FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New STN Express Version 8.0 Software Gives Information Professionals
Advanced Analysis, Post-processing and Security Capabilities
ARLINGTON, Va., May 22, 2005 - New features in STN Express with
Discover! Analysis Edition (Version 8.0) will allow information
professionals to present their search results in improved reports or
tables while also boosting their ability to search, analyze, visualize
and review the world of scientific information. Chemical Abstracts
Service (CAS) announced the latest version of STN Express at the Patent
Information Users Group Annual Meeting being held this week in
Arlington, Va.
Among other features of STN Express, Version 8.0, the Variable Group
(R-Group) Analysis Tool has been enhanced with the ability to analyze
multi-component chemical substances and improves researchers' ability =
to
preview substances to ensure the inclusion of relevant structures from
the CAS Registry. Several other enhancements have been added for
chemical structure analysis and reporting.
"The updates and additions we have made to STN Express are a direct
result of customer input," said Christine McCue, Manager, Online
Services - STN. "We know information professionals have to be able to
present search results in reports and presentations that are easy to
assemble and communicate effectively the value they bring to =
information
analysis. The new enhancements accomplish this goal."
STN Express with Discover! Analysis Version 8.0 for Windows includes
additional new capabilities, including
o CAS Registry Number and Role Report Wizard - provides an analysis of
chemical substances and their corresponding CAS roles to find new areas
of research
o Analyze Plus Wizard - provides more analysis options and editing
capabilities
o More secure Internet connection with Telnet encryption option
o Automatic upload of individual gene sequences to DGENE and
PCTGEN sequence databases, which makes searching easier
o Post-processing tools provide flexible cell formatting in
tables for better client presentations
o An ability to export search results for use with the new STN
AnaVist software.
STN Express, which launched in 1988, is the most popular tool for
searching the wealth of databases on the scientific and technical
information network, STN. STN is the premier online service for =
science
and technology, offering a collection of more than 220 databases. The
service is provided jointly through a North American service center,
operated by CAS in Columbus, Ohio; a European service center, operated
by FIZ Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany; and a Japanese service center,
operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency in Tokyo.
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is an organization of
scientists creating and delivering the most complete and effective
digital information environment for scientific research and discovery.
CAS provides pathways to published research in the world's journal and
patent literature - virtually everything relevant to chemistry plus a
wealth of information in the life sciences and a wide range of other
scientific disciplines - back to the beginning of the twentieth =
century.
In addition to offering STN in North America, CAS publishes the print
version of Chemical Abstracts (CA), related publications and CD-ROM
services; operates the CAS Chemical Registry; produces a family of
online databases; and offers the SciFinder desktop research tool. The
CAS web site is at <file://www.cas.org> www.cas.org.
Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or in other countries. CAS, CAS Registry, Chemical
Abstracts, SciFinder, STN and STN Express are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of the American Chemical Society.
Eric Shively
CAS
Received on Mon May 23 2005 - 01:50:24
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