SciFinder Scholar

One-time Registration (Required)

SciFinder Web requires an individual SciFinder username and password. Only one login ID per user is allowed.

  1. Go to SciFinder Scholar Web Registration.
  2. Click the Users must register and obtain a personal login and password link.
  3. Click NEXT.
  4. Enter your last/first name and email address (UW-Madison email address is required)
  5. Create your user name/password
  6. Set your security question/answer.
  7. Click REGISTER.
    CAS will send an e-mail message to you with instructions for completing the registration process.
  8. To complete the registration process, click the link within the e-mail from CAS.

Access

Once you have registered, go to SciFinderWeb LOGIN to sign in.

SIGN OUT when you conclude your session. If you do not sign out, your seat remains unavailable to other users, even though your session is inactive. Closing your browser does not terminate your session.

Compatibility

Click here to see the recommended configuration for optimal performance of SciFinder Web. JavaScript, Java, cookies, and pop-ups must all be enabled.

MAC OS and Safari 5.1 upgrades - message from CAS 7/26/11: Currently, Safari 5.1 is unable to run the Java-based SciFinder structure drawing editor. To draw and search structures and reactions, Safari 5.1 users should either use Firefox or a previous Safari version until this browser problem is addressed. Upgrading from OS X 10.6 to 10.7 deletes the Java runtime extension (JRE) needed for the structure editor. SciFinder users who have upgraded to Mac OS X Lion can download the latest Java JRE from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1421 or open Java Preferences on the Mac. Users can validate their Java installation by checking this website: http://javatester.org/version.html.

SciFinder Web Help

A. Ben Wagner, “Searching Inorganic Substances in SciFinder,” Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Winter 2011. http://www.istl.org/11-winter/tips.html (accessed 4/25/2011)

CAS has developed excellent instructional guides for improved SciFinder Scholar Web searching: