What is SciFinder web version?
What is it? The web version of SciFinder (“SciFinder (web version)”) enables access to the databases and many of the analytical tools provided by CAS via a Web browser instead of the locally-installed client, SciFinder Scholar. [example result] . SciFinder (web version) searches using text terms plus tools to refine and analyze search results. It is supported for both Mac and Windows users, though structure and reaction searches are presently supported for Windows only (see Limitations, below). In a nutshell, use SciFinder (web version) if you want to quickly survey a domain such as e.g., finding commercially-available compounds known to inhibit the activity of a particular protein, starting with an activity or a compound structure. What’s in it? SciFinder searches the CAS collection of databses, which covers pretty much all primary data and literature scientific databases you’ve ever heard of, including all major life sciences, patent and chemistry databases. See complete
