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What can we help you with?
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What are the strengths/weaknesses of similarity searching in WebCSD?
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How does author name searching work?
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I find searching for polymeric structures difficult and I get results I don't fully understand. Can you explain how polymeric structures are defined so I can tailor my searches to be more effective?
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What should I sketch for a similarity search?
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Why has my substructure search given fewer hits than I expected?
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I am viewing a CSD entry / I have loaded a CIF/SHELX res/pdb file output from the CSD: why can't I view the displacement ellipsoids?
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How do I find out more about Z' (number of molecules per asymmetric unit) in the CSD?
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Can I use ConQuest for teaching?
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Why has my compound name search given some unexpected hits?
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Mercury will not read my CIF input file. What am I doing wrong?
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