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TRAINING WORKSHOPS on STN Online Searching

Since November 1995, PIPAC has been the training center for STN (The Scientific and Technical Information Network), an online access to the scientific databases jointly operated by the Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) in North America, Fachinformationdzentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe in Europe and Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST) in Japan.

PIPAC offers one-day STN training workshops. STN offers access to scientific and technical databases from leading producers worldwide and advanced system features for convenient and precise searching of chemical substances, procedures, patents, health and safety information or any scientific data.

The STN Workshops

  STN Easy
  This seminar is designed for new searchers.
Learn the user-friendly, point-and-click Web access to scientific/technical data and references.
 
  STN Basics
 

This seminar is designed for new searchers.
If you're new to command line searching and you want to learn to search databases using keywords, this seminar is for you! You’ll find out how to

 

 

Use the basic STN commands
Conduct a search using a basic search strategy
Construct effective word search queries
Find research written by a particular author or from an organization of interest
 
  Introduction to Online Searching for Chemists
 

Learn to use the basic STN command language to search the REGISTRY and CAplus databases for chemical information. You will learn to

 

 

Use chemical names and molecular formulas to find references to a chemical substance
Find work on a specific subject
Find research written by a particular author or from an organization of interest
 
  Structure Searching with STN Express
 

This seminar is the starting point for both new and experienced searchers who need to learn structure searching. Learn how to

 

 

Build chemical structures using STN Express software
Find exact and substructure matches of substances in the REGISTRY file
Find related substance references in the CAplus file
  Prerequisite: Intro/Chemistry, Basics, or equivalent experience.
 
  Searching Registry: Chemical Names and Molecular Formulas
 

This seminar is the starting point for both new and experienced searchers who need to learn structure searching. Learn how to

 

 

Build chemical structures using STN Express software
Find exact and substructure matches of substances in the REGISTRY file
Find related substance references in the CAplus file
  Prerequisite: Intro/Chemistry, Basics
 
  STN Patent Basics
 

This seminar is designed for the searcher who wants to tap into the resources of patent information available on STN. Learn how to

 

 

Use Patent Numbers to find records of interest
Locate members of a patent family
Locate patents associated with a specific inventor or patent assignee
Conduct multifile patent searches and sort results by invention
  Prerequisite: Basics, Intro/Chemistry, or equivalent experience


Dates may change. Please contact PIPAC to confirm schedule. PIPAC is at the Ateneo de Manila University Campus, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, PHILIPPINES with telephone numbers +632-4266072, +632-4266001 locals 4856 and 4857, fax number +632-4266073 and email address info@pipac.com.ph. Our office is open Mondays till Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. without lunch break.

 

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