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Searching the Chemical Literature Using SciFinder
Linda Neyer, Science LibrarianAL 222, [email protected] 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, [email protected] Reference Desk: x4204
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