So far this academic year, librarians have held 32 student consultations. There is the need for a good, searchable database in Chemistry. The library has purchased a subcription to SciFinder , the online end-user version of Chemical Abstracts . SciFinder requires that software be loaded on each personal computer. This application has been installed on the E.H. Little Library and Chemistry Library computers.
Students have trouble knowing how to choose an appropriate library database.
The Indexes and Databases page has been redesigned. Additionally, descriptions of the databases are now included on the same page with the list of databases. Patrons can get information about the databases immediately rather than having to link to a separate description list. It would be helpful if students could save search strategies in online indexes so that they could later review them with faculty and librarians. The eighteen SilverPlatter databases allow the searcher to save the search history and then print, save, or email that history.