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CHEM eBook of the Week – Jan 26-Feb1

January 25th, 2010

MALDI MS: A Practical Guide to Instrumentation, Methods and Applications
Franz Hillenkamp and Jasna Peter-Katalinic, Eds.
Wiley © 2007

“The introduction of the matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization technique (MALDI) changed mass spectrometry (MS) into a powerful tool for biomedical analysis that is now widely employed in academic as well as industrial laboratories.

The 2002 Nobel Prize was awarded for the development of methods for identification and structure analyses of biological macromolecules. MALDI is one of the two mass spectrometric methods besides Electrospray which is universally used for this purpose.

This unique book gives an in-depth description of the many different applications of MALDI MS, along with a detailed discussion of the technology itself. It will be a much-needed practical and educational asset for individuals, academic institutions and companies in the field of bioanalytics.”

MEL’s Database of the Week for 1/22/10

January 22nd, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

This Week’s Featured Database: Business Source Premier, from EBSCOhost.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.

Description/focus: Business Source Premier provides access to articles and reports.

Start with this hint: Business Source Premier opens at the Basic Search, but if you choose the Advanced Search tab, before you even start your search you can select options such as Full Text.  The Advanced Search page also lists the indexes that can be browsed such as author names and publication types.  You should also take a look at the Visual Search tab.  This brings up the results of your search in an appealing interactive display. Visual Search does not offer options such as full text and it only brings up the 250 most relevant hits, but if you don’t need 8000 articles on your subject, it is an easy to use alternative.

Why you should know this database: Because of its broad range of content and ease of use, Business Source Premier is one of our most highly recommended databases.  It includes journals, trade magazines, Datamonitor reports, newspapers, and more.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Whether students need to find scholarly articles, market research reports, or company information, Business Source Premier can guide them by offering suggestions to narrow down a broad search.

Cost: Business Source Premier is an Inspire database with enhanced features paid by the Libraries.  For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.  If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu.  Database of the Week is archived  at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/.

For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).

If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.

MEL’s Database of the Week for 1/22/10

January 22nd, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

This Week’s Featured Database: Business Source Premier, from EBSCOhost.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.

Description/focus: Business Source Premier provides access to articles and reports.

Start with this hint: Business Source Premier opens at the Basic Search, but if you choose the Advanced Search tab, before you even start your search you can select options such as Full Text.  The Advanced Search page also lists the indexes that can be browsed such as author names and publication types.  You should also take a look at the Visual Search tab.  This brings up the results of your search in an appealing interactive display. Visual Search does not offer options such as full text and it only brings up the 250 most relevant hits, but if you don’t need 8000 articles on your subject, it is an easy to use alternative.

Why you should know this database: Because of its broad range of content and ease of use, Business Source Premier is one of our most highly recommended databases.  It includes journals, trade magazines, Datamonitor reports, newspapers, and more.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Whether students need to find scholarly articles, market research reports, or company information, Business Source Premier can guide them by offering suggestions to narrow down a broad search.

Cost: Business Source Premier is an Inspire database with enhanced features paid by the Libraries.  For more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.  If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu.  Database of the Week is archived  at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/.

For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).

If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.

MEL’s Database of the Week for 1/15/10

January 15th, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

This Week’s Featured Database: LexisNexis Academic, from LexisNexis, Inc.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below the Libraries’ search box.

Description/focus: LexisNexis Academic provides access to a suite of resources from LexisNexis including News,  Accounting, Company Dossier, Country Profiles, Statistical, and Legal.

Start with this hint: As we have pointed out in previous emails about LexisNexis, the interface is unadorned.  The opening page lands you at Search > General > Easy Search which is where we recommend you begin searching for your topic.  Do use the date filter and select appropriate publications from the checklist.  When your results are presented, you can further narrow your search with another term or you can select from the filters on the left side.  If you want to tweak your results, don’t use the back arrow on your browser but  use Edit Search and Go in the field above the list of results.   If you switch from Easy Search to Power Search you have more options for narrowing your search.

Why you should know this database: LexisNexis Academic, though not our most sophisticated interface, contains a broad range of information from general news to legal.  The information in Country Profiles, accessed through  Search > Business,  can give you risk reports, political and economic news.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: A search for a recent topic in News can give your students an up-to-the minute international perspective on any subject.  For a current example, do a search for Haiti.

Cost: LexisNexis Academic is a subscription service paid by the Libraries annually; for more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu.

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Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.  If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu.  Database of the Week is archived  at https://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/category/mgmt/database/.  For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries).

If you would like us to promote your favorite database, send an email to mdugan@purdue.edu.

CHEM eBook of the Week – Jan 5-11

January 6th, 2010

Data Mining in Crystallography
Structure and Bonding, Volume 134
Detlef W.M. Hofmann and Liudmila N. Kuleshova, Eds.
Springer Berlin © 2010

CHEM eBook of the Week – Dec 22-Jan4

December 22nd, 2009

Biobased Surfactants and Detergents: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
Douglas G. Hayes, Dai Kitamoto, Daniel K.Y. Solaiman, and Richard D. Ashby, eds.
AOCS Press © 2009

“Today’s petroleum prices and supply issues mean more interest in biobased surfactants and detergents, which can outperform, synthetic, petroleum-derived, surfactants (biodegradability, biocompatibility, and measures of sustainability). Consumers want eco-friendly and biobased products, leading to increased use of biobased surfactants. This new, must-have book covers biosurfactants: synthesis and applications. Contents include how to reduce manufacturing and purification costs, impurities, and by-products.”

CHEM eBook of the Week – Dec 15-21

December 15th, 2009

Assigning Structures to Ions in Mass Spectrometry
John L. Holmes, Christiane Aubry,  and Paul M. Mayer
CRC Press © 2006

“Summarizing our present knowledge of the structures and chemistry of small organic cations in the gas phase, Assigning Structures to Ions in Mass Spectrometry presents the methods necessary for determining gas-phase ion structures. It is a comprehensive resource of background material that is essential for the interpretation and understanding of organic mass spectra.

Following a historical introduction of chief discoveries, the book surveys current experimental methods for ion production and separation as well as those designed to reveal qualitative and quantitative aspects of gas-phase ions. It also examines the computational chemistry and theoretical calculations that provide complementary thermochemical, structural, and mechanistic information. Five selected case studies illustrate specific challenges associated with ion structure assignment and thermochemical problems. The last major section of the book contains the data for describing or identifying all ions containing C alone and C with H, O, N, S, P, halogens, and small organic cations.”

DLC Equipment hours during Break

December 14th, 2009

The last day for 3 day loans on DLC equipment will be on December 15.  Equipment can still be checked out for 1 day loans on December 16 and 17.  All equipment will be due back on December 18. 

Equipment will not be available from December 19 through January 3.  Bookings will be available from January 4 through January 8.  Equipment can be returned to the DLC on December 19 and December 21 through December 23.

DLC Equipment hours during Break

December 14th, 2009

The last day for 3 day loans on DLC equipment will be on December 15.  Equipment can still be checked out for 1 day loans on December 16 and 17.  All equipment will be due back on December 18. 

Equipment will not be available from December 19 through January 3.  Bookings will be available from January 4 through January 8.  Equipment can be returned to the DLC on December 19 and December 21 through December 23.

CSD – 500,000th Crystal Structure Milestone Reached

December 10th, 2009

The Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) has reached the 500,000th crystal structure landmark.  Read the press release and connect to the web version of the CSD at:

http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/500000.php