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CHEM 203: SciFinder

Resources for CHEM 203

SciFinder Web

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SciFinder Web provides bibliographic and patent information from Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) from 1907 to the present. It is available to U of I users 24 hours per day. In order to search SciFinder Web, you must be a current affiliate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and you must register for a SciFinder Web account.  In addition, you must read and agree to the license agreement set forth by CAS.

You must connect to SciFinder Web via a University of Illinois IP address, that is, from on-campus locations or off campus through the proxy connection from the Chemistry Library Web page.

If you have trouble registering to use SciFinder, please contact Chemical Abstracts Service at help@cas.org. They can reset your password and make any necessary changes to your registration information.

ACS Publications

ACS Journals List -- All scholarly journals and magazines published by the American Chemical Society.

ACS Symposium Series -- Started in 1949 with electronic access to full-text e-books starting in 1974.  Includes Advances in Chemistry book series.

 

Tips and More

  • If you do not see links to full text of articles in SciFinder, you will need to disable your browser's pop-up blocker.
  • Use citations from a good, on-target article to expand your list of references.
  • Find an article without limiting to preparations and check its citation list. The author most likely has cited the original preparation.
  • It is NOT necessary to put the formula in Hill Order when searching SciFinder by Molecular Formula.

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