Information literacy in Chemistry Scifinder June 20, 2011
bibliographic database citation database factual database spectra physical and chemical data DNA sequences peptides and protein sequences
is produced by Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society It s the electronic evolution of printed Chemical Abstracts Chemical Abstracts has analysed and indexed all chemistry-related literature since 1907 to 2009. There were 52 weekly issues. Each issue was divided into 80 subject sections. An abstract appeared in just one section, based on the novelty of the process or substance being reported in the literature.
It s an integrated tool that retrieves information from 6 databases CAPlus: literature since 1907 to date. Subject fields analysed are chemistry and related sciences Medline: biomedical literature since 1950 to date CASReact: reaction information for single- and multiple-step reactions since 1907 to date CAS Registry: specific chemical substances (organic and inorganic compounds, sequences, coordination compounds, polymers and alloys) covering 1957 to date ChemCats: commercial source information about available substances ChemList: regulatory information records since 1979 to date, including substance identity information, inventory status, sources, and compliance information.
COVERAGE since 1907 to date Medline records since 1957 to date
CITATIONS citing papers since 1999 cited papers before 1999 as well
UPDATE daily bibliographic data and abstracts included in Scifinder by CAS scientists 5 days after publications of articles full record in 1 month
SECTIONS http://www.cas.org/products/print/ca/casections.html
DOCUMENT TYPES ANALYSED articles, reviews, communications patents conference proceedings dissertations web preprints monographs chapters clinical trials
ACCESS via web, through personal account (login + password) from pc at Chimica, Farmacia, Vallisneri, Agripolis, Processi Chimici, Farmacologia. And at home through Auth-Proxy
ACCESS https://scifinder.cas.org then enter: your login your password
how can you create your own individual Scifinder login and password? with a web-based user registration following the instructions provided by the library staff we must register with an email address within unipd email domain (@unipd.it, @studenti.unipd.it)
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You can use SciFinder on your smartphone There is no application to install and you don't need to be on campus. Point your smartphone's browser to scifinder.cas.org/mobile and log in with your existing SciFinder login and password There may be a limit of detailed substance or reference displays per day, and structure drawing/searching is not available. In addition, you will not be able to link to and see full text of articles
THREE ROUTES TO SEARCH explore references explore substances explore reactions
EXPLORE REFERENCES BY research topic author name company name journal patent tags
EXPLORE SUBSTANCES BY chemical structure (you can import SMILES or InChI strings) molecular formula (es. C6H12O6) substance identifier (chemical name, common name, trade name, CASRN)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER It s a unique numeric identifier that designates only one substance it contains up to 10 digits, divided by hyphens into three parts e.g. 56-08-02 it is assigned to a substance when it enters the CAS Registry Database (chemical name, common name, trade name, CASRN) it has become a world standard (you can find CAS registry Numbers in Scifinder, other databases, handbooks, guides, chemical catalogs etc.)
EXPLORE REACTIONS BY reaction structure
SEARCH BY TOPIC In Scifinder the search by topic is not a keywords search but a concepts search
SEARCH BY TOPIC you don t have to use boolean operators or truncation characters (wild cards): SciFinder automatically applies truncation SciFinder searches synonyms of the terms you type
SEARCH BY TOPIC you have to enter a sentence in natural language, with articles and preposition
Type cancer retrieve cancer cancers carcinogenesis neoplastic(s) neoplasia(s) carcinoma(s) neoplasm(s)
Type aspirin retrieve 50-76-2 2-acetoxybenzoic acid acetylsalicylic acid
Type linden retrieve linden Tilia Tiliaceae
Type synthesis retrieve synthesis preparation prepg. prepd. prepn. synthetic