The circa 1949 Craig cylindrical countercurrent
distribution apparatus recently donated to the Oesper Collections by Dr. Edward Bennett (Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection).
Issue 32 describes the recent acquisition of an even earlier version of a Craig countercurrent distribution apparatus than the version that was described in issue 3 of 2010.
Click here for all other issues of Notes from The Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
E-journals hosted on the American Institute of Physics’ Scitation platform, including titles from AIP and other professional societies related to physics, are once again active.
See the full list of subscribed titles and years of coverage. Access these titles at http://scitation.aip.org/content/publications.
With this new local subscription, UC researchers can now access the full package of AIP journals and conference proceedings, including new-to-UC titles such as Biomicrofluidics. UC users also have access to selected journal titles from other societies, such as Medical Physics and journals of the Acoustical Society of America and AAPT.
Contact Ted Baldwin with questions: Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu or 513-556-4211.
New name for full-text link in SciFinder
Important tip & update for SciFinder users! The database has changed its former “Full Text” links to the non-intuitive phrases “Other Sources” and “Link to Other Sources” on the brief and full record displays, respectively. The links still function the same as before, but are now represented by these new phrases. Contact Ted Baldwin with questions, Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu or 513-556-4211.
Brief display (results list):
Full record display (after clicking on article title):
The restored 1913 Foster flashpoint apparatus.
Issue 31 of Museum Notes recounts some of the puzzles that have confronted the museum curator when it comes to identifying the nature and use of some of the items that are donated to the museum.
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Workshop Announcement:
On March 11 and 12, UC Libraries will sponsor the Center of Open Science for a workshop on reproducible research practices.
This workshop is free for attendees. There are two opportunities to attend, with same content offered at each session. Please register by Monday, March 2 at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UCCenterOpenScience
Geethika Weragoda, Graduate Assistant at the Chemistry-Biology and Chemistry PhD student, will present several workshops in Langsam Library classroom 475 in the coming weeks.
Learn about using SciFinder & Reaxys for research in chemistry and related sciences, and about collaborating/managing citations with Mendeley & ChemWorx. Each workshop will be offered twice.
Note: later this semester, we will also present workshops on LaTeX, RefWorks, Python scripting, and Screencasting. Current schedule at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/ceasworkshopsspring2015.
Please register for these workshops at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx.
Reaxys & SciFinder Basics: Substance & Property Searching
Wednesday 01/21/2015 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM
Monday 02/02/2015 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM
Reaxys & Scifinder are search tools designed to retrieve chemical reactions, substance data, literature references, and other related information. These databases cover all aspects of chemistry and life sciences, including biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine, and related disciplines. This workshop introduces several ways to search for information, including chemical structure, formula, and physical property parameters. Please register for your own account on each system before attending the workshops. Information on creating accounts can be found at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/reaxys and http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/scifinder.
Reaxys & Scifinder Advanced: Search Reactions & Plan your Synthesis
Monday 01/26/2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday 02/03/2015 09:00 AM — 10:00 AM
Gain hands-on experience with advanced search techniques in the Reaxys & Scifinder search tools. Topics: 1) drawing tools for chemical reaction searching, 2) Creating alerts (e.g.: Keep-Me-Posted in Scifinder) and email notifications, 3) Using Reaxys & SciFinder to plan a synthesis project and share it with colleagues. Note: If you are not familiar with drawing tools, you are encouraged to attend the “Reaxys & SciFinder Basic” workshop or to review the related database guides: http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/reaxys and http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/scifinder.
Citing & Collaboration Tools: Mendeley & ACS ChemWorx
Tuesday 01/27/2015 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM
Wednesday 02/11/2015 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM
Learn about Mendeley & ChemWorx, two citation & collaboration tools designed for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online. As available as both desktop and web-based versions, these tools help you establish access groups and communicate within these groups. Topics: 1) Install of ChemWorx & Mendeley, 2) Input & organize your citations, 3) Add bookmarks to your web browser, 4) Generate citations & bibliography. Related information: http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/mendeley and http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/chemworx.
Front view of the Siemens IA Elmiskop in its
original location at UC Environmental Health and Safety.
Issue 30 of Museum Notes highlights the recently acquired, circa 1964, Siemens Elmiskop 1A Microscope now on display on the upper mezzanine of the Chemistry-Biology Library in 503 Rieveschl.
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On October 19, UC Libraries and UCIT co-sponsored two High Performance Computing workshops, taught by staff of the Ohio Supercomputing Center (OSC). Workshop titles: Intro to High Performance Computing at OSC (basic session) and Conquering the OSC Batch Environment (advanced, hands-on session). Streaming recordings, slides, and workshop details are now available at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hpc.
Questions? Contact Jane Combs, UCIT / Research and Development, combsje@uc.edu or Ted Baldwin, UC Libraries / Science and Engineering Libraries, baldwitw@uc.edu
Dr. William B. Jensen introduces his new series:
Like most museums, only about 25% of the holdings of the Oesper Collections
in the History of Chemistry are on public display at a given time. In order to make the remaining 75% available in some form, it was decided to initiate a series of short museum booklets, each dedicated to a particular instrument or laboratory technique of historical importance to the science of chemistry.
Each booklet would include not only photographs of both displayed and stored museum artifacts related to the subject at hand, but also a short discussion of the history of the instrument or technique and of its impact on the development of chemistry as a whole. Several of these booklets are expansions of short articles which have previously appeared in either the bimonthly series Museum Notes, which is posted on the Oesper website, or the series Ask the Historian, which appeared in the Journal of Chemical Education between 2003 and 2012.
You can access the booklets by clicking here.
Typical modern-day fleakers with their patented caps.
The 29th issue of Museum Notes highlights a recent innovation in laboratory glassware known as the “fleaker” and traces its historical antecedents to a late 19th-century innovation known as the “beaker flask.”
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