Issue 29

23 July - 27 August 1996

Notice board

New chemistry and chemical engineering databases available on-line

• Analytical Abstracts, which covers applications of various analytical techniques including use of computers and instruments in general; inorganic, organic, biochemical, pharmaceutical, food, agricultural and environmental chemistry.

• Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts, a major bibliographic database covering all areas of chemical engineering, biotechnology, chemical and chemical equipment manufacturing, pollution control, plant design and construction, hazardous materials etc.

• Chemical Business NewsBase, covering company, product and market information in the world chemical industry, including such topics as company takeovers and mergers, legal and regulatory issues, environmental concerns, demand and production, plant commissioning etc.

• Chemical Data Safety Sheets, providing details of chemical, physical and biological hazards of chemical compounds, together with details of safe handling, emergency procedures, legislation etc.

• Chemical Safety NewsBase, covering occupational hazards in the chemical industry, laboratory and office hazards, chemical reactions, fires and explosions, biological hazards, transport and storage of chemicals, waste management, legislation and standards.

• Mass Spectrometry Bulletin, covering all aspects of mass spectrometry and related ion processes, ionisation and particle impact phenomena.

• UK Nutrient Databank, providing details of the nutrient composition of foods.

To use any of the BIDS services, you must register and obtain a username and password from either your department library, or on Level 2 of the Central Library - at the Information Desk or the Electronic Information Services Office. You will be given a User Guide on registration.

Further details of these databases and the BIDS service can be found at the Library's Electronic Information Services web page at http://www.lib.ic.ac.uk/eiindex.htm. If you have further queries, please e-mail eis@ic.ac.uk or call extension 48822.

EPSRC advanced and senior fellowships 1997

Full details of the two schemes are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/progs/post_grad/felindex.htm or in the booklet EPSRC Fellowships, copies of which are available from EPSRC.

Dr Andrew Bourne, fellowships programme manager, Schemes Group, EPSRC, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1ET. Telephone: 01793 444000. Fax: 01793 444000. E-mail: Schemes@epsrc.ac.uk

Central Research Fund Grants 1996-97

The closing dates for applications will be: autumn term - Friday 4 October and spring term - Friday 17 January.

Notification of the outcome of applications will be in writing towards the end of the term in which applications are considered. Applicants should note that the committee will not award grants retrospectively, i.e. for expenses incurred before the decisions of the committee are known.

Forms of applications and further particulars may be obtained from the secretary of the Academic Trust Funds Committee, University of London, Senate House, Room 234, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Telephone: 0171-636 8000 extension 3147. Fax: 0171-636 4749.

Here and Now: improving the presentation of contemporary science and technology in museums and science centres 21-23 November 1996

For more information and a booking form, contact Rebecca Mileham, Exhibitions Unit, Science Museum, London SW7 2DD. Telephone: 0171-938 8047. Fax: 0171-938 9773.

E-mail: r.mileham@nmsi.ac.uk. Web site: http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/herenow/intro.htm.