Today I recieved an e-mail from Chemical Abstracts Service noting enhancements to Scifinder Scholar coming in September. I assume this was demonstrated at ACS National Meeting in Washington. As of now the enhancements have been activated for preview. Training and support resources are available at http://www.cas.org/getscibeta/. I viewed a 50 minute Web Ex seminar which demonstrated the changes. Back in the "old days" we had to travel to see a demonstration of databases.
Several hours ago I sent a group e-mail to all of those who have accounts to the web version of Scifinder Scholar announcing these changes. I invited them to come see me for a demonstration of the new features. Perhaps, I should wait a few days before I draw any conclusions. I just sense that users of databases are resistant to change. Some months ago as documented in this journal a large percentage of NJIT users wanted to stay with the client version. Chemical information specialist use Scifinder regularly and are likely to embrace the advances. I am guessing that the intermittant user is reluctant to use new features. Maybe, they just take longer.
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