A number of features of SciGlass are particularly useful in my own areas of research and teaching. Since my own work deals primarily with the relations between the properties and compositions of glasses and melts, I find the ability to query the SciGlass database invaluable in planning studies of new binary and ternary systems. Since I often know authors who may have published in the area of interest, I appreciate the ability to access a list of all publications of a given author contained in the database. The plotting capabilities of the program are very useful in determining the relative reliability of the data from different sources, especially when there are several published sets of data for a particular property of a series of glasses. As a teacher, I have found SciGlass to be a valuable teaching tool.
Students are able to find more complete information regarding subjects for term papers.
I have also used plots to illustrate the scatter found in real, as opposed to theoretical, discussions of property trends. The manuals are well written. The discussions of background material regarding glasses found in the first few chapters of Volume II of the User Guide are especially beneficial for the novice in glass science and technology. The large number of examples proves illustrations of most of the potential uses of this program. SciGlass 3.5 is an invaluable tool for anyone interested in the properties of glasses and melts.