Archive of posts tagged ProTools

PATENTSCOPE Search Service Adds New Multilingual Search Functionality

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WIPO’s PATENTSCOPE search system has recently added Cross-Lingual Information Retrieval (CLIR) in beta mode for public testing within its PCT and National Patent Data Collections search system. This interface allows you to search the PCT database of International Applications, as well as the patent collections of ARIPO, Cuba, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa and …

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Free Alert Tool for the U.S. Courts of Appeals

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Every other month, my firm library puts out a newsletter highlighting interesting developments and articles in the legal and intellectual property fields. Sometimes the articles I write showcase new search engines and other tools. I figure I have enough librarian-type friends who might also be interested in these tools that I can re-purpose some of my articles …

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Update – POPLINE database

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I’m happy to say that full access has been restored to the POPLINE database. Once the Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found out about the restriction, he reversed the decision immediately. The database is now fully functioning. Today, he released a more detailed accounting of how and why the decision …

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Political Interference in Scientific Database

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There are few things that raise my ire like political interference in science. Here’s a doozy for you. POPLINE, “the world’s largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues”, is funded by USAID. I received …

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