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Overview
SciFinder? is rapidly becoming a preferred means to access scientific information in industry and universities worldwide. It accesses databases which span the chemical, engineering, life, medical, and physical sciences, including five Chemical Abstracts Service databases and the National Library of Medicine bibliographic database MEDLINE?. No other single information access tool has such breadth of coverage for scientific journal and patent documents.
Information Retrieval: SciFinder?, 2nd Edition is an essential guide explaining how to get the best out of scifinder?. It discusses the 50+ options in Scifinder? including topic, bibliographic, and chemical substance explore options, and post-processing options Analyze, Refine, and Categorize.
The book:
Summarizes the databases and explains how to take advantage of the unique search and analysis options
Explains selected algorithms behind the operation of SciFinder? and why it helps to understand them
Discusses why scientific method is important, and how to apply it, to information retrieval
Describes how to search for chemical structures and chemical reactions
This second edition of Information Retrieval: SciFinder? has been fully revised and updated to incorporate the latest functionality and content of scifinder?. Written by a scientist for scientists, this book will increase your research creativity and productivity and is an essential resource for anyone needing scientific information in academia or industry.
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"Overall this is a valuable resource and reference volume on using SciFinder to its full potential, while allowing the more casual user to dip into the key points and tips without delving into the complexities of the underlying algorithms used by SciFinder and the book therefore serves both the occasional use and expert alike." (Chemistry World, December 2010)A state-of-the art product...is SciFinder, offering comprehensive databases both bibliographic and factual. A great majority of resources in SciFinder are produced by CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service), a division of the American Chemical Society. This platform also offers advanced tools for working more comfortably with the system. Damon D. Ridley in his book focuses in detail on every option offered by SciFinder. His work can be considered a comprehensive guide of every part of SciFinder." (International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, August 2010)
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Table of Contents
1 SciFinder: Setting the Scene 1
2 Databases in SciFinder 21
3 Explore by Research Topic 39
4 Explore by Chemical Substance 75
5 Substructure and Similarity Searching 91
6 Additional Search and Display Options 117
7 Searching for Information on Chemical Reactions 149
Appendix 1 Some SciFinder Resources 177
Appendix 2 CAS Roles in CAPLUS 179
Appendix 3 Some Basic Principles Used by SciFinder in the Interpretation of a Research Topic Query 181
Appendix 4 Registration of Substances 185
Appendix 5 Understanding Structure Searches 207
Appendix 6 Original Publication Discussed in Chapter 7, Section 7.1 209
Index 211