CHEM 214 SciFinder Scholar Navigation

 

SciFinder Scholar

Largest collection of organic and inorganic substance information in the world.

Content:

  • Article index: references from over 9,500 currently published journals
  • Patent information: from more than 50 active patent issuing authorities
  • Data repository: more than 26 million substances, compounds, and chemical processes

    • Coverage: 1957 to the present, with additional substances going back to the early 1900s. (Approx. 4,000 new substances are added each day).

     

    Today's objectives

    1. Today's lab project (information collection).
    2. Become familiar with Scifinder-major resource used by chemists and biochemists worldwide
          • Find chemical information and article citations
          • Become familiar with the 4 ways of searching Scifinder Scholar:
              • Chemical name
              • Formula
              • Structure
              • Registry number
    3. Use Scifinder on future projects/assignments
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