Free SciFinder E-Seminars

The fall semester if fast approaching, so it's not too soon to start thinking about honing your article databases searching skills for the upcoming academic year.

CAS is hosting in September two e-seminars on the article database SciFinder:

• SciFinder Fundamentals Part 1: Basic Search and Analysis Techniques -- Tues, Sept 14, 2-3pm EDT
• SciFinder Fundamentals Part 2: Basic Search and Analysis Techniques -- Wed, Sept 15, 2-3pm EDT

These e-seminars will cover how to efficiently use SciFinder's:

• navigation features
• literature analysis tools
• literature review abilities
  
• alert services
• structure searching tools
• reaction and preparation locating features
• smart linking features
• non-linear information gathering abilities
  

SciFinder -- an invaluable chemistry article database -- also contains conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, patents, substance records, formula, structures, and reactions.

Both experienced SciFinder users as well as novices would benefit from these e-seminars. I've attended several CAS e-seminars and found them very helpful -- instead merely giving a tour of what buttons to click, the presenters use relevant, real life research examples in thoughtful, innovative ways, which just happen to highlight useful SciFinder features. I highly recommend them and encourage anyone that searches for chemistry literature to sign up.

To register for these *free* e-seminars, go to the SciFinder Training Calendar at http://sfcalendar.cas.org/.

As always, if you have any questions about this, feel free to contact me at carrie.leatherman@wmich.edu.

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