SciFinder Scholar at UT-Austin
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SciFinder News
SciFinder now available via ITS WTS
There is now an alternative to installing the SciFinder Scholar client software on your own computer, especially useful for off-campus access. Information Technology Services (ITS) has installed the latest SciFinder client on the Windows Terminal Server (WTS) for use by persons with user accounts on the WTS system. All you need is Remote Desktop Connection software, and your UT EID. See the
Off Campus Connection page for more information.
Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
If you install the new OS 10.5 system on your Mac, the SciFinder client may not launch. To fix this, highlight the application icon in your Applications folder, press Command-I, and check the box "Open using Rosetta".
Old Versions of Client Retired
On January 2nd, 2008 CAS discontinued access to these old versions of SciFinder Scholar client software:
SciFinder Scholar 2004.2 for Windows and MAC (OS 9 version)
SciFinder Scholar MAC OS X 1.0 for MAC (OS X version)
All users should upgrade to the latest version (2007) to take advantage of new features.
The new 2007 release of the SciFinder Scholar client software offers these new features:
- SciFinder Now Accessible from Off Campus :
When you upgrade to the new Version 2007, you will be able to take advantage of a new feature in UT's EZProxy system to log in to SciFinder Scholar remotely from non-UT IP addresses.
- Categorize references : this tool enables you to sort and evaluate information in your answer sets by creating a histogram for easy analysis. Categorize separates related references on the basis of their associated CA index terms. With categorize, you can reassemble the different subsets in unique ways creating opportunities for new insights.
- Save answers : now you can save answer lists of references, substances, or reactions and re-use them later in other SciFinder Scholar sessions.
- Combine answer sets : the combine tool makes it possible to focus on a particular research topic in new ways by combining the substances, reactions, and references in an active answer set with those in a previously saved one. By employing various options of Combine, Intersect, or Remove, you can manipulate and customize the information contained in these combined answer sets.
- Export commercial chemicals records from CHEMCATS into Excel : create reports listing your favorite commercial sources, including contact information and pricing, for substances of interest. Catalog information is exported into Excel spreadsheets for sorting, manipulation, and reference.
- Explore from substance displays : use a substance record display to launch a new search or refine a previous one.
- Print structures in grid format : gain a comparative view of multiple chemical structures by printing them side by side in a handy grid arrangement.
- SFS 2007 is compatible with Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions) and Mac OS 10.4+.
Accessing SciFinder Scholar
- UT-Austin students, faculty and staff can search SciFinder Scholar from any computer that has the client software installed and that is connected to or proxied through the campus network.
- UT students, faculty and staff may also search SciFinder Scholar on designated workstations in the science libraries on campus.
- Due to license restrictions, SciFinder is not available to the general public or walk-in library users.
- In order to access SciFinder Scholar from your computer, you must first download and install the SciFinder Scholar client software. Click on the button below and enter your UT EID to download the software. You must have your browser set to accept cookies.
What Is SciFinder Scholar?
SciFinder Scholar provides integrated, user-friendly access to several Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases:
Chemical Abstracts - comprehensive indexing of chemical literature, 1907-present
Registry
- chemical structures, names, synonyms, some calculated and experimental properties
CASREACT
- single and multistep organic reactions, 1840-present
CHEMLIST
- regulatory information on chemicals
CHEMCATS
- commercial availability of chemicals from major suppliers
MEDLINE
- biomedical literature, 1951-present
You can search more than 23 million citations to the literature by topic, author,
CAS Registry
Numbers, patent number, and CAS abstract number. More than 31 million chemical substances may be searched by chemical name, chemical structure, CAS Registry Numbers, and formula. You can also execute substructure searches for substances and reactions. In addition, Registry contains records for over 58 million biosequences.
Compare SciFinder Scholar to Chemical Abstracts - Student Edition
Help and Documentation
- Frequently Asked Questions about SciFinder
- Getting Started Guide (PDF)
- System Requirements
- SciFinder Scholar Help Pages
- Can be launched from within SciFinder with the Help button, or follow this link.
- SciFinder Scholar Support
- Descriptions of search features and searching instructions.
- Importing Data
- from SciFinder Scholar into EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager
- Exploring Reactions: Functional Groups
- Protecting Groups Reaction Searching (Univ. of Michigan)
More Information?
For more information about SciFinder Scholar at UT-Austin, including questions about access, contact the Chemistry Library by
email or phone 512-495-4600.
