SciFinder Web

Access is restricted to Auburn University students, faculty, and staff

Create your personal account. You must register from an on-campus computer and provide your Auburn University email to complete registration.

On-campus, log on directly to https://scifinder.cas.org/

Off-campus has two options:

AU Wireless requires a VPN connection. Then, log on via the on-campus link.

Please log off when you are done searching. The number of simultaneous users is limited.
Do not share your SciFinder Web user name and password. The consequences can be severe. Auburn University could lose its access to SciFinder Web and SciFinder Scholar.

There is no simple answer. See below for a brief comparison.
The data is the same -- but there are some functional and operational differences.
Auburn University plans to offer both SciFinder Web and the traditional client SciFinder Scholar for the for the foreseeable future.
You can use both versions -- but please not at the same time! If you are using time-intensive analyze features, then you probably are better off using the traditional client.
We have a limited number of simultaneous users for each version. If you get a busy signal, then try the other version (we have to split the number of simultaneous users between the two version).

Save up to 20 searches (each with up to 20,000 references)
Receive weekly "Keep me posted" emails for up to 20 search profiles
Sort literature references by accession number, author, publication year or title
Sort substances by registry number or the number of references
No software to install
Works with pcs and Macs

It is faster. Depending on the search, much faster.
If you are using time-intensive analyze features, then you probably are better off using the traditional client.
Analyze by substances by:

Ring Skeletons

R-group compositions

Variable Group

You may not need to install anything, but if you do ...

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System Requirements

JavaScript, Java, and cookies must be enabled.

Java runtime environment (JRE) is needed for structure drawing. The JRE plugin is available from Chemical Abstracts Service.

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Updated June 2, 2009

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