SciFinder Scholar
SciFinder Scholar is a user friendly tool to access references from journals and patents, substance data and chemical reactions information from Chemical Abstracts databases. Chemical Abstracts via SciFinder goes back to 1907 and is updated daily. If you would like more detailed information about the features of SciFinder Scholar, visit the SciFinder Scholar web site.
Scifinder Scholar is available at workstations in Chemistry, Biology, Engineering and Health Sciences Libraries. SciFinder Scholar is also available for distribution campus-wide for the users affliated with Columbia University. Faculty, staff and students are eligible to download and use SciFinder Scholar. For instructions and information about downloading SciFinder Scholar to your desktop, click on the downloading link listed below.
About version 2007 | PC Download Instructions | Mac Download Instructions | Hours of Availability | Key Contact | Software Support | Help | Tips for Searching
Importing into Endnote/Procite/Reference Manager: (Windows) | (Macintosh)
About the latest version
Version 2007 has the following new features:
- Categorize references
- Save answers
- Combine answer sets
- Export commercial chemical recordes from CHEMCATS® into Excel
- Explore from substance displays
- Print structures in grid format
More information >>
Hours of Availability and Simultaneous Users
Columbia University's subscription to SciFinder Scholar entitles us to 5 campus wide connections, 24 hrs a day with substructure searching. If you may are denied access at times because the capacity for our site has been reached. Just wait a bit and try again.
SciFinder Scholar hours of operation:
8:00 am (U.S. Eastern Time) Sunday to 6:00 pm (U.S. EST) Saturday
IMPORTANT: PLEASE LOG OFF ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH YOUR SESSION SO AS TO FREE UP THE CONNECTION FOR OTHERS. THANK YOU.
Key Contact
If you are affliated with Columbia University and you have questions about downloading, hours of access, search strategies, or other questions about using SciFinder Scholar, please contact the following person:
Song Yu
Chemistry Librarian
454 Chandler Building
phone: 212-854-5778
email: sy2133@columbia.edu
Help
The User Manual is downloaded along with your program. Please click on the help menu from your SciFinder window. You can also refer to http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/help/2007/SCH_Help/Ctxt_eps/default.htm
In case of problems with downloading, connecting or searching, you may check the software support page, call the Help Desk at Chemical Abstracts Service (1-800-753-4227) or email them at help@cas.org or contact Song Yu.
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