Presented by John Kratunis and Edwin Robison, CAS SciFinder is a research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. SciFinder offers a one-stop shop experience with flexible search and discover options based on user input and workflow. You can search for substances, reactions, and patent and journal references anytime, anywhere. Make better, more confident decisions knowing that you have access to the largest collection of substances, reactions, and patent and journal references produced, compiled, and updated daily by CAS scientists around the world. Save time with an array of powerful tools to search, filter, analyze and plan that allow you to quickly find the most relevant answers to your research questions.

1. A Brief Overview of CAS
Content, Indexing & Support
John Kratunis
scifinder.cas.org

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Agenda: SciFinder Overview
Have confidence in your answer sets
• Database Content
• CAS Indexing
• CAS Customer Support
• Working with SciFinder
• Live Demo
• Q & A

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CAS: The leading global source of chemical
information for scientific and patent research
• What we do
– Since 1907, CAS reviews, abstracts, and indexes the world's
chemistry-related literature and make it available to the scientific
community
• Work first published in Chemical Abstracts TM
• What we offer
– Content from 10,000+ major scientific journals, 100+ ahead-of-print
journals, and patents from 63 patent authorities are reviewed and indexed
• How we do it
– Over 1,000 editorial staff members world-wide
• Who we serve
– Customers include more than 1,700 universities, top Fortune 500
corporations, and all major patent offices

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SciFinder Content: Built on a comprehensive
collection of scientific information
References
CAplus Over 40M world-wide documents
MEDLINE National Library of Medicine/NIH
Substances
REGISTRY Over 92M substances, >15K added daily
CHEMCATS Over 900 supplier catalogs
CHEMLIST World-wide regulatory information
Markush Generic structures from patents
Reactions
CASREACT Over 77M reactions and preps

5. CAS Indexing – Broad Search, Focused Answers
• CAS Editorial Staff adds index terms for abstracted
references from journals, patents, more
• All substances in papers have chemical roles assigned
• Text queries automatically check for alternate terms,
plurals, spellings, etc.
– Broadens your search, automatically
• Analyze, Refine, and Categorize tools take advantage of
our indexing
– Sort and filter your answers
– Skip less relevant papers, substances, reactions
– Focus on key terms
– Find the most relevant answers

6. CAS Indexing: An Example
SciFinder search for “Cognitive Enhancer”
629 references containing “Cognitive Enhancer” as entered
22,844 references containing the concept “Cognitive Enhancer”
“… neuroenhancement with prescription drugs”
“…and for improving cognitive abilities”
“…and other neurogenesis enhancer treatment”
“…and the memory-enhancing effect of”

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CAS Support: www.cas.org
• SciFinder Support & Training web page
• Tutorials
• How-to Guides
• E-seminars
• On-site Training
• On-line Help

8. Ask us! We can help.
• Account information
• How to
• IT support“I need to
change something
on my account.”
“Can I speak with
someone in IT?”
“I need help with my
search strategy.”
Phone:
1-800-753-4227
(North America)
1-614-447-3700
(outside North America)
Email:
help@cas.org
Web:
www.cas.org
3/4/2015

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Benefits of SciFinder Content, Indexing, and
Support
• Save time
– ‘One-stop-shopping’ for worldwide scientific information
– Pinpoint results most relevant to you
• Save effort
– Easily find information with SciFinder’s intuitive interface and
powerful features
• Get results - with confidence
– World-wide coverage of chemical, biological, and medical
information from 1907 to the present
– Daily updates for up-to-the-minute information
– Rigorous indexing and quality-control by an international team of
scientists

10. SciFinder – Live Demonstration