{"id":5276,"date":"2023-08-23T18:19:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2023-08-23T18:20:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:20:20","slug":"new-look-for-cas-scifinder-n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/new-look-for-cas-scifinder-n\/","title":{"rendered":"New look for CAS SciFinder-n"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1024x353.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1024x353.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1536x529.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-2048x705.png 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-500x172.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Screenshot of the new launch page.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a brand new look and feel to the main search page of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/proxy.library.mcgill.ca\/login?url=https:\/\/scifinder-n.cas.org\" target=\"_blank\">SciFinder-n database<\/a> from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. The results pages from searches in CAS SciFinder-n have not been impacted by the change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An interesting addition to the main page is easy access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/scifinder-n-cas-org.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca\/lexicon\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAS Lexicon<\/a>, where you can work on your strategy ahead of time by searching the indexing terms for concepts, chemical classes, and taxonomic vocabulary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5282\" width=\"335\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1.png 572w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2023\/08\/image-1-500x215.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>CAS Lexicon available from the launch page<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have never registered to use CAS SciFinder-n, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryguides.mcgill.ca\/scifinder\">Library&#8217;s CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform guide<\/a> for details. You can also stay up-to-date on database changes by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/cas-product-help.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/8463633048333-What-s-New\">\u201cWhat\u2019s New?\u201d<\/a> section of their website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The help pages for <a href=\"https:\/\/cas-product-help.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/categories\/9807732088845-Searching-in-CAS-SciFinder%E2%81%BF\">searching in CAS SciFinder-n<\/a> have all been updated, but if you have any questions about the database please do not hesitate to ask (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/librarians\/april-colosimo\">email April<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a brand new look and feel to the main search page of the SciFinder-n database from CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society. The results pages from searches in CAS SciFinder-n have not been impacted by the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/new-look-for-cas-scifinder-n\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,80],"class_list":["post-5276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-chemistry","tag-databases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5276"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5291,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions\/5291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}