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SciFinder: FIRST TIME USERS
First time users to SciFinder must set up their account using the SciFinder: FIRST TIME USERS link, then use the SciFinder: RETURNING USERS link.
SciFinder: RETURNING USERS
SciFinder includes journal articles and patent documents; substance information from the CAS REGISTRY, including experimental and predicted properties; single- and multi-step reactions information; commercial sources for substances; regulated chemicals information; and Markush Search. First time users to SciFinder must set up their account using the SciFinder: FIRST TIME USERS link, then use the SciFinder: RETURNING USERS link.

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Access all 12 databases that contain articles from chemistry journals.

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If SciFinder does not lead you to full-text of an article you need, use the following resources to obtain it:

1. Double check whether the library provides full-text access by looking up the journal in the Journals List.

Journals List
List of journals to which the library subscribes. Provides links to databases and the years covered in each database. Gives information about print and microfilm access in Stetson's duPont-Ball Library.

2. Use Interlibrary Loan to request sources that the library does not have.

Interlibrary Loan
If the library doesn't have the article you need, fill out an Interlibrary Loan request and we'll get it for you. And yes, this is free for students!

3. Need the article right away? There may be a free copy online. Use the following tools to find out. (Note that these may often be pre-prints and not the final version of an article as it was published in the journal.)

Kopernio
Kopernio is a browser plugin that finds the best available PDF of an academic article while you browse. Behind the scenes Kopernio will search open databases and (where possible) your university's subscriptions to find the best version of the paper for you.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives.

Institutional Repositories
Find out which university the article's author is affiliated with, then check that university's library website to see they have an institutional repository. You can search the institutional repository to see if the author submitted their work to it.
Academic Social Networks
Sometimes, researchers may post copies of their work on academic social networks such as ResearchGate.net or Academia.edu.

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