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Hello everyone,

 

FIZ Karlsruhe is teaming up with Thomson Reuters Scientific to provide a
series of workshops on the Derwent World Patent Index (DWPI) on STN,
DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) on STN, and GENESEQ on STN (DGENE)
databases. All of the workshops feature extensive hands-on practice time
and are free-of-charge. Registration is required via the link given
below.

 

The locations, dates and times for these workshops are given below.

 

New York, NY

 

January 20, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Introduction to Derwent World
Patents Index (DWPI) on STN

January 21, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Structure Searching in the DWPI
Chemistry Resource (DCR) on STN

January 21, 2009 - 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM - GENESEQ on STN (DGENE)

 

Philadelphia, PA

 

January 22, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Introduction to Derwent World
Patents Index (DWPI) on STN

January 23, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM - Structure Searching in the DWPI
Chemistry Resource (DCR) on STN

 

Boston, MA

 

February 10, 2009 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM - Structure Searching in the
DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) on STN

February 10, 2009 - 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM - GENESEQ on STN (DGENE)

 

To register for these workshops, please click on the following link.

http://www.stn-international.com/registration.html

 

A description of each workshop is shown below.

 

Introduction to the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) on STN

 

* What is DWPI on STN?

* A tour through a typical database record

* Understanding DWPI patent families

* Review of relevant STN search, analysis and display commands

* Practical tips for DWPI text, classification and bibliographic
searching

* Extending searches to related databases - INPAFAMDB, WPIFV and
LITALERT

 

DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) and supporting databases

 

* What is the DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR)?

* A tour through a typical DCR database record

* Effective use of name, formula and other text search fields

* Chemical structure searching in the DWPI Chemistry Resource

* Navigating between DCR and DWPI patent family records

* Refining DWPI Chemistry Resource retrieval using ROLES

* Refining answer sets with DWPI Classification (DC), Manual Codes and
IPCs

* Tips for multi-file searching DWPI/DCR with other key STN databases

* An introduction to Fragmentation Code generation using STN Express

 

GENESEQ on STN (DGENE) and Supporting Databases

 

* Overview of the DGENE database

* A tour through a typical DGENE record

* Comprehensive searching using USGENE(r) and DGENE

* The basics of conducting a BLAST sequence search

* Getting the best out of BLAST advanced options

* Post-processing BLAST search results using STN Express 8.x

* FASTA-based GETSIM similarity searching

* Small fragment sequence searching using GETSEQ

 

If you have any questions about these workshops, please feel free to
contact me at your convenience. Thank you.

 

Jim

 

 

Jim Brown

Regional Sales Manager

FIZ Karlsruhe, Inc.

372 Ratledge Road

Townsend, DE 19734

(302) 376-6425

Email: jim.brown_at_fiz-k.com

www.stn-international.com

 




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