This presentation is for Organic Chemistry Lab students to help them learn to use SciFinder and other relevant library resources.

1. John H. Evans Library & Learning Commons
LIBRARY
RESOURCES
FOR
CHEMISTRY
STUDENTS

2. These are the Library’s best
resources for chemistry
students, organized by type.

3. Use the Articles &
Databases tab to find
journal articles about
your topic.

4. Use the Internet Sites tab to
find information about
synthesizing your substance.

5. Let’s start with Articles
& Databases.
SciFinder lets you search for
information related to
biology, biochemistry,
chemistry, chemical
engineering, marine biology,
oceanography, and physics.

6. Log in with TRACKS.

7. Create an account if
you don’t have one,
being sure to use your
FIT email address.
If you have an account,
log in with your
SciFinder username
and password.
ALWAYS access
SciFinder from the
Evans Library website
to authenticate your
account.

8. Log in.

9. Search for:
Articles by Research Topic
or
Substances
or
Reactions
Type in chemical name, common
name (aspirin), commercial name
(Leukeran), or CAS registry
number to find articles.

10. Choose results that contain the
exact term as entered, or those
that contain the “concept.” If
you choose concepts, SciFinder
will retrieve the entered terms,
synonymous terms, or similar
terms within the record.

11. Click the Analyze by
options to sort results.
Click Other Sources to
find your article in a
database, or to submit
an interlibrary loan
request.

12. Click the Article link to retrieve the
article from one of our databases. You
may also click the Journal link to
search for other articles.
This article was found
in three of the Evans
Library’s databases.
Help!

13. Download the PDF.

14. If the item was not found in the
Evans Library collection, you could
request it via Interlibrary Loan.
Help!

15. Article information should
appear here… if it does not, go
back to the holdings
information and click the
Submit an Interlibrary Loan
request via ILLiad link once
again.Help!
You will need to create an
ILLiad account the first time
that you use it, and log in
with TRACKS each time.

16. Check that all information
is correct.

17. To gather the
information you need
to synthesize your
substance…
2. Export.
1. Mark pertinent articles.

18. 3. Explore Substances –
You can type the name
if you choose Substance
Identifier

19. 5. Type substance
name and click
Search.
4. Select Substance
Identifier to search by
name.
OR…

20. 4. Choose Chemical
Structure to
draw your
substance.
5. Draw your substance
with the drag/drop
editor, then click OK.

21. 6. Click Substance Detail to
view CAS information.

22. CAS information for
your substance

23. 7. Hover over structure
and click arrows for
more options.

24. 8. Click Synthesize this…

25. You may see several
methods to synthesize
your substance.
An icon shows which
substances in the process
are commercially available.
An overview shows
more information.

26. Log in to RefWorks from
the library website
(lib.fit.edu).

27. Click References and then
Import.

28. In Data Source and Database
fields, select RIS Format, and then
browse for your .ris file.
If you have set up a specific
folder for your course, you can
import references directly into it
here.

29. View the Last Imported
Folder to check your
references.

30. Click the Edit icon to correct
punctuation, capitalization,
etc.
These references appear
in two folders.

31. 28. To print a bibliography for
your paper, choose
Bibliography and then
Create.

32. 29. Choose an appropriate
formatting style, and
choose the folder that
contains your references.

33. Your references are
ready to be copied and
pasted into your paper!

34. Organic Syntheses gives you
"reliable methods for the
preparation of organic
compounds."
Use the Internet Sites tab to
find more information about
synthesizing your substance.

35. Search using text or draw a
structure.

37. You can view the
article as a PDF or in
HTML.

38. Newer articles even have
photos of the
experimental set up.

39. Aldrich Chemistry Products is
where you’ll find pricing info
for making your substance.

40. Search for your substance by
name…
Or by structure….

41. You can find substance information,
pricing, and availability.

42. Thank you!
For more information, please
contact me:
hmiller@fit.edu
Evans Library 402
Find LOTS of SciFinder tutorials and information:
http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/tutorials.html
(www.cas.org > support and training > SciFinder)

43. Thank you!
For more information, please
contact me:
hmiller@fit.edu
Evans Library 402