No more CA Student Edition

As of this summer, UMass Amherst no longer offers access to the Chemical Abstracts-Student Edition database. However, ALL of the material that was indexed in Chem Abstracts-Student Edition is also available via SciFinder Scholar. SciFinder also offers much more:

• indexing, abstracts, and links to full text for ALL of the journals covered by Chemical Abstracts (not just the couple of hundred journals that were indexed in Student Edition)


• Indexing and abstracts for hundreds of conference proceedings, reports, and books in chemistry and related fields.


• Seamless inclusion & integration of CAS Registry, CASREACT, CHEMLIST, CHEMCATS, and MEDLINE databases

A couple of important things to note about SciFinder Scholar:

• SciFinder is only available from computers that are connected directly to the UMass network. This means you must be on campus or dial in to OIT's modem pool in order to access SciFinder. We are looking for way to extend access to users who are off campus.


• To use SciFinder, you need to download a piece of client software onto your computer. The client is available for Windows and Mac OS X, and can be downloaded from the library's SciFinder Scholar page. Your computer must be connected to the UMass network (on campus) in order to download the client software.

If you have any questions at all about downloading, installing, or using SciFinder Scholar, please contact us!

For those who prefer print, you can always come in and browse the bound volumes and indexes of Chemical Abstracts from 1907-2003 in ISEL (3rd floor).