Kommentare zu: Screencast #2: Mac Software that you need as a chemist

Von: Mario

Mario — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:42:10 +0000

A great substitute for papers would be mendeley… it also allows for storage of the pdf files online on their website..

Von: Peter Kaminsky

Peter Kaminsky — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:12:50 +0000

Interesting post! I have used Reaxys. Its great. I am a college sophomore (2nd year) with a dual major in Chemistry and Psychology @ Duke. By the way, i came across these excellent chemistry flash cards. Its also a great initiative by the FunnelBrain team. Amazing!!!

Von: Kutti

Kutti — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:01:16 +0000

Hey Zal!
thanks a lot for this tipp! I´ve heard about a web-based Crossfire before but I did not know that it is already there. I will definitely check it out tomorrow! Thanks again and I am glad to have you on my blog

Von: ZAL

ZAL — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:40:57 +0000

Hi Kutti,

welcome back!
Did you know that there’s a web-based version of CrossFire called Reaxys? It’s at http://www.reaxys.com – it contains all the information stored in the Beilstein, Gmelin and Patent Chemistry databases. Since it’s on-line it is platform-independent, so you don’t have to open your “crappy” Windows virtual machine to use it.
I don’t know the details, but if your institute has got a Beilstein license it should be possible to have access to it – ask your librarians!
We use it in our institute since three or four months and I have to say it’s pretty good – check it out.

Von: Kutti

Kutti — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:37:47 +0000

@psi*psi: Do you like ISISDraw better than Chemdraw? There is still an ISISDraw version out there for Classic. So if you are running an “old” Mac with PPC (i.e. Powerbook, iMac G4 etc.) you can use it once you´ve installed Classic.

@Kyle: Really, you like it? Thanks. I thought the first screencast was better but I am open for any suggestions to improve the screencasts.

Von: Kyle Finchsigmate

Kyle Finchsigmate — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:29:18 +0000

Very nice, Kuti!

Von: psi*psi

psi*psi — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:52:50 +0000

I like Zotero (free!) enough that I haven’t tried Papers…and I tend to use Crystal Maker instead of Mercury even though it isn’t free.

Wish they had ISISdraw for Mac…