SciFinder Scholar

University of Wisconsin-Parkside Training Materials

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Understand the contents and organization of SciFinder Scholar (SFS)

Conduct literature search using SFS Locate references on a particular topic or by a particular author

Perform searches using substance information

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Bibliographic databasesCA (Chemical Abstracts): 1907- , Medline: 1949– CAPLUS>29 million; MEDLINE > 17 million of

patent and references

Chemical reactions database CASRECT: from 1840-

>15 million single- and multi-step reactions

Chemical Substance database CAS REGISTRY: Registry from 1957- CHEMLIST: CAS regulated chemicals database CHEMCATS: CAS chemical catalogs database

SciFinder Content at a Glancehttp://www.cas.org/expertise/cascontent/ataglance/index.html 4

Online open access publications Journal articles Conference proceedings Theses and dissertations Technical reports Government documents, etc.

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Topic Searches Author Searches Patent Searches Substance Searches

-Chemical name search (includes IUPAC names, trade name, generic names, etc.

-CAS registry number search- Molecular formula search

Structure Searches

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Restricted to current UW-P faculty, staff and students

Limited to only one user at a time Access from all public computers in library NOT available through the Library's proxy

server

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Explore: Find references by topic, author, organization, chemical structure, molecular formula or reaction

Locate: Find references by combining author, journal or article title; by patent number, CA abstract number, CAS registry number or chemical name

Browse Table of Contents: View the Tables of Contents of recent issues of journals

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Enter a phrase or sentence in plain English

Filter your search by:• Year• Document Type• Language• Author• Company Name

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Specify 2-3 concepts using plain English. Include prepositions and articles to connect

the concepts Use quotations to specify phrases Place synonyms in parentheses Use "not" or "except" to exclude a particular

term SFS handles Singulars, plurals and

abbreviations for you

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Retrievedfrom SciFinder Scholar – Guide to Getting Started at http://www.ucalgary.ca/~jelee/documents/SciFinderScholarGuide2006.pdf

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Molecular formulas for organic compounds must be entered in “Hill order”

Draw a reaction or half reaction using the same screen as the Chemical Structure Search

Reactions may be filtered by the number of steps, type

Reactions from patents or from a year or range of years

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Enter patent numbers, Chemical Abstracts numbers, patent application numbers, and priority application numbers

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Enter the substance by name or CAS registry number

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Alternative search options:

CAS registry number

Trade name or generic name

IUPAC name

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Please give chemical structure, CA registry number and the IUPAC name of Adrenaline. Provide chemical properties.

Alternative search options:

CAS registry number

Trade name or generic name

IUPAC name

Retrieve references

See commercial sources

See regulated chemical information

Retrieve reaction information

Click the microscope icon to see detail of the substance

Trade names or alternative chemical names

Experimental properties reference list

Experimental properties listings, plus references for data entries

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Click on structure diagram,menu boxes open as indicated

Open the structure search interface

Retrieves information about the use of the compound in any of the indicated reaction roles

Find journal articles about organic syntheses using organocopper reagents

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view a detailed record including bibliographic information, abstract, indexing terms, structure and more

Full text available depending on university subscriptions



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Exporting References from SciFinder 2007 to EndNoteWeb using ACS Style

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appointment with your library liaison Qinghua Xu [email protected] (262) 595-2168

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