SciFinder Scholar at UT-Austin
Accessing SciFinder Scholar
- The SciFinder Scholar client software is no longer available for downloading. Please register for and use the SciFinder Web interface instead.
- At this time, current UT-Austin students, faculty and staff may continue to use existing SciFinder Scholar client software from any computer that is connected to or proxied through the campus network. Access via the client software will be phased out by mid-2010.
- Off-campus (remote) access via existing client installations will be discontinued as of December 16, 2009.
What Is SciFinder Scholar?
SciFinder Scholar is desktop software that provides integrated, user-friendly access to the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases:
Chemical Abstracts (CAPLUS) - comprehensive indexing of chemical literature, 1907-present
Registry - chemical structures, names, synonyms, CAS Registry
Numbers, calculated and experimental properties, predicted spectra
CHEMCATS - commercial availability of chemicals
CHEMLIST - regulatory information on chemicals
CASREACT - single and multistep organic reactions, 1840-present
MEDLINE
- biomedical literature, 1949-present
Help and Documentation
- Frequently Asked Questions about SciFinder Scholar
- Troubleshooting (EID required)
- 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
For more information about SciFinder Scholar at UT-Austin, including questions about access, contact the Chemistry Library by
email or phone 512-495-4600.
