SciFinder

Provision of access

A personal registration for SciFinder is no longer possible!
Access is via Shibboleth authentication with the SLUB Dresden user ID.

Research interface

Since 2011, access has been provided exclusively via web browser. This eliminates the need to install and maintain special client software. New options for the structure editor have also eliminated the need to install a Java plugin.

Database

SciFinder Web provides access to bibliographic, structure and reaction databases in the fields of chemistry and medicine:

• CAplus
  (since 1907)
  > 23 million citations
• MEDLINE
  (since 1958)
  > 13 million citations
• REGISTRY
  (since 1907 and 1957)
  > 23 million organic and inorganic substances + biosequences
  -> more than 62 million substances in total
• CASREACT
  (since 1840 and 1907)
  > 7 million reactions (3.3 million one-step and 4.1 million multi-step syntheses)
• CHEMCATS
  (since 1996)
  > 5.9 million products (from international catalogs)
• CHEMLISTS
  (since 1979)
  > 0.3 million references to information from international directories and regulations

Information sources for the SciFinder database

• approx. 9000 journals (scientific journals)
• 46 patent sources (more than 60 languages)
• Preprints (e.g. from universities)
• reports
• books