New STN AnaVist Provides Unique Insights into Trends and Patterns in
Scientific and Patent Information
CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe announce new, powerful A&V software to analyze =
and
visualize online search results for better decision making
Arlington, VA, May 22, 2005 - Chemical Abstracts Service and FIZ
Karlsruhe have announced the release of new software, STN AnaVist, that
will give information professionals a variety of ways to analyze and
view information found in scientific literature and patents, giving =
them
greater value from search results and better support for critical
business decisions.
The co-operators of the STN network made the announcement today during
the PIUG annual meeting in Arlington, Virignia. STN International is
the premier online service for science and technology, offering a
collection of more than 220 high-quality online databases. STN is
currently used by thousands of organizations worldwide.
Capabilities available in STN AnaVist, to be released this summer, were
developed in response to the expressed needs of information
professionals for advanced tools to help them analyze search results
from scientific literature and patent databases and visualize patterns
and trends in the research landscape. Now, searchers will be able to
assimilate and present information more effectively to support
competitive intelligence, research & development strategy and =
management
decision-making.
"STN AnaVist creates an interactive workspace to interpret patent and
research data in new and innovative ways. It allows users to identify
relationships between the data. The features enhance views on
developments in research and technology thus providing the most =
valuable
information for business critical decisions," says Sabine
Bruegner-Weilandt, Managing Director and CEO of FIZ Karlsruhe. =
"Through
pictures and landscapes, based on the traditional research results, our
users will gain exciting new perspectives and insights - a new vista of
scientific knowledge."
"The information challenge of the 21st Century is not information
access, but information utilization. STN AnaVist is an important first
step from the STN partnership to bring new technologies to bear on this
challenge," said CAS President Robert J. Massie. "Using results from =
CAS
databases and others on STN, information users will now be able to view
the competitive landscape, visualize where research is heading - =
receive
a much greater return on their investment in information."
Key features of STN AnaVist include:
o Analysis of information from three leading scientific
resources: CAS' CAplus database of scientific literature and patent
information and the USPATFULL and PCTFULL patent databases containing
the full text of U.S. and Patent Cooperation Treaty
(PCT) patents;
o An interactive workspace displaying a range of data visualizations,
dynamically integrated, including cluster and contour maps, histograms,
and co-occurrence matrices;
o Harmonization and standardization of data prior to visualization =
using
algorithms based on intellectual data analysis;
o A data grouping feature that helps to minimize scattering of results
by permitting editing and customizing data elements across the
databases;
o Flexible tools for deeper analysis of data subsets;
o Two options for creating results for analysis:
- Integrated concept search capability within STN AnaVist
- Import of search results into STN AnaVist from the popular STN
Express.
software.
All of these powerful options for data analysis are available in a
modern, easy-to-use interface.
STN International 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.
An international scientific service institution, FIZ Karlsruhe is
dedicated to providing information services and solutions for both
information management and scholarly communication. For almost three
decades, FIZ Karlsruhe has been offering its high-quality, value-added
information services to scientists from all over the world involved in
academic and industrial R&D, as well as to decision makers in business
and administration. In cooperation with national and international
institutions, FIZ Karlsruhe produces and provides databases in various
fields of science and technology, including the most distinguished
patent files. Its main business area is STN International (The
Scientific & Technical Information Network). The FIZ Karlsruhe Web =
site
is at <http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de> http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de.
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 <http://www.cas.org> http://www.cas.org.
Eric Shively
CAS
Received on Mon May 23 2005 - 01:50:19
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