SciFinder-n is the new platform and interface for
SciFinder. It’s made up of a number of databases and tools, covering biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and related sciences. There are 6 CAS databases ...
* CAplus (Scientific Literature and Patents)
* CAS REGISTRY (Chemical Substances)
* CASREACT (Reactions)
* CHEMCATS (Chemical Suppliers)
* CHEMLIST (Regulated chemicals)
* MARPAT (Markush Structures)
… plus MEDLINE.
Sources within the databases include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, and books.
New features in
Scifinder-n include:
* PatentPak
* MethodsNow Synthesis
* Formulations information
* Retrosynthesis Planner, with predictive capabilities
* a Search History function
* an additional Structure/Reaction Editor.
PLEASE NOTE: You must
register to use
SciFinder-n:
1. Check the instructions at
How to register to use SciFinder, then ...
2. Go to
SciFinder registration.
ALSO NOTE:
1. The registration instructions say that you must register with “an email address with your institution’s e-mail domain”. To fulfil this requirement, use the email address
[your Charles Sturt username]@postoffice.csu.edu.au. Any emails sent to that address will be forwarded to the email address you use for Charles Sturt.
2. If you are an off-campus user, you must do your initial registration either: when you are on-campus; or: after you have accessed this page via
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (previously known as Thin Client). This will ensure that your registration sets you up as a Charles Sturt user (using Charles Sturt's IP range). Then, each time you access SciFinder, you must do so from a link on a Charles Sturt web-page (this page or one of Charles Sturt Library's databases pages).
If you had a valid and current username and password for
SciFinder, you can continue to use them for
SciFinder-n. You don’t need to re-register.
