About SciFinder

SciFinder® retrieves information contained in databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) as well as in the MEDLINE® database of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

Registration

You must register with SciFinder to create your own SciFinder username and password. You must use your Nova Southeastern University email address to be recognized as eligible to register. After you submit the form, you will receive an email message with instructions for completing the registration process. You will then be able to log in to the service. Click on the registration link to register.

You must follow these rules in creating your username and password:

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    • Mixed upper- and lowercase letters
    • Numbers
    • Non-alphanumeric characters (e.g., @, #, %, &, *)

Contents

Database Content

Reference Databases

CAplusSM

Literature from 1907 to the present plus selected pre-1907 references. Sources include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, books, and more.

CAplus covers a wide spectrum of science-related information, including chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences.

MEDLINE®

Biomedical literature from more than 4,780 journals and 70 countries, covering literature from 1950 to the present.

Structure Database

CAS REGISTRYSM

Specific chemical substances, including organic and inorganic compounds, sequences, coordination compounds, polymers, and alloys covering 1957 to the present, with some classes going back to the early 1900s.

Reaction Database

CASREACT®

Reaction information for single- and multiple-step reactions from 1907 to the present.

Commercial Source Database

CHEMCATS®

Chemical source information, including supplier addresses and pricing information derived from current chemical catalogs and libraries, retrieved for individual substances.

Regulatory Database

CHEMLIST®

Regulatory information records from 1979 to the present, including substance identity information, inventory status, sources, and compliance information.

 

What You Can Find

Information you can find with SciFinder includes:

Content Area Information Available

References
  • Title
  • Author/editor/inventor
  • Company name/corporate source/patent assignee
  • Publication year
  • Source, publication, date, publisher, volume, issue, pagination, CODEN, ISSN
  • Patent identification, including patent, application, priority, and patent family information
  • Abstract of the article or patent
  • Indexing
  • Supplementary terms
  • Citations
  • Substances, sequences, and reactions discussed within the document

Substances
  • Chemical name
  • CAS Registry Number®
  • Molecular formula
  • Structure diagram
  • Sequence information, including GenBank® and patent annotations
  • Property data, including spectral diagrams
  • Commercial source information from chemical supplier catalogs
  • Regulatory information
  • Editor notes
  • Documents in which the substance is referenced
  • Reactions in which the substance participates

Reactions
  • Reaction diagrams, including reactants, products, reagents, catalysts, solvents, and step notes
  • Document in which the reaction is referenced
  • Additional substance details, reactions, references, regulatory information, and commercial source information for all reaction participants
  • Notes

Provider
American Chemical Society

Help
Online help available after you log on. A mix slide presentations and recorded WebEx tutorials describe how to use the product to conduct reference, structure, and reaction searches. A series of "How To Guides" provide quick overviews of SciFinder's basic functionality. A "Strategies" section describes advanced search techniques.

Access
NSU faculty, students and staff:  On campus and remote access.
Registered Broward patrons: No access.
Registered alumni: No access.
General Public: No access.

Restrictions
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Revised: 06/9/2010