To search SciFinder Scholar, you will
need to download and install the SciFinder Scholar software to your
machine.
Please refer to
http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/systreq.html for
system requirements.
For PC users, please refer to the
instructions here.
Installation instructions
- Download
scholar-osx.dmg and save it on your
desktop.
If you have installed the previous version of
SciFinder Scholar, we recommend that you save the file in the same
directory as your existing version of SciFinder Scholar. It is
not necessary to uninstall the previous version of SciFinder
Scholar.
- Double-click on the "scholar-osx.dmg" on the desktop to activate the
installation program.
- Click on SciFinder Scholar icon on the desktop to activate the
installation.
- A new window will open. Drag the SciFinder Scholar icon
in that window to the Applications Folder on your hard disk .
- After successful installation, copy site.prf
into the same directory where you installed the program.
(MacDrive:Applications:SciFinder Scholar:Contents:MacOS:site.prf )
Please remember to copy the file exactly as "site.prf" and
not with other extensions, e.g. site.htm
- You are now ready to access SciFinder Scholar. Click on the
SciFinder
Scholar icon to begin using the database.
- For more details on the installation procedure, please refer to
the following link:
http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/tech/schosx/sfsosxinstall.html
Additional
Requirements
- Adobe Acrobat Reader, version
3.0 or higher.
- (Optional) Accelrys ViewerLite enables you to view 3D molecular models for
structure results. Click here
to download the software.
If you encounter any
problems installing SciFinder Scholar,
please email clbweb@nus.edu.sg
