ChemDraw @ UCSD!!

October 6, 2007 on 1:33 am | In Database News |

Are you a UCSD affiliate (faculty/staff/student) and need ChemDraw? Well, we have it.

UCSD now has a sitewide license for ChemBioOffice Ultra, paid for by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Science & Engineering Library. The license includes software to download and install on your computer, as well as access to some online databases.

• ChemBioOffice for Windows, a productivity software suite that includes ChemBioDraw (formerly ChemDraw)
• ChemBioDraw for Mac, which doesn’t have a lot of the extra software included with the Windows version, but it has the key ChemDraw piece
• Access to the following online databases: ChemINDEX (chemical property data), ChemACX (chemical suppliers and prices), Ashgate Drugs (basic info on 7,900 common drugs), and 2 NCI databases (DTP AIDS Antiviral and Human Tumor Cell Line Screens)

Installation and support information are on the S&E Library Website at http://scilib.ucsd.edu/corechem/chemoffice.html. Important things to remember:

1. Start the ACS form at http://software.ucsd.edu/productfiles/chemoffice.php. Enter your name/dept/status/email. This will take you to the UCSD site license page at CambridgeSoft to continue the registration process.
2. If you don’t already have a CambridgeSoft account based on your UCSD email address, you’ll need to create an account during this process in order to download the software AND use the databases.