Mahatma Gandhi Ji's 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations at IISER TVM

 

Webinar on 'SciFidner-n: Less Search, More Research

Webinar on 'SciFidner-n: Less search, more research 

 Session 1: Friday, 11th September 2020 at 11:00 AM

 Session 2: Tuesday, 15th September 2020 at 4:00 PM (Repeat session) 

 Agenda: 

 1. Introduction of CAS and SciFinderⁿ. 

 2. Detailed literature searching including the importance of PatentPak 

 3. Substance and Structure Searching 

 4. Use of MethodsNow synthesis for Reaction searching 

 5. Introduction to CAS Retrosynthesis planner 

 6. Question and Answer Session 

 Registration Details: 

This is a free seminar but requires prior registration. 

Register at: 

Registration Link for Session 1 

Registration Link for Session 2

ACS On Campus Webinar on 'Peer Review & Publishing Ethics'

All are invited to attend the 'ACS on Campus' webinar on Peer Review & Publishing Ethics to be held on 10th August 2020 between 5 PM to 7 PM.  
Registration Link: https://connect.acspubs.org/ACSOCWebinar                                    

Meet the Editor Online on 14 July 2020

Covid-19 has brought about an unprecedented situation across the globe and the impact of it on the research landscape is going to be paramount. While we all stay isolated in our homes, it is also essential for us to stay connected with the community.

RSC Meet the Editor Webinars provide researchers with a platform to interact and engage with the journal editors and international board members while you stay safe at your homes.

The webinar provides researchers an opportunity to hear some of the exciting research by leading scientists on our journal board. You will also have the opportunity to interact with them and clarify your burning questions on the key aspects of their research.

Join us to make the best use of this time and be a part of the interactive discussions. You could gain meaningful insights from journal editors on scholarly publishing, peer review, ethics and plagiarism helping you to advance your career.

The webinars are free to attend and would not only be beneficial to students and researchers pursuing chemical science but also for anybody wanting to develop their skills at any stage of their research career.

Join Prof. Sandeep Verma, Department of Chemistry, IIT –Kanpur, Secretary of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Associate Editor - ChemComm, Royal Society of Chemistry and Dr. Richard Kelly, Executive Editor of ChemComm for a 2-part Meet the Editor Online webinar featuring key scientific and publishing insights.

Time: 14 July 2020 16:00-17:00

Speakers:

Scientific: Prof. Sandeep Verma, IIT Kanpur

Secretary, SERB

Associate Editor, ChemComm
Title: Gasotransmitter release and biochemical action by designed molecules

Publishing: Dr. Richard Kelly, Royal Society of Chemistry UK

Executive Editor, ChemComm, Chem Soc Rev,  
Title: Ethics & plagiarism in scientific publishing

This is a free to attend online event and can be attended from any location. Click the BOOK NOW button in the registration page.

Free online access to the ACM Digital Library

Free online access to the ACM Digital Library is available till 30th June 2020.

The ACM Digital Library is a "comprehensive database of full-text articles and bibliographic literature covering computing and information technology.  This renowned repository includes the complete collection of ACM publications plus an extended bibliographic database of core works in computing from scholarly publishers"

IISER Library Consortium Webinar on “Elsevier: Empowering Researchers Across IISERs”

IISER Library Consortium in collaboration with  Elsevier is organizing a webinar on  “Elsevier: Empowering Researchers Across IISERs”  on Saturday, May 30^th, 2020 from 11:00 AM till 1:00 PM to help them understand how Elsevier tools like ScienceDirect, Scopus and Mendeley can enable them to plan and organize their research effectively.

All are requested to kindly register and participate in this useful webinar

Webinar Registration Link

Agenda

Time	Agenda
11:00 -11:05		Welcome Address Mr. Nitin Rawat Regional Manager-Elsevier South Asia
11:05-11:10		Inaugural Address Dr. P Visakhi Librarian, IISER Mohali
11:10-11:20		Free Resources and Benefits available from Elsevier to researchers in response to COVID-19 Ms. Neha Srivastava Account Manager, Elsevier South Asia
11:20-11:35		ScienceDirect: Read Quality.. Publish Quality Mr. Pranav Shukla Account Manager, Elsevier South Asia
11:35-11:45		Importance of Cell Press Journals: Science that Inspires Mr. Dhruv Khurana Solution Manager, Elsevier South Asia
11:45-12:20		Find the next steps in your research area with Scopus Mr. Vishal Gupta Customer Consultant, Elsevier South Asia
12:20-12:45		Managing References Made Easy Using Mendeley Reference Manager Mr. Vishal Gupta Customer Consultant, Elsevier South Asia
12:45-13:00		Q&A and Closing Remarks Ms. Faraha Siddiqui Account Manager, Elsevier South Asia

Access to the IUPAC Standards Online Database

Free access to the IUPAC Standards Online database has been made available to IISER TVM  until December 2020. 

