Overview
SciFinder Scholar is a client-server program used to access information in selected Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases: CAPlus, CARegistry, CAREACTS, CHEMCATS, and CHEMLISTS. It permits searching in a variety of ways: author name, research topic, substance identifier (CAS Registry Number, chemical name), chemical structure/substructure, or chemical reaction.
Scifinder Scholar is fully accessible in all UW-Madison Libraries. If you are accessing this page from a campus library public computer , click HERE to launch SciFinder Scholar. This will only work on a campus library public computer (not on a DoIT Info Lab computer located inside a campus library).
In addition, the client may be installed on local workstations for access outside campus libraries. See Remote Access and Client Distribution for more information about local installation, including information for DSL and cable modem users.