tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post6338148615261279367..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: ACS Member E-Passport: not good enoughChemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-11376435689974324152012-04-17T18:42:20.526-04:002012-04-17T18:42:20.526-04:00I appreciate the ACS for moving in the right direc...I appreciate the ACS for moving in the right direction on journal access for those of us who aren't at universities or big companies. I hope they stay with it. For example, I'd like to see them expand the number of titles an ACS member can subscribe to. It's currently five, and I'd subscribe to another five if I could.The Heterocyclisthttp://heterocyclist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-67153107145792245772012-04-16T01:44:14.311-04:002012-04-16T01:44:14.311-04:00On the other hand, did you know that in order for ...On the other hand, did you know that in order for a university/college to feature an "ACS certified B.Sc. Chemistry Degree", that they MUST subscribe to SciFinder? Even though Reaxsys provides much better literature coverage than SciFinder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-11995668119346226742012-04-12T23:32:29.737-04:002012-04-12T23:32:29.737-04:00Mrs. McG! Thanks for the comment. I used to read B...Mrs. McG! Thanks for the comment. I used to read Bloom County, but I think I was too young to understand the jokes. (There was that very weird rap parody that I remember, and I also remember the weird Mortimer Mouse cartoons...)<br /><br />Please e-mail me with updates -- I'd be happy to throw as much attention your way as you'd like.Chemjobberhttp://chemjobber.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-81036244051380356672012-04-12T23:25:31.510-04:002012-04-12T23:25:31.510-04:00Hi CJ.
The name "Mrs. McGreevy" comes ...Hi CJ. <br /><br />The name "Mrs. McGreevy" comes from a Bloom County comic strip from back in 1985 or 1986. The Purple Spotted Snorklewacker (or whatever it was) pulled an overdue copy of Green Eggs and Ham from the back of Binkley's Anxiety Closet. Mrs. McG was the petite, gray-haired, axe-wielding librarian who spoke the classic line "119 weeks overdue, dear." This is the sort of thing librarians taped to their reference desks while you chemists were busily cutting out The Far Side cartoons to stick on your fume hoods. The wife of the governor of New Jersey never occurred to me (rather like how no one else would remember a throwaway joke from an almost thirty year old cartoon never occurred to me, but that's neither here nor there.)<br /><br />As far as forming an organization, so far this has been just me writing one email to Derek Lowe, throwing out questions and suggestions. I'm gratified that so many people are interested, and it is certainly worth looking into, but it is nowhere close to an organization with a membership list.Mrs. McGreevynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-41602863848417272362012-04-12T19:39:46.699-04:002012-04-12T19:39:46.699-04:00I actually like this idea, and have heard of peopl...I actually like this idea, and have heard of people using it. I should figure out how to do this for my state.Chemjobberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-34533497227530383382012-04-12T19:36:24.308-04:002012-04-12T19:36:24.308-04:00What about enrolling for a throwaway credit at a l...What about enrolling for a throwaway credit at a local community college to gain access through the state college library system. Much cheaper, and fairly legit.Paulhttp://blog.chembark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-36830693973008056312012-04-12T12:14:34.106-04:002012-04-12T12:14:34.106-04:00Luckily, most of the people I know have no qualms ...Luckily, most of the people I know have no qualms whatsoever about sending me copies of papers they have access to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-20116181537861878022012-04-12T12:00:45.498-04:002012-04-12T12:00:45.498-04:00I agree, but I still think the ACS package is a sw...I agree, but I still think the ACS package is a sweet deal. I just had an Elsevier email this week announcing their packages: they range from $640 for a measly 20 article package to a budget busting $11500 for 500 articles. That last one is still $23 an article, compared to the pay-per-view of $39.95 - some savings, huh?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412324900423436763noreply@blogger.com