SciFinder Scholar is a desktop research tool designed especially for use by students and faculty to easily access the information in the Chemical Abstracts database.

SciFinder Scholar is the premier abstracting service for the field of chemistry and related areas. It covers around 8,000 journals and coverage goes back to 1907. SciFinder Scholar also includes the MEDLINE database. Because of licensing agreements SciFinder Scholar may only be used by current Ohio University students, faculty, and staff for academic purposes only. SciFinder Scholar may not be used for commercial purposes.

Access requires a specialized client software, which can be downloaded onto your computer. Contact Andrew Stuart, Chemistry and Biochemistry Bibliographer (stuarta@ohio.edu or 593-2698) for information on loading the client software on a computer in your office.

Access restrictions:

• On-campus only.
• Only one person can be using the database at a time.
• The client software will also be available on the standalone computers in the Reference area on the 2nd floor of Alden Library.