Chemistry

Access to the CAS content collection, patent documents and step-by-step synthetic procedures and methods. 

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Walk in users (non-commercial only) allowed at IU Bloomington Libraries reference desks. Contact the Sciences Library at libsci@iu.edu for any questions.

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On November 25, 2024, SciFinder support updated all active accounts using  @indiana.edu email addresses to use @iu.edu email addresses. No further action is needed for users who had active SciFinder accounts.

If you have not used your SciFinder account in over 18 months, it is possible it may have been inactivated. In that situation, please email help@cas.org for assistance with reactivating your account and ensuring that it is associated with your @iu.edu email address. Information to include your email:

• Your IU Bloomington affiliation (student/faculty/staff)
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• Your @indiana.edu and @iu.edu email address
  • This will allow SciFinder support to identify your inactive account regardless of which email you used initially.

Users can search by cited reference, author, topic, publication name, and more. Results can be analyzed by document type, institution name, source title, and subject area. 

Covers the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Comprised of 21,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers. Exporting data to Reference Managers such as Mendeley, RefWorks and EndNote, tracking citations with Citation Overview/Tracker, analyzing journal performance with Journal Analyzer and alternative journal impact metrics SNIP and SJR are some of its unique features.