ACD/Web Librarian

ACD/Web Librarian provides an easy-to-use, browser-based interface for viewing an extensive variety of database types. It supports 1D NMR, 2D NMR, UV-Vis, IR, Raman, MS, Chromatography, and Analytical Curve data, as well as chemical structures and metadata.

With ACD/Web Librarian you can:

• Navigate through the network and locate plain files and databases using a browser.
• Browse databases in One Record, Tile, or Table viewing modes.
• Search through databases by a variety of parameters including exact structure/reaction, substructure/subreaction, user data, spectrum or chromatogram parameters, similar spectrum/subspectrum, multiplets, record ID, and many others.
• Create a special list of filters/subfilters, available either to all users or for your work only, to define searching conditions for all/current database(s) or a particular data type.
• Search data on the basis of scanned barcode information, or put barcodes containing partial record information into your report.
• Use the ACD/Web Librarian searching/viewing facilities from other ACD/Labs desktop programs (ACD/ChemSketch, ACD/SpecManager, etc.).
• View spectra and structures in scalable pop-up windows and copy them as images to the Windows clipboard. Customize the database view.
• Manipulate record lists, e.g., merge, intersect, or subtract them.
• Pass record data to a corresponding ACD/Labs Processor.
• Export spectra in the following formats:
  • ESP
  • JCAMP
  • ASCII
• Export/save structures or reaction schemes in the following formats:
  • MDL molfile (MOL)
  • MDL rxnfiles (RXN)
  • ACD/ChemSketch (SK2)
  • CambridgeSoft ChemDraw (CHM, CDX)
• Generate reports including spectra, structures, reactions, and all accompanying information in Microsoft Word (DOC), Adobe Acrobat (PDF), ACD/ChemSketch (SK2), and HTML formats.
• Use the template reporting facility to create reports in PDF and SK2 formats.
• Export the current dataset to an SDfile.
• Add files/databases from ACD/Web Librarian, backup and assign arbitrary attributes to them while integration with ACD/Documents Manager is being exploited.
• E-mail record links to colleagues within your organization to allow them to instantly view specific information. Use your Address Book to quickly search for e-mail addresses.
• Organize automatic data processing through creating a flexible workflow of your own design on the basis of integration with ACD/Workflow Manager.

The program interface consists of the following basic tabbed windows: Explore window, Database window, and Search Records window. Each window incorporates a set of basic elements. You can switch between them by clicking the correspondingly named tabs on the top of each window.

Loading a Database

In the Explore window, you can view the database tree and choose the appropriate database you want to be explored by the program.

Corporate databases are easily accessible using an Internet browser.

The tree of folders, for example, can help you to organize data according to company departments, laboratories, and other divisions. Databases from each of the folders are displayed in a table view.

The appearance of the database table in the Explore window can be customized with your own templates. The templates can be added or modified by an Administrator.

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Unsure about the location of a database? You can rapidly find the desired database in the Explore window. You can search a database by:

• File name or file name mask.
• Size.
• Date of last modification.

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Integration of ACD/Web Librarian with the optional ACD/Documents Manager module provides you with the ability to maintain versioning and backup of files and databases; and
assign additional arbitrary attributes to your electronic documents.

You can define different screen layouts while opening a selected database.

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Many corporations have databases that require additional security. ACD/Web Librarian provides powerful tools to safeguard valuable enterprise data. A unique login name and password are set up to access these secure databases.

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Security features include Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support, login/password encrypting, enhanced predefined authentication, and registration control. Please review the What's New section, version 8.0, for more details.