SciFinder Scholar Chemistry Database

Overview: What Is SciFinder Scholar?

SciFinder Scholar (http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/) is the most comprehensive bibliographic database for scholarly research in the field of chemistry. It contains over 21 million citations and indexes over 8,000 journals, covering all aspects of chemistry, including chemical aspects of: biology and life sciences, engineering and materials science, food science, geology, medicine, physics, and polymer science. SciFinder Scholar also provides access to other CAS databases including Registry and CASREACT, which allow searching of chemical substances and reactions. Coverage: 1907 - present.

Note: All UC campuses access SciFinder through 30 shared ports. Please log-off when you are finished!

Access: Where Can I Use SciFinder Scholar?

SciFinder Scholar may only be used by UC Davis students, faculty and staff. It is available at: the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library, Shields Library (Bio-Ag Reference Area only), and campus computer labs at 163 Shields and 75 Hutchison.

UC Davis students, faculty and staff may install the program on their own computers, see: On-Campus Installation Instructions or Off-Campus Installation Instructions.

Documentation, User Guides, Training Materials

SciFinder Scholar How To Guides (http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/htg/)

Guides provide step-by-step search examples. Topics include: Exploring by Research Topic, Author Name, Chemical Structure, Substructure, Structure Similarity, Molecular Formula, and Reaction.

Getting Started With SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Windows PDF (http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/AB7764FE0AD244D4BC6795F762989B3F/getstartsfspc07.pdf)

Getting Started With SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Mac OS X PDF (http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/B4FA7EAAE6F24F47BB8E85F1FE811D49/getstartsfsmac07.pdf)

What's New In SciFinder Scholar 2007 (http://www.cas.org/products/sfacad/scholwhatsnew.html)

An overview of the new features of SciFinder Scholar 2007.

SciFinder Strategies: Advanced Searching Tips (http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/strategies/)

Learn to use SciFinder Scholar's more powerful features. Topics include: controlling substitution, controlling ring formation; searching for preparations, functional groups, and reaction mechanisms; polymer formula and structure searching.

System Requirements for SciFinder Scholar 2007 (Windows and Macintosh) (http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/systreq2007.html)

SciFinder Scholar Home Page (http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/)

An overview of SciFinder's content and search tools.

ON-Campus Installation Instructions

SciFinder may be installed only by UCD faculty, students, and staff.

1. Go to the UC SciFinder Scholar page. (http://software.chem.ucla.edu/scifind/)
2. Scroll down and click on the User Agreement for MS Windows 98, MT, NT, 2000, XP and Apple MacOS 8.x, 9.x, OSX link. (http://software.chem.ucla.edu/scifind/Sfs30ucuser04.html)
3. After reading the user agreement, click on “I AGREE” at the bottom of the page. This brings you to the page where you can download SciFinder Scholar.
4. "SFS Install" links for both PC and Mac. Click on the appropriate link, or scroll down the page to the next section.
5. Installation instructions and links to the TWO files you will need to download are here. Be sure to read and follow these instructions.

Installation problems?

The vast majority of installation problems result because the "site.prf" file has either not been downloaded, or it has not been uncompressed and installed in the SciFinder directory. Please review this part of the instructions to ensure you have downloaded and installed the "site.prf" file.

Still Having Installation Problems?

For assistance or referral, please contact Cory Craig, cjcraig@ucdavis.edu, or (530) 752‑0347.

OFF-Campus Installation Instructions

To use SciFinder Scholar from an off-campus computer:

1. Use the On-Campus Installation Instructions to install the program.
2. Next, you must connect to the internet using the Campus Modem Pool. (http://xbase.ucdavis.edu/itexpress/article.cfm?art=299). You cannot use the proxy server or a private Internet service provider to connect to SciFinder from an off-campus computer.

Phone Numbers for the Campus Modem Pool. (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/services/connect/modempool/)

Importing Citations into Endnote, ProCite, or Reference Manager

Instructions for transfering references from SciFinder to EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager. (http://www.cas.org/Support/scholar.html#most_frequent)