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THE CHEST DATA MESSENGER
9th November 2001 URL:<http://www.chest.ac.uk/>
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CONTENTS
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a)Renewal of Licences for CAS 'SciFinder Scholar'
b)ISI Web of Knowledge
c)Netskills Workshops
d)Latest Data Wishes
a)Renewal of Licences for CAS 'SciFinder Scholar'
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CHEST is pleased to announce that close collaboration between CHEST and
CAS has resulted in a further increase in discount in recognition of the
growth in the number of institutions participating in the consortium.
Detail of the new pricing is available at
<http://www.cas.org/cgi-bin/chest>
Very shortly CAS will be issuing invoices to cover the period 1 October
2001 through to 30 September 2002. If you are currentlly licensed and
wish to change your configuration please notify CAS - contact details
for Dr Barry Dunne:
email <[log in to unmask]> ,
tel +44 -(0)1642-785 925,
fax +44 -(0)-1642 785 41
as soon as possible in order to ensure that you are invoiced
appropriately and have the relevant access permissions
b)ISI Web of Knowledge
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Forwarded on behalf of ISI:
ISI are delighted to invite you to an afternoon of discovery of ISI Web
of Knowledge, our fully integrated web platform. ISI Web of Knowledge
includes major research resources such as:
ISI Web of Science®
ISI ProceedingsSM
ISI Current Contents Connect®
Derwent Innovations IndexSM
ISI ChemistrySM
ISI Journal Citation Reports®
ISI Essential Science IndicatorsSM
BIOSIS® Previews®
ISI Links
UK academic sites subscribing to ISI Web of Science have the option to
add other ISI Web of Knowledge products to their subscription at
preferential and vastly reduced prices through the CHEST negotiated
agreement. Come along to one of the sessions and see how these products
can accelerate and enhance research at your university or institution.
Each presentation will last for approximately two hours and will provide
in-depth details of the products available through the UK Web of Science
CHEST agreement as well as our latest products and developments.
For more information about the sessions please see
<http://www.isinet.com/emea/wokdiscovery>
The sessions will take place at the following times and locations. Each
session will begin at 2pm. Refreshments will be served from 1.30pm.
Monday, 19 November 2001 - University of Glasgow
Tuesday, 20 November 2001 - University of Durham
Wednesday, 21st November 2001 - University of Salford*
Thursday, 22nd November 2001 - Cranfield University
Friday, 23rd November 2001 - University of Bristol
*Please note Salford session starts at 2.30pm
Attendance will be by registration only and places will be allocated in
order of receipt of registrations. Please note that place numbers will
be limited, so early registration is advised. To attend one of the
sessions please register by sending an email to
<[log in to unmask]> with the following information:
Your full name:
Your job title:
Institution:
Full postal address:
Telephone number:
Fax number:
Email address:
Which date/location do you wish to attend:
How many people will be attending (please provide full details of each
person attending):
Fuller details of each venue will be provided with confirmation of your
registration.
Please do not hesitate to pass this invitation on to interested
colleagues!
We look forward to welcoming you to our UK Web of Knowledge discovery
tour.
Best wishes,
Amanda Hart
Territory Manager, ISI
Tel: 01895 270016 ext. 134
c)Netskills Workshops
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Netskills has a varied programme of internet training workshops for this
autumn, running at locations across the country. For full details
including online booking please visit
<http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/>
November 14th Web Site Development with Active Server Pages (ASP)
Birkbeck College, London
November 15th Databases on the Web
Birkbeck College, London
November 22nd Dynamic Web Pages with JavaScript
Strathclyde University
November 23rd Exploring XML
Strathclyde University
November 28th Creating Interactive Web Pages
UWIC Cardiff
November 28th Databases on the Web
University of Glamorgan
November 29th Using the Internet for Learning and Teaching for FE
University of Wales, Swansea
d)Latest Data Wishes
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The following is a list of the latest Data Wishes to appear on the CHEST
web site. If you would like to add your wish please go to
<http://www.chest.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wishes> or to view the complete Data
Wishlist go to <http://www.chest.ac.uk/general/datawishes.html>
Bnet - Business and Management - <http://www.bnet.co.uk>
New Scientist Archive - Online Magazine -
http://www.newscientist.com/archive
RILM - Abstracts of Music Literature -
<http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog/rilm.html>
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