KnowItAll U - 1.3 million spectra (IR, MS, NMR, Raman, and UV-Vis)

The University Libraries now subscribes to KnowItAll U, Bio-Rad's collection of 1.3 million spectra developed from the Sadtler and Wiley spectra collections. If interested, I'm happy to provide a short demo or provide more information.

You can access the database from the library's database webpage or directly using the following URL: Access: http://lib-ezproxy.tamu.edu:2048/login?url=http://c-polychrest.tamu.edu:8331/V?func=native-link&resource=TEX05705

U.S. and International Patents

Interested in some tips and tricks about searching and accessing U.S. and international patents? If so, please contact me for a short tutorial at your place or mine. There's some information on the following library webpage, but I have more to share:
http://library.tamu.edu/help/resource-format-guides/patents

Reaxys

Access to DiscoveryGate, our current platform for Beilstein and Gmelin, will cease after December 31st 2010. It will be replaced by Reaxys, Elsevier's new platform for Beilstein and Gmelin. Reaxys provides reaction/structure searching, as well as an extensive collection of  property data.  Reaxys can be accessed from the library's list of databases and there is a direct link below. Reaxys: http://lib-ezproxy.tamu.edu:2048/login?url=http://c-polychrest.tamu.edu:8331/V?func=native-link&resource=TEX07004

SciFinder

The client version of SciFinder will cease to exist after June 30th 2011. Please contact me if you have questions about the registration process or accessing the new web-based version of SciFinder. Here is a link to the library's SciFinder webpage to register: http://lib-ezproxy.tamu.edu:2048/login?url=http://c-polychrest.tamu.edu:8331/V?func=native-link&resource=TEX06157