Introduction

SciFinder Scholar is the electronic version "Chemical Abstracts".It provides comprehensive coverage of the world literature of chemistry including journal articles, book chapters, online publications, patents, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, technical reports, government documents, etc. SciFinder Scholar indexes a wide range of international literature in chemistry and diverse scientific fields including chemistry, biology, biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, toxicology, environmental science, medicine, food science, engineering, physics, geology and material sciences. Major coverage includes journal articles, patents, dissertations, conference proceedings, as well as over 30 million substance records in the CAS Registry database.

Scope of Coverage

The database contains over 16 million references to chemistry related publications covering the period 1907 to date from over 8,000 journals world-wide, including a core of some 1500 titles for which cover-to- cover treatment is routinely provided; and a substantial and growing percentage of the more recent materials will offer full text coverage. Lists over 17,000,000 organic and inorganic substances, and over 11,000,000 bio-sequences for a total of 28,000,000+ chemical substance registrations, and access to over 3.8 million single- and multi-step chemical reactions plus patents from 29 national patent offices, EPO, and WIPO; conference proceedings; technical reports; books; dissertations; reviews, etc.

Access to Sci Finder Scholar

SciFinder Scholar is not a web based product, and can be accessed at Brooklyn College only through specific computers located in the library and the Chemistry Dept.. For more information about SciFinder Scholar or to request a download on your computer, contact Irwin Weintraub at the Library at extension 5340 or by e-mail at: irwinw@brooklyn.cuny.edu

For more information and user guide: http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/CENTRAL/resources.html

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