facilitate development of improved models for predicting toxicity based on chemical structure, htt p ://www. epa.gov/nheerl/dsstox/ Digital Briefs is written by Janet Dodd, who can be
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