SciFinder Scholar
Overview:
What is SciFinder Scholar?
System
Requirements
Restrictions
on Use
Download
SciFinder Scholar Software
Other
SciFinder Scholar Resources
Contact
Information and Support
Overview: What is SciFinder Scholar?
SciFinder Scholar is a special research suite for several Chemical Abstracts Service databases:
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Chemical Abstracts (CAplus) (bibliographic data from 1947-present) -
CAS Registry (chemical structures and names) -
CASREACT (single and multistep reactions from 1974-present) -
CHEMLIST (information on regulated chemicals) -
CHEMCATS (commercially available chemicals and their suppliers) -
MEDLINE (biomed lit provided by the National Library of Medicine)
SciFinder Scholar has a graphical user interface that is intuitive and easy to use. Researchers can search by author, research topic, company/organization name, or chemical name/reaction. You can also search by drawing chemical structures, browse tables of contents, get related information through citations, retrieve related web sites, and analyze results to find the most published author/organization in a research field. Links to full-text articles and patents are provided when available.
For more detailed information on SciFinder Scholar and its features, please visit the SciFinder Scholar web site.
System Requirements
Macintosh
- Computer: an Apple® Mac with a PowerPC G3, G4 or G5 processor
- Mac OS X (10.2 or higher)
- Minimum 40-50 MB of available hard disk space
- TCP/IP network level connection to CAS via the Internet, and Z39.50 application level connection to CAS through port 210. [Accessing full text via ChemPort and online help files on the CAS web server requires an http application level connection through port 80]
- Monitor: 13" or larger color monitor capable of displaying 256 colors
- Printer: a high-quality graphics printer, e.g., laser or inkjet, is recommended
Windows®
- Computer: an IBM® or compatible PC with at least a Pentium processor.
- Microsoft Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP or NT 4.0
- Minimum of 32 MB RAM memory; 64 MB RAM or higher recommended; a minimum of 64 MB required for Windows 2000, XP
- Minimum of 70 MB of available disk space, not including pagefile memory; 80-85 MB recommended
- TCP/IP network level connection to CAS via the Internet, and Z39.50 application level connection to CAS through port 210. Accessing full text via ChemPort and online help files on the CAS web server requires an http application level connection through port 80.
- Monitor: SVGA color monitor compatible with Windows, minimum 800x600 screen resolution
- Printer: a high-quality graphics printer, e.g., laser or inkjet, is recommended
Web Browser
Netscape® Navigator or Communicator or Microsoft® Internet Explorer (MSIE) version 4 or higher. An internet browser is needed to access full text via ChemPort, online help, and web resources within the Tools menu.
- For Netscape Windows users a plug-in must be installed in the Netscape plug-ins folder for certain ChemPort features, e.g. Reference Linking. The plug-in should be installed automatically during the SciFinder Scholar 2001 installation.
- Java™ and Javascript must be enabled for online help and some features of ChemPort.
- Active X must be enabled in MSIE for ChemPort Reference Linking.
- Cookies must be accepted for some features of ChemPort
Restrictions on Use
Here is a brief listing of the restrictions on SciFinder Scholar based on our license agreement. Please review the entire user agreement you must accept before using SciFinder Scholar.
On Campus: For use by George Mason University students, faculty and staff only. SciFinder Scholar is not available for walk-in visitors of the library who are not affiliated with GMU.
Off Campus: Not available off campus.
Usage Limits: Maximum of two (2) simultaneous users at a time. If the service is busy, please try again later. Therefore, please logoff when you are finished searching so as to free up the connection for others. Thank you.
Academic Use Only: You may NOT use SciFinder Scholar for research that is done under a funding or consultant contract where the results are delivered to a for-profit organization, or for research that involves patentability searching.
Limited Download: Users may download a maximum of 5000 records, and they may be stored only in electronic form for the duration of your research project.
Availability: SciFinder Scholar is available 24 hours a day EXCEPT from 6:00 PM Saturday to 2:00 AM Sunday each week for scheduled maintenance and uploading of new records.
Download SciFinder Scholar Software
You must be a
George Mason University student, faculty or staff member in order to
download the software. Also, the software may only be downloaded and
installed on campus. No access to the software from off campus is
available. (See Restrictions
on Use.) Please contact Chan Chet cchet@gmu.edu or call 703-993-4176 to schedule an
appointment to have the software installed on your campus computer.
Other SciFinder Scholar Resources
SciFinder
Scholar Tutorials from CAS
Technical Support from
CAS
Contact Information and Support
If you have problems or questions regarding SciFinder Scholar, please contact:
Eileen Chandhoke
Physical Sciences Reference / Liaison Librarian
Fenwick Library
phone: (703) 993-4175
email: echandho@gmu.edu
You may also contact the Chemical Abstracts Service Helpdesk:
phone: 1-800-753-4227
email: help@cas.org
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to: Eileen
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Reference / Liaison Librarian