The University of Toledo Libraries : SciFinder Scholar

SciFinder Scholar provides access to search the Chemical Abstracts database.  It is a program that can be installed on the computers of students, faculty, and staff at the University of Toledo.  The program can be used only on-campus or through a UT dial-up connection.  

PC Installation Procedures

Step One: Download the SciFinder Scholar Installation program archive to your PC Desktop
You will need to download the archived (zipped) Installation program to your desktop. The file size is 13.3 MB. You may get a dialog box asking you if you want to open it or save it to your computer/disk. Choose the option to save it to your computer and place it on your desktop for ease of installing the program.

Click here to download SciFinder Scholar Installation Program (13.3 MB) PC

Step Two: Install the SciFinder Scholar Client on your Computer
The file you downloaded is a self-extracting installation file (SciFinderScholar2007PC.exe). When you double-click on the icon, it will extract the archive for you.  Then, click on the SFS2007.exe program to start the install program if it doesn't start automatically.

During the Installation, please be sure to do the following:

• Destination Folder: The installation program will allow you to place the program in any file. The default location is "C:\SFSCHLR". If you have a partitioned drive and do not have enough room in your C: drive, then it can go to any hard-drive on the computer. Write down the directory name because you will need it later.
• Choose the Type of Installation: Please choose "Typical".
• The program will start to install and will write files on your PC
• You will be asked: "Do You Have a Disk Labeled Custom Site Files?" Answer "No"
• The installation program will end and on your desktop a folder will open with the following shortcuts:
  • SciFinder Scholar Readme File (shortcut to text file)
  • SciFinder Scholar User Guide (shortcut to Adobe PDF file)
  • SciFinder Scholar (shortcut to program)
  • Uninstall SciFinder Scholar (shortcut to program that will remove SciFinder from your computer
• Move the site.prf file from the original extracted archive into the same directory where you loaded the program in step two above. The default is "C:\SFSCHLR", but your location may vary.

You are now ready to use the program.

MacIntosh OSX Installation Procedures

For Mac OSX Operating System

1. Download SciFinderScholar2007MacOSX.zip to your desktop or a download folder on your OS X drive.

Click here to download SciFinder Scholar 2006 Installation Program Mac OSX (14 MB)

1. Copy the SciFinderScholar2006MacOSX.zip file into the Applications folder on your Macintosh.
2. Double-click SciFinderScholar2006MacOSX.zip to extract the SciFinder Scholar APplication Package to your Applications Folder.  Note: Admin level permission may be needed to follow instructions 2 and 3.
3. Run SciFinder Scholar by double licking on the SciFinder Scholar icon just created.

You are now ready to use the program.