Swain Library News

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) has added its first set of nanomaterial records. Nanotechnology is the study of matter on an atomic and molecular scale — structures 100 nanometers or smaller. A nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter.

Like other HSDB records, the nanomaterial records are peer-reviewed and contain information on toxicity, manufacturing and use, chemical and physical properties, environmental fate and exposure, and more.

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This year’s NCW theme celebrated the Periodic Table of the Elements. To view more resources on periodic tables, go to the Resources for NCW 2009 site or see Swain’s Periodic Tables page.

SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more! You can explore one single source for scientific information in journals and patent literature from around the world.

With SciFinder, you can be more creative and productive in your research process. SciFinder is easy-to-use and offers:

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Google Books rolled out a handful of new features in June. A new toolbar option allows you to embed a preview in any of your websites or blogs — all with a simple HTML snippet. For public domain and partner books, Google Books shows more context around search terms, including an image from the part of the page on which it appears. A new thumbnail view button in the toolbar provides an overview (above) of all the pages in a public-domain book or in a magazine. Other features include a contents drop-down menu and plain-text mode, page turn button and animation, and improved book overview page.

New Features of ICSD Web

• New and extended information about ICSD including complete Help information.
• Enhanced search functionality: easy to use and intuitive search interface.
• Easy analysis of large and complex data sets.
• Simple and powerful query management: load, modify and save queries.
• Personalization/User Profiles for IP access based accounts.

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Streaming Audio Available from Stanford’s Music Library

• American Song
• Classical Music Library
• Contemporary World Music
• Database of Recorded American Music
• Naxos Music Library Jazz
• Naxos Music Library
• Smithsonian Global Sound

Fans of Rock and Roll Music should check out Wolfgang’s Vault

The Internet Archive also has more than 65,000 live concerts archived on their site

Common Chemistry™ from Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a web resource that contains CAS Registry Numbers for approximately 7,800 chemicals of widespread general public interest. Common Chemistry is helpful to non-chemists who know either a name or CAS Registry Number® of a common chemical and want to pair both pieces of information. The CAS Registry Number is the universally recognized unique identifier of chemical substances and is often found on packaging and on articles of commerce.

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Bytesize Science

Watch the latest episode to find out how scientists are developing “super paper” that is stronger than cast iron and which may someday lead to a new kind of bullet proof vest.
Source: E-lements of Communication by ACS.

If you’re unable to join the Tenth Tetrahedron Symposium, featuring Nobel Prize winners Jean-Marie Lehn and Richard Schrock, you can still participate on-line.

The virtual conference gives you access to real-time web-casts of selected presentations and posters over the three days of the Symposium. You can also visit virtual exhibitor booths, take part in scheduled chat sessions and network with other online delegates.

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