Category Archives: databases

Chemical Abstracts Service Launches Free Online Database

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Chemical Abstracts Service (hereafter known as CAS) late last month launched a free online database for the general public. Common Chemistry covers nearly 8,000 chemicals and is available at http://www.commonchemistry.org/index.asp…. It can be searched by either chemical name or CAS Registry Number
thanks to ResearchBuzz for this post

NRC Gateway to Scientific Data

nbsp;http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/se…
Access to data from scientific research is increasingly important to collaborative research. This section aims to improve access to scientific research data for Canadians and support the use and re-use of data sets by providing a central gateway, as well as resources to guide data management activities.
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data.gov

http://www.data.gov/
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Although the initial launch of Data.gov provides a limited portion of the rich variety of Federal datasets presently available, we invite you to actively participate in shaping the future of Data.gov by suggesting additional [...]

Mobile MEDLINE (+): PubMed On Tap Upgrade Now

PubMed On Tap is an application for your iPhone or iPod Touch that lets you search PubMed while on the go >>>
Specifics
· Specify fields and search mode, using AND, OR, and NOT logic operato
· Specify option to find [...]

CABI today has announced free access to its specialist Global Health database – the definitive database for public health information

http://www.cabdirect.org/globalhealth
Simultaneously CABI has developed a Swine flu ‘dashboard’ that brings together up-to-the-minute information on the virus  http://www.netvibes.com/cabialerts).The ‘dashboard’ includes resources from CABI and critical advice from key health organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
“Our mission is to help people worldwide through the provision of scientific knowledge,” [...]

Dentistry Oral Sciences Source™ Released in Beta on EBSCOhost

nbsp;http://www2.ebsco.com/EN-US/NEWSCENTER/P…
One of the most anticipated databases of the year is now available in a beta version on EBSCOhost®. The release of Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source™, from EBSCO Publishing, means that dental practitioners and researchers now have a definitive place to start and finish their online dental literature research.
The revolutionary new database contains cover-to-cover indexing [...]

NTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR INFORMATION SYSTEM NOW AVAILABLE FREE

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The International Nuclear Information System database is now available for free. It comes from the International Atomic Energy Agency. According to the press release, there are over 3 million bibliographic citations and abstracts from all kinds of sources (journals, conferences, patents, laws, web documents, including over 85,000 full-text scientific and technical reports, conference papers, patents, [...]

EBSCO Publishing acquires NISC, Inc.

Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., has announced the acquisition of NISC, Inc. NISC publishes a full range of bibliographic, abstract, and full-text databases. The addition of NISC databases to EBSCOhost will enable the company to offer a richer collection of databases to better serve researchers.
source: KnwoledgeSpeak

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

nbsp;http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/
Scientists at NCEAS use existing information to address important questions in ecology and allied disciplines. Hundreds of scholars, including Postdoctoral Associates, Sabbatical Fellows, and visitors in Working Groups collaborate each year at the Center on scores of projects
includes a database of research data.

Global Diversity Information Facility

nbsp;http://www.gbif.org/
GBIF is a global network of data providers that builds biodiversity information infrastructure and promotes the growth of biodiversity information content on the Internet by working with partner initiatives and coordinating activities worldwide.

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