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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 Scholar.

You can now access SciFinder via the Web, as well as with the Scholar client. Through either means, the UMass Amherst Libraries is limited to 6 simultaneous users.

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.

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.

SciFinder Scholar Download Information:

GO DIRECTLY TO THE SCIFINDER SCHOLAR ICON if you already have the SciFinder client installed on your computer.

If you want to access SciFinder Scholar from a library PC, it must be one with the SciFinder Scholar icon available. Please ask at the Reference Desk if you need assistance.

IMPORTANT: Due to licensing restrictions, SciFinder will only work on a computer with a UMass Amherst Internet address. A dial-up account from OIT will provide off-campus users with a UMass Amherst Internet address.

SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Windows:

1. Download the SciFinder Scholar 2007 installation program for Windows (size: 12.2 MB). The file can be downloaded anywhere on your hard drive (c:\).
2. Run the installation program (scifinderinstall.exe) by double-clicking.
3. Once the installation program has started, you must install to the default directory (c:\sfschlr). When prompted, choose the default installation option labeled typical.
4. If prompted with the question "Do you have a disk labeled 'Custom site file?'”, click no.

SciFinder Scholar for Mac OS X (10.2, 10.3 and 10.4)

1. Download scholar_2007_umass.zip (Size: 7 MB)
2. Move scholar_2007_umass.zip into the Applications Folder.
3. Double-click "scholar_2007_umass.zip" to extract the SciFinder Scholar Application Package to your Applications folder.
4. You are now ready to run SciFinder Scholar by double clicking on the SciFinder Scholar icon in the Applications (or Home) folder.
5. Optional: You may create an alias to SciFinder Scholar to place on your Desktop or Dock.

NOTE: Admin level permissions may be needed to follow instructions 2 & 3. If you can not access the :Applications folder, use your Home Folder instead.

SciFinder Scholar for Mac OS X 10.5

1. Download umassscholarmac.zip to your desktop or to your download folder. (13 MB)
2. On some systems, Macintosh Disk Image Files (*.dmg) will automatically mount. If not, double-click sfs2007a.dmg to mount the disk image. (Macintosh Disk Image Files behave like a CD-ROM; they open an icon on your desktop.)
3. Double-click the SciFinder Scholar desktop icon.
4. Drag and drop the SciFinder Scholar Application Package (the SciFinder Scholar icon on the white "button") into your Applications folder.
5. Double-click the HardDrive/Applications/SciFinder Scholar icon to launch SciFinder Scholar.

Please contact DBHelp if you have any questions about downloading or installing SciFinder Scholar software.

 

 

Last Edited: 18 March 2009