To continue our theme of providing overviews of free-to-access chemical databases, I feel Pherobase, a interesting database of insect behaviour modifying chemicals, to be well worth a mention.
The database, hosted by the chemical ecology group, HortResearch, New Zealand, is aimed at "convert[ing] scientific data and knowledge from the literature and
publish[ing] peer-reviewed information about behavioural modifying chemicals in insects into electronically searchable database entries." ...
The database, which has now
grown to over 50,000 entries - of which 3,000 contain details on molecules - also contains mass spectral data on over 1,500 of the compounds. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 5/06/2008 12:18:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
