SEARCHING MATTERS

BASICS AND BEST PRACTICES

Raman and Sagar

September 27, 2021
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AGENDA

Business News Searching in STN

1. CBNB

2. PQSCITECH

3. STN Cluster

Non Patent Numeric Property

Searching (NPS)

Q&A

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AVENUES FOR BUSINESS NEWS SEARCHING IN STN

Business News
Searching in STN

Any other domain

CBNB PQSCITECH specific database STN Cluster
(E.g. PIRA)

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SEARCHING IN CBNB

CBNB (Chemical Business NewsBase) Sources Other Details

Coverage Coverage Type

• Coverage – 1984 onwards
• Newspapers • Trade literatures
• News affecting the chemical industry • Updates – Daily
• Journals • Govt. & EU publications
• Company information
• Company reports • Press releases • Database Producer – Elsevier eng. info.
• Products and production
• Stockbrokers reports • Advertisements
• Market information • Cluster – Business, material, polymers, chemistry, etc.
• Market research reports • Directories
• Environmental aspects
• Books
• Legal aspects & regulations

Indexing - Title : Herman Miller increases use of ocean-bound plastic with Aeron Chair

Search Field Type (Basic Index) L3 ANSWER 1 OF 1 CBNB COPYRIGHT 2021 EI on STN.
AN 3736040417 CBNB
• Title (TI) & Abstract (AB) • Chemical Name (CN) CC LA-30 Environment; MS-16 Plastics and rubber applications; MS-18 Dyes and pigments; MS-20 Other industries;
• Classification code (CC) • Registry Numbers (RN) TR-20 Trends - New material

• Controlled term (CT) • Geographical term (GT) GT 2101 USA

CT new material; waste emissions and pollution; waste utilization and recycling
CN Aeron Chairs; colorants; Onyx Ultra Matte; plastic waste; recycled plastics
SIC 2821 Plastics Materials NEC; 2865 Organic Dyes and Pigments

Tip
• Prefer keyword searching. Use other
alternatives if absolutely necessary.
Possibility to have different kind of searches • Use CT, CC, CN and RN in ‘OR’ option with
keywords.

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DIFFERENT TYPE OF LITERATURE

Objective- Identification of business news information related to ocean plastics

• Patent File CBNB

• Advertisement L1 => 1558 ((OCEAN OR SEA? OR SUBMARINE? OR MARINE?)) (5A) (PLASTIC?)

• Article (Blogs, Columns, Govt Publication) Document Type

• Book Journal 1217
Column 890
• Company Report
Press Release 329
• Directory Paragraph 258
STN • Journal
Newsbrief 187
Document Overview 145
Types • Conference Article 72
Market Research Report 28
• Major Reference Work Every search can be customized
Books 28 based on document type,
• Market Research Report Company report 22 source, and STN classifications
• Stockbroker Report Advertisement 14
Stockbroker Report 9
• Overview Directory 3

• Paragraph
L2 => 539 ((OCEAN OR SEA? OR SUBMARINE? OR MARINE?) (5A) (PLASTIC?))
• Newsbrief
AND (News? or press release?)/DT*
• Press Release

Based on Domain and search requirement, STN searches can be further customized

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SEARCHING IN PQSCITECH

PQSCITECH (ProQuest Sci. & Tech. Sources Other Details

Subject Coverage (good number of topics)
• Aerospace & Automotive
• Business & industry news
• Computers & IT
• Electronics & Communi.
• Environmental (ocean)
• Health & safety science
• Life Sciences
Coverage Type • Coverage – 1962 onwards
• Journals
• Metallurgy & materials • Updates – Monthly
• Mechanical Engg. • Patents (until 2016)
• Human & natural resource • Database Producer – ProQuest
• Conferences
• Forensic
Management issues • Cluster – Business, material, polymers, chemistry, etc.
• • Books
• Risk assessment, etc.
• Business News

Indexing
Title : SC Johnson Partners with Plastic Bank to Keep Bottles from Oceans
Search Field Type (Basic Index) L5 ANSWER 1 OF 1 PQSCITECH COPYRIGHT 2021 ProQuest LCC on STN.
AN 2021:240917 PQSCITECH
CT Entrepreneurship; Oceans; Oceans; Supply chains; Bottles; Social factors; Supply chains
• Title (TI)
Title : Study Quantifies Amount Of Plastic Waste Entering Ocean
• Abstract (AB)
L8 ANSWER 1 OF 1 PQSCITECH COPYRIGHT 2021 ProQuest LCC on STN.
• Controlled term (CT) AN 2021:218941 PQSCITECH
CT Recycling; Marine conservation; Oceans

Objective - Identification of business news information related to ocean plastics

Tip 175
• Use appropriate date limitation format
File PQscitech • Prefer entry date limitation for update Additional
searches Records
L1 => ((OCEAN OR SEA? OR SUBMARINE? OR MARINE?)) (5A) (PLASTIC?)
AND (News? or press release?)/DT

Good Database To Complement CBNB Searching

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SEARCHING IN STN
STN Database Clusters
• Similar databases grouped together to help to find answers of questions
• More than 50 cluster available (as on August 2021)
• Examples – Chemistry, Mobility, Polymers, Environment, Business, Environment

Business news information related to ocean plastics

Tip

• Prefer keyword searching.

