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SciFinder-n: registering and using this resource

Information designed to help searchers use SciFinder effectively.

Video tutorials for SciFinder-n

This linked webinar (28:40) offers excellent information about using SciFinder-n. 

 To access the webinar, click on the screen below. A new window will open with the video in the CAS website.

Timestamps and topics are provided below:

Time stamps for SciFinder webinar (28:40)
Time stamp Topic
2:25 Search filters: general info
2:45 Using the "concepts" filter
6:45 Using the search bar to modify your search
7:10 Using the search history feature
8:30 Important search concepts for SciFinder
11:42 Using SciFinder filters
13:39 Using the "concepts" filter effectively
15:50 Searching within results
18:20 PatentPak- general info
20:16 Working with search results, e.g. saving as a PDF, exporting citations, creating an excel spreadsheet
23:15 Sharing results via email
24:00 Saving results and setting alerts
25:20 Combining answer sets
27:10 Advanced searching in "References"

Learn how to maximize the efficiency of your reference searching in SciFinder-n with powerful features such as AutoSuggest for key words and queries, and relevance ranking in answer sets. You may filter result sets by Best, Good, and Fair ranking; the most-relevant results display at the top of the References result page. To access a video demo on these features, click on the screen below. A new window with the video will open in the CAS website. 

Citation Maps in SciFinder-n include backward and forward citations for a reference search result. The Citation Map has built-in, color-coded relevance ranking and filtering by document type, author, and concept. You also have the ability to view Reference Details, including those for citations within a Citation Map reference. To access a demo of this feature, click on the image below. A new window will open with the video in the CAS website.

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Learn how you can increase your search bandwidth in SciFinder-n , and perform non-linear searches by opening multiple tabs without losing your original query. Click on the image below to access a demo of this feature. A new window will open with the video in the CAS website.

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Learn how uploading a structure drawn in CAS Draw simultaneously performs an exact search, substructure search, and similarity search (similarity results are based on the Tanimoto algorithm) in SciFinder-n. For substructure results, you have the ability to filter out coordination compounds and metallocenes, as well as filter by other means. To access a demo on this feature, please click the image below. A new window will open with the video in the CAS website.

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Training materials from CAS

Chem Abstracts Service offers excellent traning materials for more advanced SciFinder searching. Please go HERE for the most up-to-date resources.

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