[University of South Alabama]

SciFinder Scholar
and
Chemical Abstracts

http://library.southalabama.edu

September, 2008
(251) 460-7025

Eligible Users:
USA faculty and currently enrolled students.

Access:
Access to SciFinder Scholar is already set up and available on 3 workstations in the University Library. Please ask at the Reference Desk and show your USA ID for access. Access is also available at a workstation in Reference at the Biomedical Library and for Chemistry majors on the workstations in the Chemistry department computer lab.

Elsewhere on campus, SciFinder Scholar may be accessed on any computer which has the software installed. Instructions for downloading and installing the SciFinder Scholar software are available by going to http://library.southalabama.edu and choosing “Articles, Indexes, and Databases” then scrolling down “Databases Listed by Title” to SciFinder. The user’s last name + first two letters of first name and J number are required to download the software.

Remote access to SciFinder is also available. USA faculty and students must download and install the software on their home desktop computers or laptops. To open SciFinder software when off campus, go to http://library.southalabama.edu, choose “Articles, Indexes, and Databases”, then scroll down “Databases Listed by Title” to SciFinder, click on “Connect to SciFinder Scholar,” and log in with last name + first two letters of first name and J number. Then click on your SciFinder icon within 2 minutes of logging in.

NOTE: USA has only 3 simultaneous users for SciFinder, which we share with 5 other schools. If these are exceeded, the message “Login failed. Too many concurrent users for this login ID”  will appear. Wait and try again later.

Coverage
Ranging from 1907-present, SciFinder Scholar covers chemistry and the life sciences including biochemistry, biology, pharmacology, medicine, and related disciplines in more than 10,000 journals. Information on patents from more than 57 patent issuing authorities is also included. There is information on more than 26 million substances.

How to Use
Once SciFinder is opened, the user is offered the choice to Explore, Locate or Browse.

Explore Literature by Research Topics, Author Names, or Company Names
   
  Substances by Chemical Structures (includes software to draw structures and upload to search) or Molecular Formulas
   
  Reactions by Reaction Structures (includes software to draw reactions and upload to search)
   
Locate Literature by Bibliographic Information (ex: journal name, article title) or Document Identifier (ex: patent number, CA abstract number)
   
  Substances by Substance Identifiers (ex: chemical name, CAS registry number)
   
Browse Journal current tables of contents

 

When you have a list of references, on the right of each reference will be two icons. Click on the microscope icon to see complete details of the reference, including the abstract. Click on the page icon to check for fulltext access and retrieve fulltext if available. SciFinder links to the fulltext in the ACS Journals and other fulltext journal collections.

For training resources on using Scifinder, go here: http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/index.html


Chemical Abstracts

Print volumes.

 
Reference Abstracts: v. 1-129, 1907-1998
   
Decennial/Collective indexes.  
Reference Abstracts: First-Tenth, 1907-1981
   
Online searching by librarian: Mediated online searches are available for non-USA patrons for cost of search plus $10 for individuals and non-profit organizations or $25 for for-profit companies.
   
Personal accounts in STN Easy: Available to individuals from STN with no sign-up or subscription charges. Charges are per search and per answer displayed. Go to: http://stneasy.cas.org/easy5/index.html
for information on how to sign up and prices.


For more information, or to schedule an online search, call Amy Prendergast at 460-7025, x2827 or e-mail aprender@jaguar1.usouthal.edu. To use the online search request form, go to SOUTHcat Plus (http://library.southalabama.edu) and click on “Information” then scroll down and choose "Fee-Based Database Searches" under Library Forms.

Reminder: The USA Library subscribes to ACS Web and also purchased the full-text backfile of all American Chemical Society journals from year of first issue. From SOUTHcat Plus (http://library.southalabama.edu) choose "Articles, Indexes, Databases" then scroll down and click on "ACS Journals."

Questions Amy Prendergast or call (251)460-7025
Back to SOUTHcat Plus
URL: http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/guides/scifinder.htm
Last updated: October 1, 2008 .ap.

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