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ChemSpider Mobile

[re-shared from the web]

ChemSpider is a free access service providing a structure centric community for chemists. Providing access to millions of chemical structures and integration to a multitude of other online services, ChemSpider is the richest single source of structure-based chemistry information.[http://www.chemspider.com/]

If you are an iPhone user, or use a phone with a browser, I suggest you point it to the new ChemSpider Mobile at http://cs.m.chemspider.com . There you’ll see a simple interface, shown below, that allows you to search across our database of almost 25 million chemical entities based on chemical name systematic, trivial or trade, registry number etc and retrieve a list of intrinsic properties, a list of predicted properties, a list of associated identifiers, with links to Wikipedia if available, and a Google based search for the chemical based, for now, on the associated InChIKey.

We are also working on providing access to ChemSpider SyntheticPages in the same way and the first screen shot is shown at the bottom. Things are always changing and, I believe, for the better.

via Spectrum > Mobile Learning, Libraries, And Technologies: ChemSpider Mobile Goes Live.

Exhibition: From audacious outpost to international impact: 125 years of excellence in medical education | History Week 2010

In 2010, the University of Adelaide Medical Program reaches the milestone of 125 years. Using archival and heritage sources, this exhibition tells the story of the bold initiative of South Australias educational leaders and the generosity of its benefactors in founding a medical school that continues to transform health care in Adelaide and the rest of the world.

Special Collections, Friday 21 May to Friday 28 May

via From audacious outpost to international impact: 125 years of excellence in medical education | History Week 2010.

Study Rooms

Because of the Learning Hub redevelopment, the Barr Smith Library has a significant shortage of study places. In order to make more places available, we are demolishing the small-group study rooms on Levels 1 and 2, and converting the space to single study carrels. We will also make a small area available on Level 2 South available for quiet group study.

Students should also consider the Reading Room as a place for silent study, where there are usually many vacant seats available.

Once again we apologise for the disruption and inconvenience caused.

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New iPhone app for Scopus

Another eResource provider — Scopus — now has a mobile app available. If you’re a regular Scopus user, and you have an iPhone, you’ll want to give this one a try.

Scopus Alerts (Lite) gives researchers mobile access to the Searching and Alerting features of Scopus. It’s designed to eliminate the need for you to seek out a desktop or laptop computer to search for quality research data while travelling, attending conferences or commuting to work.

This free mobile app is specifically for existing Scopus subscribers and includes some of the most popular features:

• Search across thousands of scholarly journals.
• Share search results and article links through e-mail or Twitter.
• Save important abstracts in one place for easy look-up.
• Set up and review e-mail alerts for favorite searches.
• Set up e-mail alerts for when an author cites a particular article.
• Annotate abstracts with your own notes.

Before using the app, you need to visit the Scopus site on your desktop and register using your University email address.

Scopus iPhone app.

Annual Book Sale June 2/3

The  Barr Smith Library’s annual sale of pre-loved books will take place on Wednesday June 2 and Thursday June 3, 9am-5pm in the Ira Raymond Exhibition room, level 3 south, just at the library entrance.

Many subject areas and languages will be represented.

Most items $2.00 unless marked otherwise (cash only).

Sorry, no listings or previews.

Enquiries to the Book Resources Librarian:

Margaret Hosking
83033706
library-brl@adelaide.edu.au

Building News : work on Level 2 of BSL

As part of the Hughes Plaza Learning Hub project, the builders need to install temporary stormwater pipes under Level 3 South (the area of construction). The pipes for this are being installed across the ceiling of parts of Level 2 South in the Barr Smith Library. These will be removed once the Learning Hub roof is constructed. While major core drilling is being done between 6am and 8am, there is still some work to be done during the day on Level 2.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

ACS Mobile (ACS Publications)

There’s an app for that! ACS (American Chemical Society) publications are now available on your iPhone! Press release here:

ACS Mobile provides readers with a multi-journal, up-to-the-minute live stream of new peer-reviewed research content (Articles ASAP^SM) published across the Society’s preeminent portfolio of scholarly research journals, including the flagship Journal of the American Chemical Society. The application also includes a “Latest News” feed from Chemical and Engineering News – the Society’s industry-leading magazine and preferred source of online news for its more than 161,000 member professionals. ACS Mobile makes a scientist’s daily commute, business travel, or time away from the desk or laboratory a more rewarding and productive experience.

More via ACS Mobile (ACS Publications).

New: Mobile Library

Good news! You can now access the Library from your mobile phone!

If your phone provides access to the web, you can access information about the library. We have a set of web pages providing:

• access to the Catalogue,
• contact details,
• hours of opening,
• maps of the BSL

and our Podcasts.

Just point your phone’s browser at http://library.adelaide.edu.au/m/

We’re happy to add more, based on feedback. So tell us what you would like to see included.

Building News – update

Regular visitors to the Barr Smith Library will have noticed a great deal of building activity. This is all related to the Hughes Plaza Learning Hub, which has a significant impact on the Library since most of Level 3 South is directly beneath the Plaza, so that all services in that area have been relocated elsewhere within the Library.

These are projects that have been recently completed (or soon will be!) in the Library:

• Construction of a new space for Reserve in the Level 3 North area. Now open for business.
• Construction of a new Microform collection space on Level 1. This is happening now, with an expected completion date of 27th March.
• Construction of a new Adaptive Technology room adjacent to the New Books area.