Chemical Abstracts and STN
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All Chemical Abstracts Service Databases/Products
SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar
- SciFinder Scholar and web Version of SciFinder: Mac Version Info Plus Comparison Chart (Stanford University)
- SciFinder Support Information
- SciFinder Scholar Support Information
- SciFinder Scholar Help File
- ViewerLite download site for SciFinder Scholar
- (NB: Windows only. Install this before installing SciFinder Scholar for 3D visualization)
- Library Training Materials: SciFinder Scholar (Leeds University Library Workbook for hands-on traning)
- Library Training Materials: SciFinder Scholar for Colour & Polymer Chemistry (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)
STN Express with Discover!
- STN Express Support Information
- Structure Searching in CAS Online Using STN Express: An Introductory Workshop (Grace Baysinger, Stanford)
- STN QUICK REFERENCE CARDS
- Using StereoSearch on STN (for STN Express with Discover!) (PDF) (2/00)
STN Easy
STN on the Web
Command Line Searching in STN Databases
- ONLINE SEARCH MANUALS FROM STN
- STN QUICK REFERENCE CARDS
- ANALYZE and TABULATE (PDF) (5/03)
- Basic Commands on STN (PDF) (11/03)
- The CA File on STN: Search and Display Features (PDF) (1/05)
- CAS Roles (PDF) (3/05)
- Citation Searching in SciSearch (PDF) (10/04)
- Crossfile Searching with the TRANSFER Command (PDF) (9/98)
- Current-Awareness Alerts in Single Files on STN (PDF) (10/04)
- How to Search for CAS Registry Numbers in the CAS Registry File (PDF) (2/99)
- How to Search for Patent Information in the WPINDEX File (PDF) (5/03)
- Multifile Current-Awareness Alerts (SDIs) (PDF) (11/04)
- Search the CAS Registry File first when you have a CAS Registry Number (PDF) (7/97)
- Search the CAS Registry File first when you have a chemical name (PDF) (7/97)
- Searching CASLINK (PDF) (2/99)
- SmartTracker in CAS Files (PDF) (10/04)
- The STN Information Keep & Share Program (PDF) (9/99)
- Using the CA Section Online Thesaurus (PDF) (10/02)
- Using Online Thesauri on STN (PDF) (10/04)
- Using INDEX on STN (PDF) (10/04)
- STN QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES
- Patent Searching on STN (PDF) (5/02)
- Polymer Information on STN (PDF) (3/04)
- CAS Registry BLAST Similarity Searching via STN on the Web (PDF) (5/03)
- Nucleic Acid Sequences in the CAS Registry File on STN - Exact and Pattern Searching (PDF) (5/03)
- Protein Sequences in the CAS Registry File on STN - Exact and Pattern Searching (PDF) (11/04)
- Tips for Searching the CA & Registry Files on STN (CAS8721-0894)
- Basic STN Commands
- Operators for Relating Search Terms (STN)
- Truncation Symbols ("Wild Cards")
- Keyword Searches in the CA File
- Tips for Keyword Searching in the CAplus File
- Ways to Narrow Your Answer Set in the CA File
- Tips for Chemical Name Searching
- Finding Preparations on STN When You Know the MF of the Product
- Tips for Molecular Formula Searching
- Locating all CAplus File References Citing a Chemical Substance
- Before You Begin A Structure Search on STN
- Tips for Building Structures for Substructure Searching
General
- Registry Number and Substance Counts
- CAS Statistical Summary 1907-current: a new one is issued every year. See the link on the bottom of this web page: http://www.cas.org/support/academic/
- STN Units System
- CAS Standard Abbreviations & Acronyms
- Hierarchies of General Subjects CA Index Guide Appendix I 1994 (Stanford)
This page was originally created by Gary Wiggins. If you have a legitimate desire to contribute to its contents, please request an account from the sysop, Dr. David J. Wild, by e-mailing him at djwild @ indiana.edu
