SciFinder
SciFinder provides search interfaces to Chemical Abstracts CAPlus, several related chemical database files (chemical names, commercial availability, chemical reactions), and MEDLINE. For a detailed description of SciFinder and help, go to: SciFinder.
UMass Amherst Libraries has a license for 6 simultaneous users of SciFinder. Please Logoff when finished using SciFinder to free a connection for someone else.
SciFinder Web
If you have registered for a Web account, go directly to SciFinder to login with your username and password. From off-campus, you must also connect through this library web page. Going directly to Scifinder from off-campus and logging in with your account information will produce a message about an unrecognized IP address.
SciFinder requires that you register as a new user, agree to terms of use, and maintain your own username and password account.
Register for an account
NOTE: You must use your UMass Amherst email address to register successfully.
A guide through the registration process is available.
Last Edited: 18 August 2011