About IUPAC Standards Online

"IUPAC Standards Online is a unique compilation of the internationally-binding standards and recommendations for chemistry and related fields created by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

These standards and recommendations, extracted from the IUPAC Journal Pure and Applied Chemistry (PAC), are used worldwide by scientists in industry and academia, patent lawyers, toxicologists, environmental scientists, legislators and others who need access to the authoritative information on chemical nomenclature, symbols, terminology, units, weights, measures, and similar scientific conventions. 
Updated annually, integrating the new standards and recommendations published in the prior year, the database provides granular access to the content and enables finding specific information quickly and easily. Numerous search indicators, sorting criteria, and refining options can be used to simplify the selection of the items. The product is supplied with auxiliary material introducing the main functionalities of the database.

Features:

• A comprehensive online resource designed for professionals from different areas of chemistry
• All standards and recommendations going back to the 1960s in one place
• A Topical structure of the database supporting field-specific browsing and large-scale data integration
• Numerous search functionalities, sorting and refining criteria
• Links in each article to related content enabling fast access to relevant material
• An extended list of specially-compiled keywords in the metadata
• A thesaurus-based search for equivalent terms."

​All are requested to kindly make use of this database.

Courtesy: De Gruyter

Webinar on "How To Benefit From JoVE Videos In Your Remote Teaching"

WEBINAR: How To Benefit From JoVE Videos In Your Remote Teaching Greetings from JoVE, The Journal of Visualized Experiments! Please join our Webinar on Remote Learning with JoVE Science Education Video Collections and JoVE Video Journal. The purpose of the training is to inform academics about the use of the platform. We will be providing ONLINE CERTIFICATES to all the participants. The session will take place as per below. DATE: Thursday, 4 June 2020 TIME: 15:00 - 16:00 PM, IST REGISTER HERE ABOUT THE WEBINAR General Information About JoVE Information About JoVE Education Collections Off-Campus Access to JoVE Videos How to get published in JoVE Moodle, BlackBoard, Sakai, Microsoft Teams, Zoom etc. LMS Integration Processes SPEAKER Ibrahim Selcuk, LLM Director of Sales EMEA & India ibrahim.selcuk@jove.com JoVE RESEARCH solutions accelerate research productivity by bringing to life the intricate details of cutting-edge experiments, alongside text protocols. By enabling researchers to see the scientific method in action, JoVE videos facilitate efficient learning of new methods and ultimately, improve STEM research productivity. JoVE EDUCATION solutions improve STEM teaching and learning and help educators reach their student learning outcome goals; covering core concepts to advanced methods and theories. The videos support blended learning and flipped classroom initiatives.

Free Online Textbooks from Springer

With the Coronavirus outbreak having an unprecedented impact on education, Springer is providing free access to hundreds of textbooks across Springer Nature’s eBook subject collections.

For more details Click here

These books will be available via SpringerLink until end of July, 2020.

Rescheduling of the Library Timing.

As a measure to prevent the spread of COVID 19, institute library timing has been restricted till 5.30 PM, till further announcement. Library remains closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Please use hand sanitizer before entering the library and avoid spending a long time inside the library.

All are requested to kindly cooperate.

Free access to Textbooks published by the Cambridge University Press.

"Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak. Over 700 textbooks, published and currently available, on Cambridge Core are available regardless of whether textbooks were previously purchased. We recommend a Laptop/Desktop computer with Google Chrome for the best viewing experience. Textbook content is read-only and cannot be downloaded".

Free access is available until the end of May 2020.

Click Here to access the free e-books.

Source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/textbooks

Free access to OUP resources on coronavirus and related topics

With the recent coronavirus situation, Oxford University Press has made content from online resources and leading journals freely accessible to assist researchers, medical professionals, policymakers, and others who are working to address this potential health crisis.

Please click here for accessing the resources