SciFinderⁿ

SciFinderⁿ is the world's largest chemistry database and is offered by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS).

General information and registration

To use Scifinderⁿ click on the "Login" button - this will take you to the CAS-Scifinderⁿ login page.

Then enter a valid e-mail address for the domain "kit.edu" in the "Username or Email Address" field and confirm your entry. Using Shibboleth authentification, you confirm your affiliation to KIT (via your KIT account data), whereupon you will be redirected to a registration form.

Once you have completed and confirmed the form, you are registered with Scifinderⁿ. If you log out of the service, you can log in again using the "Login" button on our site.

You can find more information here.

Technical information

• To use the search function for structural formulas and reactions, the browser plug-in "Java Runtime Environment JRE" must be installed.
• Use is only possible in the KIT network.

Search information

Relevant search terms can only be selected with a clear technical understanding of the search topic. A certain familiarity with the topic is essential for formulating the search question.

• Break down the topic into seperate components (main ideas).
• Separate these terms using suitable prepositions (of, in, with, by).
• Avoid using groups of words unless you are sure that the terms should only appear as an exact phrase (as entered).
• Omit redundant and general terms, e.g. control, analysis, determination, examination, test, detection, search study.
  Instead of steroid analysis with hplc better use hplc of steroids
• Search for a maximum of five terms at the same time.

Guidance and training material

Training material on the use of SciFinderⁿ can be found here:

• Quick Reference Guide
• SciFinderⁿ Support and Training
• SciFinderⁿ-product-help
• CAS SciFinderⁿ quick start guide
• System Requirements and Recommendations
• Video tutorial for Analytical Methods
• Video tutorial for Formulus
• Video tutorial for ChemZent

Contact and further information