Thomson Scientific Recipients of 2007 International InfoStar Awards

This year's InfoStar awards were given to the following recipients, as announced during a special ceremony at the Online Information 2007 conference in London:

• Dr. Pawel Grochowski, assistant professor, Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling, Warsaw University (Poland), praised for his work as coordinator of the Virtual Library of Science program at the university, which is funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
  
  
• Dennie Heye, information scientist, Shell International Exploration and Production B.V. (Netherlands), recognized for creating a network of information professionals — from both research and technology — within his organization.
  
  
• Ashima Aggarwal, knowledge manager, Evalueserve, (India), honored for successfully creating the Knowledge Management department in her organization. As a result of her effective strategy, the team has grown to about 30 information professionals that manage all aspects of research and the knowledge management function.

Read more about InfoStar awards and the winners.

Thomson Scientific Presents Roger K. Summit Scholarship Award

The 2007 Roger K. Summit Scholarship for the Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa region was awarded to Mehrnoush Mozaffarian, a doctoral student from University College, London. The announcement was made at a special ceremony at the Online Information conference on December 6 in London.

The Roger K. Summit Scholarship is awarded twice annually, one each to a graduate student enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences program in the Americas and one in Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa.

Read more about the winner and her excellent qualifications.

Greater Context for Current and Future Research in EMBASE Classic

A new database—EMBASE® Classic—has been added to Dialog (File 772) and DataStar (EM73) and contains the EMBASE electronic backfile from 1947 to 1973, including over 1.8 million records from the biomedical and pharmacological literature. EMBASE Classic provides greater context for current and future research and can be searched together with current EMBASE databases. It is a subscriber-only file, not available for transactional usage.

Read more about this important database. In addition, a new file (File 972 on Dialog and EMXX on DataStar) is available as a subscriber-only file, containing all EMBASE data from 1947 to the present.

Indexing Changes in EMBASE® Reload on Dialog

In the latest EMBASE reload on Dialog you will want to note several indexing changes. Nine new fields have been added, including a new field for record type (e.g., RT=Abstract and RT=Citation) has been added. In addition, the author index now includes the corresponding and contributing author in the author field (AU=) and the corresponding and contributing author affiliation in the corporate source field (CS=). Several fields (DC= descriptor code, SH= section heading and CT= conference title) have been removed.

See the Bluesheet for changes to EMBASE indexing and display tags, as well as dates of coverage.

Review the New How Do I...? Series for Business & Industry

The Dialog How Do I...? series has expanded to cover Business & Industry topics. Seven of the most frequently asked questions about business and industry research are illustrated step by step in both the DialogClassic and DialogLink 5 interfaces. Find answers to questions like how do I:

• Locate the top companies in an industry?
• Find a U.S. company profile?
• Find members of a corporate family?

Check the Dialog website for over 100 solutions in Business & Industry, Biomedicine, Pharmaceuticals, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights. The series will continue to expand in these and other subject areas. Check back often to see how the Dialog How Do I...? series can help you find the answers.

Chinese Patents Added to Derwent World Patents Index

Derwent World Patents Index® (DWPISM) has broadened its coverage of China's growing patent activity with the addition of English-translated Chinese Utility Model Registrations, updated weekly. Utility models are similar to patents, but require a less stringent review process and offer a shorter protection period. Like conventional patents, utility models reveal important new technology advances and are a significant part of any prior art search. Read more about this new coverage in DWPI.