Searching SciFinder at BU

Searching the Chemical Literature Using SciFinder

Linda Neyer, Science LibrarianAL 222, lneyer@bloomu.edu570-389-4801 Reference Desk: x4204rev. 4/14

Intro (Housekeeping)• Use Firefox for your browser• Go to Library Subject page:

http://guides.library.bloomu.edu/introchemlit

• Open your RefWorks, Zotero, EndNote Web, or ACS ChemWorx account

• Have your SciFinder account login info at hand

Goals & objectives1.Learn basic searching in

ChemAbs: SciFinder

2.Obtain full-text of articles online or through interlibrary loan

3.Export records to RefWorks system from SciFinder

To access SciFinder

If you haven’t yet registered…

Chemical Abstracts

1. Comprehensive

2. Authoritative & accurate

3. Intellectually analyzed

4. Timely

Reference databases CAplus MEDLINE

Structure database CAS Registry

Reaction database CASREACT

Commercial source database CHEMCATS

Regulatory database CHEMLIST

What’s in SciFinder?

Chemical Abstracts: How does print compare to online?

Print Index Volumes: Authors Patents General Subjects Chemical Substances Formulae

All point you to: Abstracts

Online:SciFinder

CA Plus (all the indexes)

MEDLINE (biomedical database)

Extra data

Link to db

Sign in screen for SciFinder

Ways to search

Using Interlibrary Loan

Log in (and register if 1st time user):

To get your references into RefWorks:

Select your references & Export:

Select Citation export format (*.ris)

Save (to desktop)

From inside RefWorks, go to ‘References’ and ‘Import’

Select ‘From Text File’:•Import Filter/Data Source: RIS format •Database: RIS format

Then Browse to file & Import

Next, put the citations in your folder and go back to searching

Questions?

Please feel free to contact me withquestions or for additional help:

Linda Neyer, Science LibrarianAL 222, lneyer@bloomu.edu570-389-4801 Reference Desk: x4204

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