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Beilstein is available to all UK academic institutions. The service runs from
Manchester.
New users should read the registration information.
The software
and documentation which are needed for
Beilstein/Crossfire are available on-line.
A Quick Reference Guide is available from MIMAS.
A training system FirePower is available.
Finian Leeper has provided
notes on using Beilstein.
Advice on how to search faster is available.
Cambridge Users:
Everyone must register with Mimas to use Beilstein. In order
to do this:
- Obtain an Athens password
- Go to the User Registration
page at MIMAS. Follow the instructions to obtain a new personal username and password.
- Start Beilstein Commander running.
Choose "Connections" from the "Options" menu.
Change the TCP/IP Address or Hostname to
crossfire.mcc.ac.uk.
Check that the "Path to the Crossfire Server" is set to: /xfire/bin
The "Crossfire Root Directory" should be: /xfire
If you are are using a Macintosh, the MacTCP option should also be
selected.
- The 'Group Name' for Cambridge is cam
- You should now be able to access the Beilstein database at MIMAS.
Some computers seem to require the numeric IP address 130.88.203.135 rather than
crossfire.mcc.ac.uk.
The local contact is Michael Wilson
of the Scientific Periodical Library.
History
- September 2000:
- Beilstein Commander 2000 is now available
- April 1999:
- The password system for Beilstein is changing. In order to continue using
Beilstein, you must set up a personal userID for Athens.
You may already have done this in order to access BIDS.
- June 1998:
- Midas is renamed MIMAS
- June 1997:
- A trial version of Autonom, which will name organic molecules is
available from Beilstein
- May-August 1997:
- CrossFire Abstracts are available for a four month free trial
from 6th May 1997. In order to use this facility, choose the
database BS9701AB in Beilstein Commander, rather
than BS9701PR, which may be the default. Abstracts
are not available for all papers cited.
Feedback is needed in order to
help JISC decide whether the additional cost of the abstracts is worthwhile.
Please send comments to chest-crossfire@mailbase.ac.uk
More details
are available from MIMAS.
- May-June 1997:
- The Beilstein/Crossfire service for UK academic institutions is moving
from Daresbury to MIMAS at the University of Manchester.
Details of the move are available.
- September 1996:
- An agreement has been reached which will make Beilstein/Gmelin Crossfire
available for five years to UK academic institutions
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