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SciFinder Scholar


Online Access:

Two steps (first time only). You must register to receive a username and password.

1. User Registration (a URL unique to TWU): https://ezproxy.student.twu.ca/login?url=https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=AD3A05FB-86F3-5055-2913-1C6C6F13BD13

2. Log in to SFS web version at: https://ezproxy.student.twu.ca/login?url=https://scifinder.cas.org

** Check out the newest features in the web version of SciFinder.

   
Restrictions:

For use by current TWU faculty, staff and registered students only.

Accessible from on-campus only.

Two concurrent users' license.

 
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Title List: Core Journals Covered in CAplus (not full list) including CASSI Abbreviations

 
Subject Area: Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Metals and Materials, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Pharmacology
 
Resource Type: Index (with some full text). Also, access to patent information.
 
Description:

SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows you to explore the CAS databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more!

You can explore one single source for scientific information in journal and patent literature from around the world.

See a demo of SciFinder!

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SciFinder Scholar provides you with full access to the Chemical Abstracts database going back to 1907!

With SciFinder, you can be more creative and productive in your research process. SciFinder is easy-to-use and offers you:

  • Access to current, high-quality scientific information
  • Links to more relevant journal articles and patent documents than any other source
  • The ability to significantly improve your productivity
  • Capabilities for exploring substructures and reactions
Content at a Glance

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The CAS databases provide access to:

  • More than 16 million single- and multi-step reactions
  • More than 1 billion predicted property values
  • More than 2 million experimental properties
  • The CAS REGISTRYSM database - the original source and final authority for CAS Registry Numbers - updated daily
  • All patent records, meeting CAS selection criteria, from 9 of the major patent offices are available online within 2 days of the patents' issuance
  • Sequences combined from CAS and GenBank databases, which are indexed and linked to scientific journal and patent literature
Features
   
Formats Indexed: Journal articles, proceedings, patents, reviews, dissertations, technical reports
 
Update Frequency: Daily
 
Coverage: 1907-01-01 - current
 
Interface: Chemical Abstracts Service/American Chemical Society
 
Help | More Information:

Training 

Beginner and intermediate training topics are available in various formats

Learn about exploring research topics, as well as structure and reaction searching in the web version of SciFinder, via WebEx.  Available as short recorded sessions. 

SciFinder How To Guides are quick overviews of SciFinder's basic functionality. These guides are designed for the beginning user and are in PDF format.

Designed for the intermediate user, SciFinder Strategies help illustrate specific search strategies for:

  • Small molecule searching
  • Synthetic chemistry
  • Polymer chemistry

Learn more about SubScape, a new substance analysis and visualization tool available to SciFinder subscribers.

View an interactive Flash demonstration! - Learn what SciFinder can do for:

Need help...contact a TWU reference librarian at the Information desk, or, Telephone: 604-513-2121 extension 3903, or, Ask A Librarian Online


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