Approach 1 Approach 2 • Use indexed terms (CT, CC, CN

Specific Database(s) STN Cluster and RN) in ‘OR’ option with

keywords
File CBNB, PQscitech File Business (covers sci-tech business and News) • Use appropriate date

L => ((OCEAN OR SEA? OR SUBMARINE? OR MARINE?) L => ((OCEAN OR SEA? OR SUBMARINE? OR MARINE?) limitation format

(5A) (PLASTIC?)) AND (News? or press release?)/DT (5A) (PLASTIC?)) AND (News? or press release?)/DT • Prefer entry date limitation

for update searches

• Automatic searching in different databases
(BIOTECHNO, CBNB, CIN, NTIS, PIRA, PQSCITECH,
• Any specific database(s) can also be included
RAPRA, WSCA and 1MOBILITY) of Business Cluster

Efficient Way to Retrieve Business News Information by Using Focused STN Databases

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NON PATENT NUMERIC PROPERTY
SEARCHING (NPS)

1. STN

2. Knovel®

3. UL Prospector

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NPS IN NON-PATENT LITERATURE

NPS in Non-Patent Literature

Specific
Identification of Journal/books NPS Cluster
Database(s)
disclosing HDPE of MFR 1-10

File PQscitech File NPS

L1 => (HDPE or ((high density or highdensity)(1W)polyethylene)) L1 => (HDPE or ((high density or highdensity) (1W) polyethylene))
(15A)1-10/MVR (15A)1-10/MVR
L2 => L1 AND (journal? or book?)/DT L2 => L1 AND (journal? or book?)/DT

• Any specific database(s) can also be included • Automatic searching in different databases (1mobility, 2mobility,
Aerospace, Agricola, Anabstr, Caba, Ceaba, Compendex, Fsta, Inspec,
Metadex, Pqscitech, Rapra, Tema, Tulsa, Tulsa2) of NPS Cluster

Tip
• NPS cluster also includes
more than 15 patent files
• Limitation with specific
document type is needed

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COMPLEMENTING STN® SEARCHES

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POLYMER PROPERTIES

RHEOLOGICAL MECHANICAL
• MELT FLOW INDEX • STRENGTH
• INSTRINSIC VISCOSITY 01 • STIFFNESS
• TOUGHNESS

02 04

THERMODYNAMIC 03 OTHERS
• GLASS TRANS. TEMP (Tg) • OPTICAL
• THERMAL EXPANSION • PHYSICAL
• THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY • CHEMICAL

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AVAILABLE OPTIONS (WITH SABIC SUBSCRIPTION)
• Useful technical data that solves Engg. Problems
• Trusted data from multiple sources and content
types (Handbook, Manual, Conferences, Journal etc.)
• Interactive content including equations, graphs
and tables
• Analytical and calculation tools, integrate with
engineering software
• Find engineering information and data better than
Google*
• Property data search easily narrows down
properties for specific conditions
Source: Knovel® | UL Prospector®
• This database helps to find plastics, chemicals and
ingredients for next formulation and product
development challenge.
• Offers accurate and reliable technical information
for tens of thousands of products
• Physical property data, critical specifications, and
compliance records, are all part of Prospector®
search engine.
• Address gap between information exchange
inefficiencies between suppliers and product
manufacturers.
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KNOVEL®

https://app.knovel.com/kn

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KNOVEL® - MATERIAL PROPERTY SEARCH

> 60 million data points extracted from

various database, tables, graphs

Search by material or substance name, by property, or by

both.

• To search by material or substance, enter a material or

substance name into the 'Material or Substance Name' field.

• To search by properties, drag and drop, or double-click

the property into the query builder. You can find
the property by either:
• Browsing the Properties list.
• Entering a name into the ‘Find a property’ search box.
As you type, property names are filtered from the list.

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PROSPECTOR®

https://www.ulprospector.com/

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PROPERTY SEARCH

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THANK YOU

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PROPERTY SEARCH

Legend:

1. Material or Substance Name: Enter a

specific material or substance name,
or select from auto-suggest terms.

2. Share URL: Share this search query

via an email.

3. Save this search query to My Knovel.

4. Filter by Property Name

5. Drag & Drop desired property onto

the Query builder.

6. Results: Dynamically updated. Click

to review results.
Properties:
• Combine up to three properties in the query builder using ‘AND’, ‘OR’ and “NOT’ operators.

• Knovel supports the numeric operators: exists, =, <=, >= and is between, enabling you to enter numeric values or numeric ranges.

• For relevant properties, you can select units of measurement using the drop down menu; e.g., temperature units (F, C, K, etc.)

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