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SciFinder Scholar Training Overview

SciFinder Scholar Training Overview. Agenda overview. Who is CAS? How SciFinder Scholar ™ helps you to access scientific information SciFinder Scholar features What’s new in SciFinder Scholar 2007 Training resources Live demonstration of SciFinder Scholar.

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SciFinder Scholar Training Overview

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  1. SciFinder Scholar Training Overview SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  2. Agenda overview • Who is CAS? • How SciFinder Scholar™ helps you to access scientific information • SciFinder Scholar features • What’s new in SciFinder Scholar 2007 • Training resources • Live demonstration of SciFinder Scholar SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  3. SciFinder Scholar is an easy to use research tool • Uses conversational language • Offers a point and click interface • Smart searching • Structure searchable • Provides links to journal articles and patent documents • Updated daily • Available for 24 hour access SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  4. SciFinder Scholar is produced by CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society • Indexes and summarizes chemistry-related information from scientific journals, patents, conference proceedings, and other pertinent documents • Produces the world's largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical and related scientific information SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  5. CAS products/services • Chemical AbstractsTM • CAS REGISTRYSM • STN® family of products • SciFinder® • SciFinder ScholarTM • Science IP® SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  6. Diverse content is aggregated from many sources into curated databases CAS REGISTRYSM CA Family*  CASREACT® CAS Scientists CHEMCATS® CHEMLIST® CIN® MARPAT® ToxcenterSM *The CA Family is comprised of CA, CAplus and CAOLD SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  7. SciFinder Scholar selects databases for you – so you can start searching right away! • CAplusSM • CAS REGISTRYSM • CASREACT® • CHEMCATS® • CHEMLIST® • MEDLINE®` These databases are working behind the scenes, providing data for your researchproject depending on the task that youare performing. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  8. CAplus • Bibliographic database from 1907 to present, with more than 128,000 records before 1907 • Covers international scientific journals, patents, books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and more • Updated daily with ~4000 references SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  9. CAS REGISTRY • World’s largest authoritative chemical substance database • More than 32 million organic and inorganic substances • More than 59 million protein and nucleic acid sequences • Each substance is assigned a CAS Registry Number® • Updated daily SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  10. CASREACT • Organic reactions database • Document based database containing nearly 14 million single- and multi-step reactions from journals and patents • Structure searchable • Updated weekly SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  11. CHEMCATS • Catalog and chemical library database • Contains information on commercially available chemicals and worldwide suppliers • More than 900 suppliers • More than 1025 catalogs • Updated as new catalogs are received SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  12. CHEMLIST • Regulated Chemicals Listing • Identifies substances from more than 100 inventories and regulatory lists from around the world • Updated weekly SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  13. MEDLINE • Bibliographic biomedical and clinical science information database • Produced by the National Library of Medicine • Covers 1950 to present • Updated five times per week SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  14. CAS database content is robust • Nearly 9,500 scientific journals are monitored of which about 2000 have cover-to-cover coverage • Patents from 50 active patent issuing authorities • Important scientific discoveries from the present to the mid-1800s SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  15. All this data supports your chemical research • More than 1 billion experimental and predicted properties • Nearly 14 million single- and multi-step reactions • Ability to do structure searching • Easily access millions of abstracts, organic and inorganic substances, and reactions SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  16. … and also biological research • Comprehensive databases provide extensive scientific information obtained from public publications and patents • Scientific information from top journals • Cell, Science, Nature, Molecular Cell, etc. • Published patents in areas such as proteomics, biological methods, drug formulations, biofuels, cosmetics, etc. • Relationship between diseases, biological processes, and proteins SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  17. SciFinder Scholar offers convenient searching features • Explore • By research topic • By author • By company or organization • By substance or chemical name • By reaction • Browse the table of contents of journals • Locate and link to references and substances of interest SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  18. SciFinder Scholar features • Sort, analyze, or refine search results • Publication year, company name, document type, etc. • Conduct citation searching and linking • Options for obtaining full-text patents or journal articles utilizing ChemPort • Print results in different formats • Obtain current information on commercially available chemicals and their worldwide suppliers SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  19. SciFinder Scholar has robust structure and reaction features • Ability to draw or modify a chemical structure using the Structure Drawing Window • Find reactions and develop a synthesis plan or find retrosyntheses • Explore by substructure and its stereochemistry (requires Substructure Module) SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  20. In response to customer demand, new features added in 2007 • Easily locate preferred suppliers for a substance by exporting contact information directly to Microsoft® Excel® • Categorize uses indexing to sort and evaluate a reference answer set by creating a histogram for easy analysis • Save answer sets • Combine answer sets of the same typefor substances, reactions, or references • Explore from substructure displays • Print substances in a 1-4 column grid format for easy review or as a quick reference SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  21. SciFinder Scholar license agreement provides guidelines for proper use • Use for any academic research • Prohibits use for commercial purposes SciFinder Scholar is for academic use. SciFinder is for commercial and government use. