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ViewerLite download site for SciFinder Scholar (NB: Windows only. Install this before installing SciFinder Scholar. For 3D visualization) [Chemical Abstracts Service]
SciFinder Scholar Solutions [Chemical Abstracts Service]
Library Training Materials: SciFinder Scholar for Colour & Polymer Chemistry [Leeds University Library] (Workbook for hands-on traning)
Library Training Materials: SciFinder Scholar [Leeds University Library] (Workbook for hands-on traning)
SciFinder Scholar - Under the Hood [A. Ben Wagner, University at Buffalo]
SciFinder Scholar 2004 User Guide [Dana Roth, Caltech]
SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) 2006 User Guide [Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford]
SciFinder 2006 Handout (Leah Solla, Cornell)

STN Express with Discover!

STN Express with Discover! Resources (PDF)
Using StereoSearch on STN via STN Express with Discover! (PDF)
Structure Searching in the CAS Registry File on STN Using STN Express with Discover
Structure Searching in CAS Online Using STN Express: An Introductory Workshop/ Baysinger (Stanford)

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• Practice Problems for Basic Structure Searching Workshops (10/96) (PDF FILE)

STN QUICK REFERENCE CARDS AND GUIDES

Partial Listing:

• Searching the new CAOLD (PDF FILE)
• Search the CAS Registry File first when you have a chemical name (PDF)
• Search the CAS Registry File first when you have a CAS Registry Number (PDF)
• How to Search for CAS Registry Numbers in the CAS Registry File
• Using StereoSearch on STN
• Using StereoSearch on STN (PDF)
• Using StereoSearch on STN via STN Express (PDF)
• CAS Roles (PDF)
• Protein Sequences on STN (PDF)
• Nucleic Acid Sequences on STN (PDF)
• Polymer Information on STN (PDF)
• Searching CASLINK (PDF)
• The CA File on STN: Search and Display Features
  
• Patent Searching on STN (PDF)
  

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Tips for Searching the CA & Registry Files (CAS8721-0894)

• General Tips
  
• Tips for Keyword Searching in the CA File
  
• Ways to Narrow Your Answer Set in the CA File
  
• Preparations--When You Know the Name of the Product
  
• Tips for Chemical Name Searching
  
• Preparations--When You Know the MF of the Product
  
• Tips for Molecular Formula Searching
  
• Locating all CA File References Citing a Chemical Substance
  
• Before You Begin A Structure Search on STN
  
• Tips for Building Structures for Substructure Searching
  

GENERAL

CAS substance data
CAS Statistical Summary 1907-2005
Chemical Abstracts and CAS Online/ Baysinger (Stanford)
31-21 Introduction to Computer Searching of CA: STN (Mar 1992)/69 CINF Education Com
31-24 CAS ONLINE BASICS/2 Beckman (Indiana)
Making the Most Out of CAS ONLINE/ Wiggins (Indiana)
31-27 CAS ONLINE Registry File Helps/1 Miller (Notre Dame)
31-28 CAS ONLINE CA File Cheat Sheet/2 Miller (Notre Dame)
31-30 Chemical Abstracts (STN): Keyword Searching/2 Zass (ETH Zurich)
31-32 Chemical Abstracts (STN) Sample Search/4 Zass (ETH Zurich)
31-33 Chemical Abstracts (STN): Substructure Search in CA/2 Zass (ETH Zurich)
CAS ONLINE Cheatsheet: STN Version/ Baysinger (Stanford)
CAS ONLINE Academic Program Hours/ Wiggins (Indiana)
Finding and Verifying CAS Registry Numbers on STN/ Baysinger (Stanford)

OTHER CAS/STN PRODUCTS FOR CA

CAS Patent Coverage in Chemical Abstracts

CD-ROM Version of Chemical Abstracts

CA on CD Quick Start Tips
Searching Chemical Abstracts on CDROM/ Lindstrom (University of British Columbia)

CAS PRINTED Products (Printed, AV, AND CBT Guides)

CAS Printed Products
Chemical Abstracts
Beginner's Guide to Chemical Abstracts/ Macdonald (Waterloo)
131-01 How to Search Printed CA (print: CAS, 1993); also produced in 1996 in diskette PC and Macintosh versions.
131-02 How to Search Printed CA tear sheets/2 (CAS, 1994)
CAS General Subject Vocabulary Helper
CAS Standard Abbreviations and Acronyms
Chemical Nomenclature and Subject Term Selection Aids: Annotated List/ Wiggins (Indiana)
31-23 How to Use Chemical Abstracts/2 Huber (UC, Santa Barbara)
31-31 Chemical Abstracts: History & Changes (1907-88)/1 Zass (ETH Zurich)
131-03 A World Leader in Scientific Information, videotape included in the kit: Colors of Chemistry: CA--Covering the Spectrum of Chemical Information (CAS)
131-05 Searching CA, or KAZ vs. the Gypsy Moth, videotape (CAS)
131-11 Finding and Verifying CAS Registry Numbers on STN (STN, 1993)

DIALOG

Chemistry: How to Find and Use CASŪ Registry Numbers, Molecular Formulae, and Chemical Names in the Chemical, Biomedical, and Business Databases
U-Search Tutorial at University of Texas, Austin/ David Flaxbart
Computer-Based Interactive Literature Searching for CSU-Chico Chemistry Students/ Ron Cooke
31-22 Introduction to Computer Searching of CA: DIALOG (Dec 1986)/35 CINF Education Com

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