SciFinder Scholar
Download files for: PC or MAC OS X
If you have any questions about downloading or installing the client, please call 852-5743 or email Mark Paul.
Access conditions
The use of SciFinder Scholar is limited to the University of Louisville students, staff and faculty. It is also limited to educational and not-for-profit research purposes. Access to SciFinder Scholar is restricted to two simultaneous users. If you are unable to connect, please try again later. Also, please remember to disconnect from SciFinder Scholar when you have finished so it is available to other patrons.
SciFinder Scholar is also accessible on most all of the public workstations in the UofL libraries - just find and click on the SciFinder Scholar icon on the desktop.
Documentation and Tutorials
SciFinder Scholar Help Pages: Can be launched from within SciFinder with the Help button, or follow this link.
SciFinder Scholar Resources: Descriptions of search features and searching instructions. See also the Educational Support pages.
Protecting Groups Reaction Searching (link to University of Michigan)
Hours of operation
SciFinder Scholar is available 24 hours a day except on weekends where it is down for maintenance from Saturday 10 pm to Sunday 01:00 am. In addition, on the first Saturday of each month, SciFinder Scholar will only be available until 5:00 pm, and will not be accessible again until 01:00 am the following day (Sunday).
Archives
Previous versions of the SciFinder Scholar client software are still available to download. We recommend you always update your software and use the latest version. However, if you have a technology need to restore/reinstall a previous version please use the contact information in the Assistance section. Please have the version you need and your PC operating system version. The latest version of SciFinder Scholar is version 2007. You may download and install this latest version. See: Downloading instructions for PC or MAC OS X.
Assistance
If you have any questions about loading the client, please call 852-5743 or email Mark Paul.
For more information on SciFinder Scholar and help go to http://www.cas.org/SCIFINDER/SCHOLAR/resources.html, or see the Documentation section above.