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CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform

CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform includes : CAS SciFinder, CAS Analytical Methods, and CAS Formulus. 

The latest scientific information solutions from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society: reference information, substance profiles, reactions, suppliers, relevance-ranked results, step-by-step procedures and protocols, citation mapping, biosequence searching, retrosynthetic analysis, patent landscape mapping, touch-screen enabled structure drawing and much more. 

New user registration

One-time registration is required by CAS for access to SciFinder and associated products.

Register for CAS SciFinder:

  • on the Welcome to SciFinder page - click Next
  • review and accept the terms of use in the License Agreement 
  • complete the registration form and create a login and password. 
  • you are required to use your RPI email on the form. 
  • after submitting the form, CAS will send an email to complete the registration process.

Once registered, you will be able to log in using the link for Registered users.

Preview of the License Agreement:

SciFinder is for educational use only. Commercial use of your university account is strictly prohibited.

Terms:

  • I am a current faculty, staff or officially registered student of the university.
  • I will only use SciFinder for my own academic research.
  • I will not use SciFinder for commercial research or for organizations other than my university.
  • I will not share my unique username or password with others.
  • I will not use an automated script.
  • I will not store more than 5,000 electronic records at any time.

Violation of these terms may result in you losing SciFinder access.

 

Registered user logins

CAS SciFinder

Information and training on the CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform

CAS SciFinder - including ChemZent for historical insights

CAS Analytical Methods:

CAS Formulus

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