LIC Monthly Newsletter
The latest news from the Library and Information Centre plus a round-up of other chemical information related articles.
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LIC Newsletter October 2009
The Library has re-opened; MyRSC; Kompass; Analytical Methods & Nanoscale; Web 2.0; PLoS; e-Books; Google Wave; Google News; Microsoft's Courier; Microsoft's Security Essentials.
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LIC Newsletter September 2009
Chemical Business NewsBase; Household Products Database; REACH Legislation; Chemical Science and MedChemComm Journals; SME's have difficulty accessing articles; Peer review; Google Books deal challenged.
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LIC Newsletter August 2009
CEFIC Facts & Figures; Carbon Capture Business Information; Nanoscale Journal; Social Networking; InChI Trust; News International to charge for Content; SpringerImages; Google unveils New Search Engine.
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LIC Newsletter July 2009
INIS; Fine/speciality chemicals; Science journalism; ACS move to online; NPG & Scientific American merge; Pubget; Office 2010; Chrome OS; Opera Unite; and Ask Q&A.
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LIC Newsletter June 2009
Library Website; Arrangement with RPSGB ends; Carriage, Supply and Exposure Limits database; Ionic liquids; Polymer chemistry; Dialog expands; Wolfram Alpha & Bing search engines launch; and Google demos new search features.
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LIC Newsletter May 2009
SDBS; Antibacterial properties of silver; RSC acquires ChemSpider; Free access to INIS database; Searching costs over £6 billion a year; Wolfram Alpha; and Windows 7 RC1 now available.
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LIC Newsletter April 2009
Chemistry Centre latest; WebReactions; Chlorine dioxide; InChI resolver launched; TRANSFER; Journal of Cheminformatics and Nature Chemistry launched; and .tel domain names launched.
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LIC Newsletter March 2009
Genealogy Enquiries Database; MatWeb; Supercritical Fluids; Nanoscale & Analytical Methods journals announced; Value-added information services; US copyright legislation; and Fake health websites.
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LIC Newsletter February 2009
Renew your ScienceDirect password; Finding CAS numbers; New IPO Patent databases; Fermentation for renewable fuel; Yahoo Search Pad; Britannica goes wiki; LinkedIn; Twitter; Google debunks energy claim; and dry cleaners find 9,000 USB drives.
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LIC Newsletter January 2009
Chemistry Centre latest; Hints & Tips - The Wayback Machine; ICIS search; Biodegradability of surfactants; STN revamp; ticTOCs; Kosmix; Windows 7 beta; and Google's environmental impact.
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LIC Newsletter December 2008
Google Hints & Tips; UNEP SIDS; Palladium; Growth in e-Books and Journals expected; UK PubMed; Google.org; Cuil; Visual Explorer; Europeana launches...and crashes.
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LIC Newsletter November 2008
Cosmetic Ingredient database; Semiconductors; Linus Pauling; Your RSC Subscriptions and Free Content; Springer buys Biomed Central; Global Data Library; OASPA; Microsoft Windows 7; Microsoft Azure; and Microsoft Equipt.
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