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Software news: Cambridge structural database (CSD) 2020 release available

January 17, 2020
by Grace Baysinger
Engineering
New acquisitions
Science

Established in 1965 by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) is the world’s repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures.

We have a campus-wide site license for CSD Enterprise which includes ALL CSD software and ALL application data.  Access to CSD software is limited to current students, faculty, and staff at Stanford. You must have the activation key and the license customer ID before you are able to download the software.  To request an activation key, please see: https://library.stanford.edu/science/software/cambridge-structural-database

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Software news: OriginPro 2020 is here, license renewed

January 17, 2020
by Grace Baysinger
Engineering
New acquisitions
Science

Origin is a complete graphing and data analysis software package that provides a suite of features catering to the needs of scientists and engineers. OriginPro offers all of the features of Origin plus extended analysis tools in the areas of Peak Fitting, Surface Fitting, Statistics, Signal Processing, and Image Processing.

Our campus-wide site license for OriginPro was recently renewed with the new license expiring 4/15/2020.  Access is limited to current students, faculty, and staff at Stanford.  Please go to  https://library.stanford.edu/science/software/originpro to download a copy of the software and to request a license key.  You do not have to be connected to the network after installing the program.

Software news: Mnova license renewed, version 14 released

January 17, 2020
by Grace Baysinger
Engineering
New acquisitions
Science

Mnova14

Mnova 14 is a major release that incorporates many new features in NMR, MS, NMRPredict and Screen plugins as well as others. They have integrated a new Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopies (ElViS) module and as usual they have fixed several bugs.

The 2020 license keys for Mnova are available to current students, faculty, and staff at Stanford. The 2019 license keys will expire 2/14/20 and the 2020 license keys will expire 2/14/21.  In addition to being able to download to your personal computer, Mnova (or Mestrenova) is also available on cluster computers.

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Stanford Libraries staff anniversary honorees 2019

December 19, 2019
by Kimberly R. Kay
News

On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, the Stanford Libraries staff gathered at Paul Brest Hall to celebrate the past year and honor staff who are marking employment anniversaries. Congratulations to all!

Web of Science

Databases of the week: Finding journal articles in biology

December 16, 2019
by Michael L Newman
Digital library
Science

Listed below are seven of the most frequently used databases for finding biological literature. Which is the best database for finding journal articles in biology? The quick answer is that it depends on your specific topic. Here are some suggestions to get you started:

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