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SciFinder |
CA-Student Edition |
Web of Science |
Reaxys |
| Scope & Audience
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SciFinder provides access to the full suite of CAS databases for advanced students and researchers. It is comprehensive.
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CA-Student Edition is for students and non-specialists. As a subset of the full CA file, it's ideal for term papers, literature reports, and preliminary searches where comprehensiveness is not required.
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Web of Science provides access to the Science Citation Index. It is best used for searching and tracking citations and cited authors.
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Reaxys (Beilstein + Gmelin) covers organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds and their reactions, synthesis, and properties.
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| Number of bibliographic records
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Over 28 million
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About 4 million
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millions
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Over 4 million
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| Number of substance records
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Over 50 million
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N/A
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N/A
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Over 18 million
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| Journals Covered
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About 9,000 currently scanned. UT-Austin subscribes to only a fraction of them.
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About 300 titles as determined by wide holdings in academic libraries. UT-Austin subscribes to almost all of them.
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More than 6,600 selected "source journals" across the sciences are fully indexed.
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Beilstein: currently about 175; Gmelin about 60. Historically these files covered many more sources, and Beilstein was essentially comprehensive up to 1959.
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| Types of Literature Covered
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All kinds: Journals, Patents, Dissertations, Technical Reports, Conferences, selected books, etc.
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Core journals; U.S. dissertations
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Journals only
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Journals and selected patents
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| Dates Covered
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CA: 1907-present; some pre-1907 records have been added.
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1967-present
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1975-present (coverage in UT's subscription)
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ca.1770-present
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| Languages Covered
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more than 50
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English only
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primarily English
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primarily English and German; also French, Russian and others.
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| Types of Searching
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Research topic; chemical name/synonym; chemical structure and substructure; chemical reaction; Registry Number; Author/Inventor; molecular formula; patent number; etc.
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Keyword; Author; Registry Number; chemical name (CA Index Names only, no synonyms)
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Keyword; author; organization; cited reference; funding agency; grant number; publication name
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Structure/reaction; chemical identification; property data; bibliographic data
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| Chemical Structures?
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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| Chemical Reactions?
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Yes: organic/organometallic reactions from CA since 1985, plus others drawn from various external sources 1840-present.
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No
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No
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Yes: organic reactions (Beilstein) thoroughly to 1959, selectively thereafter; inorganic/organometallic reactions (Gmelin) selectively to present.
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| Links to Electronic Full Text
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Yes, via ChemPort
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Yes:  (in full record display)
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Yes:
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Yes
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| Number of Users Allowed
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A limited number of ports are shared across UT System campuses and medical sites. During peak times, SciFinder may be unavailable due to too many people trying to connect.
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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Unlimited
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| More Information
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SciFinder FAQ
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CA-SE Guide
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Citation Searching
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Reaxys Guide
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