SciFinder Scholar Database Description
Note: Use of this resource is restricted to current University of Pittsburgh faculty, students, and staff, and may be used for individual research purposes only. Any other use is prohibited.
Access:
Available ON LIBRARY Computers at Pittsburgh and Johnstown campuses only. (See note below for information on how to access SciFinder Scholar from home or office.)
Description:
SciFinder Scholar offers access to the CAS database Chemical Abstracts (1947-present), Registry (1957-present), and CASREACT (from journals, 1985-present; from patents, 1991-present). Users may search more than 19 million citations to the chemistry literature by topic, author, CAS Registry Number, patent number, and CAS abstract number. More than 27 million chemical substances may be searched by chemical name, chemical structure, CAS Registry Number, and formula. Information for over 3.7 million organic, organometallic, natural product and biocatalyzed reactions from the CASREACT database is included in SciFinder Scholar.
NOTE: Members of the University of Pittsburgh community may download software that will enable you to use SciFinder Scholar on your home or office computer. Follow this link for download and installation instructions.
Off campus users: You may need to use the Secure Remote Acccess service's "Network Connect Mode" instead of the default "Web Connect Mode". See Secure Remote Access: Access Network Resources (PDF) for additional information.
Coverage: Indexing 1947-
Information Type:
- Citations? Yes
- Abstracts? Yes
- Full-Text? Some Links to Full Text
Update Frequency: Monthly
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