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May 2010
Dear DCP Subscribers,
This month’s DCP Newsletter brings you the latest DCP news and a guide to help you quickly locate search tips in the archive of past DCP newsletters.
DCP News
The DCP research team has recently completed processing survey results and updating capacity data for our major annual updates for the DCP-United States and for DCP-Middle East & Africa. The new data were loaded on the website at the end of last month. The book editions will be available in June.
I will be in SRI Consulting’s booth at the SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO next month in New Orleans. I hope you will stop by and visit. We will be happy to answer your questions about SRI Consulting programs and give you a demo of the SRIC website (including DCP, of course). The INFO-EXPO Hall will be open June 13-15, 2010, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. You can find us in Booth #944.
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For a free guest pass to the exhibition hall, please click
here.
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Guide to Search Tips in the Newsletter Archive
Over the last few months, the DCP newsletters have provided a variety of search tips. Here is an index of them by topic with a link to the newsletter article.
Capacity Data
January 2010 |
Over 14,000 individual capacity numbers are included in the DCP database for more than 250 chemicals and polymers. |
CAS Number Searches
September 2008 |
You can search for a CAS number in either the Express Search or Advanced Search screens. This newsletter article shows an example using the Advanced Search screen. |
Chemical Name Searches
August 2008 |
Provides hints for searching for complicated chemical names using the Advanced Search screen. |
DCP Search Demos
March 2010 |
Three
demos are
available which will help introduce users to DCP searching:
- How to access DCP search screens
- DCP Express Search
- DCP Advanced Search
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Downloading Lists of Plants or Products Made in a Town/City
June 2009 |
The DCP Express Search includes the ability to download a list of plants and products based on their city or nearby community. Here’s how. |
Express Search Introduction
January 2009 |
Provides a quick overview of the DCP Express Search. |
Express Search Fields
February 2009 |
Look here for an introduction to the search fields available in the DCP Express Search. |
Finding Companies and Plants by Location (Express Search)
April 2009 |
The DCP Express Search makes plant location searches easier than ever. Searches can be expanded to include nearby towns. |
Product Groups
October 2008 |
Some products with common end uses are organized into Product Groups, making it easier to survey particular types of chemicals. The DCP Advanced Search screen includes the ability to narrow your searches based on these groupings. |
Regular and General & Compounded Products
December 2008 |
What do we mean when we label a product Regular or General & Compounded? |
Search for Plants in a Postal Code (Express Search)
May 2009 |
The DCP Express Search includes a feature that allows you to find cities that are near to each other by looking at the postal code. |
Searching for Company Subsidiaries
March 2009 |
One of the most powerful features of the DCP Express Search is the ability to find subsidiaries of parent companies. This search finds any owner including those that do not have their own DCP listings (e.g., investment firms or holding companies). It also provides the ability to download the products made by the subsidiaries. |
Searching for Multiple Products in a Single Search
August 2009 |
The DCP Advanced Search provides two search boxes that make it easy to search for two different chemicals at the same time. However, what if you want to see three or more related chemicals at the same time? This newsletter article shows you how. |
The current and archived newsletters are available by clicking on the “Newsletters” link found on the left side menu bar on most pages in the SRIC website (chemical.ihs.com):
The Newsletters link brings you to the SRIC Newsletter page. Here you can view SRIC’s monthly Chemical Industries Newsletter and the DCP Newsletter:
Please do not hesitate to e-mail me at
carolyn.read@ihs.com or phone
me at 1-650-384-4328 if you have any questions about search techniques
or data contained in the DCP.
Best regards,
Carolyn Read
DCP Program Director
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