1. What is SciFinder Scholar? -- 2. Explore by research topic -- 3. Explore by chemical substance -- 4. Additional search and display options -- 5. Additional search strategies -- 6. Searching for chemical reactions -- Appendices
Summary
Information retrieval is arguably one of the most important skills a scientist needs in the 21st century. The SciFinder interface to the world's scientific literature is both unique and innovative. While it is intuitive and has a very user-friendly interface which requires minimum training, nevertheless searches will be performed more effectively and efficiently with an understanding of the databases involved and the search processes. This text is thus a 'behind the scenes' look at SciFinder, complementary to the proprietary websites and manuals. SciFinder is rapidly becoming the preferred means to access scientific information in industry and universities worldwide. It accesses databases which span the chemical, engineering, life, medical and physical sciences, including the Chemical Abstracts Service databases and the National Library of Medicine database. No other single information access tool has such breadth of coverage for scientific journal and patent documents
