SciFinder Scholar for Macintosh
SciFinder Scholar License Agreement
You must read and agree to the following terms before you can begin the download:
- I am a current faculty or administrative staff member, or officially registered student of The Ohio State University.
- I will use SciFinder Scholar only for my own academic research done in the course of pursuing my degree, or in instructing my students, or in the course of my own non-profit oriented research funded by the government or a research foundation and intended for the public domain.
- I will NOT use SciFinder Scholar for commercial research; for example, research that is done under a funding or consultant contract where the results are delivered to a for-profit organization, or for research that involves patentability searching. If I require SciFinder for commercial purposes, I will have the search done using a commercial account by contacting the librarian responsible for chemistry searches on campus, by contacting CAS and having them perform a search for me, or by acquiring and using the commercial SciFinder product.
- I will use my search results in the ordinary course of academic research and acknowledge that I may store search results in electronic form for the duration of research projects, provided that at any one time, I store no more than 5,000 records. I may share search results in a limited, reasonable way with other Ohio State University students or faculty working on the same project, but I will not aggregate my electronic search results with those of anyone else. I will delete stored records when I no longer need them for the relevant research project, or after the completion of my degree program, whichever occurs first. If I need to use search results beyond what is described here, I will contact my University Key Contact to discuss and to obtain CAS permission. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I AM NOT PERMITTED TO DISTRIBUTE ANY CAS DATA OR SCIFINDER SCHOLAR, FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN OR OTHERWISE, OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OR TO THIRD PARTIES.
- I acknowledge that The Ohio State University has entered into a license agreement with CAS to provide me with access to SciFinder Scholar, and that violation of the license by any user could result in a termination of the license for all users.
- I will contact The University's Key Contact with any questions related to the use of SciFinder Scholar.
OSU Key Contact Person: Greg Ramage, ramage.13@osu.edu, 688-3346.
Download SciFinder Scholar
First read the information that follows about downloading and installing the software and then signify your acceptance of the preceding user agreement by clicking below.
Because of licensing restrictions, you'll be connected to a secure sever once you click on the "I agree" link above. You'll be required to enter your OSU Internet username and password to access this server.
Install SciFinder Scholar
Note: As you're downloading the install file, the type of information that appears on your screen varies depending on the browser you're using.
- Some additional information is displayed as the file is being uncompressed.
If the download file does not automatically uncompress, go to the folder
where you downloaded the file and double-click on scifi2007x.hqx. If
a file named archive.sit appears, double-click it to extract
the install folder.
- At this point you should have a file folder labeled Archive.
Open this folder and double-click on the sfs2007.dmg icon.
This will bring up an install window.
- As noted, drag the SciFinder icon to your Applications folder.
- Before using the software, you must copy the file site.prf from
the Archive folder into the SciFinder application. To do this, CTRL-click
on the SciFinder application. Select Show Package
Contents. Double-click
on the Contents folder that appears to display the MacOS folder
icon. Copy site.prf to the MacOS folder.
- To start using the program, double-click on the Scifinder Scholar icon.
Access is limited to eight simultaneous users from 8:00 am Sunday to 6:00 pm Saturday.