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  22. Why use SciFinder Scholar? • Contains the most comprehensive databases of up-to-date publications • Has easy to use search functions with built in smart searching • Has ability to draw and modify chemical structures in order to search for information on a specific compound or reaction • Helps students and faculty to spend more time on their research and less time on journal searching SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  23. SciFinder Scholar training resources • CAS SciFinder e-Seminars http://casevents.webex.com • How to Guides • SciFinder Strategies • SciFinder Scholar Getting Started Guide http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/index.html SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  24. Any questions? SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  25. Hands on practice demonstration SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  26. SciFinder Scholar entry point It is very important to read and review the SciFinder ScholarLicense Agreement to understand the terms and conditionsfor each user before clicking the Acceptbutton. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  27. Search decision starting point Start Scholarsearching by clickingNew Task. Scholar offers 3starting points. We will start with Explore. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  28. Options to Explore the scientific literature • Explore is broken into 3 sections: • 1. Explore Literature • 2. Explore Substances • 3. Explore Reactions • We will start with Research Topic. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  29. Explore by Research Topic To search:1. Type your broad concept using phrases. 2. Click OK. 3. Select the option(s) that most closely fit your topic. 4. Get References SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  30. Research topic references References that fit your topic searchcriteria with relevant terms highlighted are shown. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  31. Examine answers in more detail Click on Microscope icon to obtain more information on thisselected reference. Note that search terms are highlighted, including abbreviationsand synonyms that arerecognized by Scholarto enhance retrieval. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  32. Obtain full text of selected document via ChemPort® Click the full-text icon. This document can be obtained by clicking on theHTML link and retrieved on the internet. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  33. Explore by Company Name It is recommended that the broadest company name variation possiblebe used. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  34. Company name reference result Note the hit term highlighting. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  35. Explore by Author Name Enter as much of the author’s name as you know. Recommend that you leave this box checked in order to account for name variations and typographical differences. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  36. Author Candidates to select from Select all possible name variations, then click Get References. Misspelling or another author? SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  37. Author name references Here we see hit term highlighting of the various author name variations. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  38. To narrow an answer set, use Analyze, Refine, or Categorize To reduce your answer set, click RemoveDuplicates to remove any duplicate MEDLINE records. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  39. Options to Analyze the answer set by Select the option to analyze by and click OK. By selecting ‘Sort results alphabetically’ one is able to review publication trends over time in the analysis shown above. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  40. References can be refined by using the Analyze by feature Review all candidates for name variation,check desired ones then click Get References. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  41. To Refine an answer set by Document Type SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  42. Refine results by Document Type Refining this search results in 17 patents. The newest reference appears first. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  43. Categorize helps you to analyze your answer set into categories Select a category of interest from the left column, and then select the CA index term from the right column. Click Get References. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  44. Use Get Related Information options SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  45. For example: 2257 cited references 9368 citing references 6766 substances 15,708 reactions See next slide for eScience® Get Related Information results for EJ Corey SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  46. eScience Get Related search eScience option brings the original search into the selected search engine. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  47. Utilize Combine feature to combine multiple answer sets Search Question: Locate publications by E J Corey that are not affiliated with Harvard. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  48. Search Strategy Conduct search for all publications byE J Corey Remove Duplicates Save the Answer Set Analyze/Refine by Company/Organization – Harvard Click on Combine Click Estimate Choose Remove current set from saved set feature to locate all publications not affiliated with Harvard Combining answer set strategy SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  49. Combine answer sets process Save your firstanswer set for future retrieval. SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

  50. Combine answer sets process SciFinder is a registered trademark of the American Chemical Society

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