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SciFinder Scholar Database Guide
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Database Overview
SciFinder Scholar is the expanded electronic version of Chemical
Abstracts. It includes citations and abstracts for journal articles and other materials on
chemistry and related areas, including agriculture, biology and medicine,
engineering, food science and nutrition, geology, and physics. It also includes
the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) REGISTRY (CAS Registry Numbers, physical
property data, and structure diagrams), CASREACT (reaction data), CHEMCATS
(chemical source data), and CHEMLIST (regulatory information) databases. SciFinder Scholar
covers literature from the late 19th century to present.
Users of this database must install client
software on their own workstations. The latest version available is SciFinder
Scholar 2007, for Windows 2000 (SP3 or higher), Windows XP (SP1 or SP2), Windows
Vista (Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions), and Macintosh OS X (10.3 or 10.4).
Use Restrictions
- Limited to use by faculty, students, and staff of the University of Maine
- Limited to use for academic research, coursework, or instruction at
the University of Maine
- Limited to use on computers connected to the University of Maine
campus network (including the local UNET modem pool)
- Only one University of Maine user may access the database at a time (each
extra user adds approximately $12,500 to the cost of the database
subscription)
- Unavailable from 10 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday each week for maintenance.
On the first Saturday of each month the database is unavailable from 5 pm Saturday until 1 am Sunday
for maintenance. (All times are U.S. Eastern Time.)
Getting Started
Minimum hardware and software requirements
Macintosh Leopard (OS 10.5) users launch instructions:
- In Applications folder, right click or control-click on SciFinder
Scholar application.
- Select Get Info.
- Check the Open Using Rosetta box.
Installation instructions for SciFinder Scholar, University of Maine
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- Contact one of the SciFinder Scholar Site Administrators
for the download site URL, and the user name and password for downloading
the software. You must use your FirstClass account to request this data. It
will not be sent to other e-mail accounts.
- Point your Web browser to the download site.
- Download sfs2007.exe (~12.2 MB self-extracting
executable).
- Close all other Windows applications running on your computer.
- Run sfs2007.exe to install the software
- Click Setup. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. If you have a previous version of SciFinder
Scholar installed on the computer, select Yes when
presented with the option to overwrite files. Select
the Typical installation option. If you are asked about a Custom
Site Files disk, click No. Ignore the option to "Test Connection".
- If this is the first time you have installed SciFinder Scholar software
on the computer while affiliated with the University of Maine, you will
need a UMaine site preferences or site.prf file. You must use your FirstClass account to request this
file. It
will not be sent to other e-mail accounts. Copy the file without opening it
to the SFSCHLR
folder.
- Start SciFinder Scholar 2007 to test the software. Please remember to log
out when you are done.
- Delete sfs2007.exe from your computer.
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- Contact one of the SciFinder Scholar Site Administrators
for the download site URL, and the user name and password for downloading
the software. You must use your FirstClass account to request this data. It
will not be sent to other e-mail accounts.
- Point your Web browser to the download site.
- Download sfs2007.dmg (~14.1 MB Disk
Image File) to your desktop or to a download folder.
- If the file does not automatically mount, double click on it.
- Double click the desktop SciFinder Scholar icon.
- Drag and drop the SciFinder Scholar Application Package into your Applications folder.
- Eject (unmount) the desktop SciFinder Scholar Volume.
- Optional: Create a "SciFinder Scholar" alias for your
dock or desktop.
- If this is the first time you have installed SciFinder Scholar
software on the computer while affiliated with the University of
Maine, you will need a UMaine site preferences or site.prf
file. You must use your FirstClass account to request this file. It
will not be sent to other e-mail accounts. Within Home
Folder:Library:Application Support,
create a SciFinder Scholar folder. Save the site.prf
into this
folder without opening it.
- Start SciFinder Scholar 2007 to test the software. Leopard (OS
10.5) users: see launch instructions above. Please remember to log
out when you are done.
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Guides to Searching the Database
Questions?
Contact the SciFinder Scholar Site Administrators for assistance: Nancy Curtis, 581-1679,
Jim Bird, 581-1697, or
Martin Wallace, 581-1678.
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Created by: Nancy Curtis |
Revised: 02/27/2008
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