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SciFinder - Web Version

Brief Description

SciFinder contains Chemical Abstracts, CASREACT chemical reactions database, Chemical Abstracts Registry File, and Medline.

The CAplus covers literature from 1907 to the present and is updated daily. The database also contains the full CAS Registry file (from 1947 onwards) containing the structures and dictionary information for substances identified by the CAS Registry System.

The Medline database covers biomedical literature from 1958 to the present.

Dates of Coverage: 1907 - present
Frequency of Updates: Daily
Record Type: Full Text
Subjects Covered: Chemistry, Agricultural Science, Biology and Life Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Food Sciences, Geological Sciences, Material Sciences, Medical Sciences, Physics, Polymer Science

Access

To use SciFinder on the web you will need to:

  1. SciFinder Account Set Up Instructions (read first)
  2. Set up an Account
  3. Access SciFinder

Maximum number of simultaneous users:

Unlimited

Demo of web version of SciFinder (requires Flash)

Technical Requirements

Recommended web browsers:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer, Versions 6.x and 7.x
  • Mozilla FirefoxTM, Version 2.0 and 3.0 
  • Apple SafariTM 3.0 and 3.1

JavaScriptTM, JavaTM, and cookies must be enabled. Java runtime environment (JRE) is needed for structure drawing.

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