Chemical Information Sources/CIIM/Chemical Abstracts and STN

Chemical Information Instructional Materials

SciFinder

• SciFinder Training Calendar
• SciFinder Training: Web Version
• How to use the new features: SciFinder
• DS Visualizer download site for SciFinder
  • (NB: Windows only. Install this before installing SciFinder for 3D visualization)
• Getting Started with SciFinder (Donna Wrublewski, Caltech)
• SciFinder Web User Guide (Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford)

STN Express with Discover!

• STN Express Support Information
• Structure Searching in CAS Online Using STN Express: An Introductory Workshop (Grace Baysinger, Stanford)

STN Easy

• STN Easy Resources
• STN Easy Quick Tips
• STN Easy Help

STN on the Web

• STN on the Web Support Information

Command Line Searching in STN Databases

• STN Support Information CAS Customer Center
• CAS e-Seminars Schedule and Archives
• CAS Training & Events Calendar

• STN QUICK REFERENCE RESOURCES
  • ANALYZE and TABULATE for Statistical Analysis (PDF)
  • Archive and Redistribute Results with the STN Information Keep & Share Program (PDF)
  • Basic Commands on STN (PDF)
  • CA Section Thesaurus (PDF)
  • CAS REGISTRY: Finding CAS Registry Numbers(PDF)
  • CAS REGISTRY: Stereoisomer Searching (PDF)
  • CAS REGISTRY: BLAST Similarity Searching via STN Express (PDF)
  • CAS REGISTRY: Exact and Pattern Searching of Nucleic Acid Sequences (PDF)
  • CAS REGISTRY: Exact and Pattern Searching of Protein Sequences (PDF)
  • CAS Roles in CA/CAplus(PDF)
  • CASLINK for one-step Structure Searching in CAS REGISTRY, MARPAT, and CAplus (PDF)
  • Citation Searching in SciSearch (PDF)
  • Current Awareness Alerts User Guide (PDF)
  • Polymer Information on STN (PDF)
  • STN Index User Guide (PDF)
  • Thesauri on STN (PDF)
  • TRANSFER Command for Crossfile Searching(PDF)

• Tips for Searching the CA & Registry Files on STN (CAS8721-0894)
  • Basic STN Commands
  • Operators for Relating Search Terms (STN)
  • Truncation Symbols ("Wild Cards")
  • Keyword Searches in the CA File
  • Tips for Keyword Searching in the CAplus File
  • Ways to Narrow Your Answer Set in the CA File
  • Tips for Chemical Name Searching
  • Finding Preparations on STN When You Know the MF of the Product
  • Tips for Molecular Formula Searching
  • Locating all CAplus File References Citing a Chemical Substance
  • Before You Begin A Structure Search on STN
  • Tips for Building Structures for Substructure Searching

General

• CAS REGISTRY Counter For more information click to the right side of the REGISTRY counter
• STN Units System
• CAS Standard Abbreviations & Acronyms
• Hierarchies of General Subjects CA Index Guide Appendix I 1994 (Stanford)