| Funktion |
SciFinder Scholar |
SciFinder Web |
| Software |
Installation of client software required |
web browser based, Java 1.6 and JavaScript required |
| Number of seats at ETHZ |
6 |
6 |
| Authentication |
IP-based + site profile
|
IP-based + personal account |
| Idle timeout |
10 minutes |
5 minutes |
| Supported operating systems and browsers |
Windows
Mac OS X |
Windows (FireFox 2.x, Internet Explorer 6 and 7)
Mac OS X (FireFox 2.x, Safari 3.x) |
| Reference searches |
✔ |
✔ |
| Structure, substructure and reaction searches |
✔
reaction searches : stereochemistry turned off |
✔
reaction searches : stereochemistry turned off |
| Performance |
Reference searches normal
Structure and reaction searches normal |
Reference searches fast
Structure and reaction searches slow |
| Display of results |
All results on one page
Loading, scrolling delayed
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All results split on many pages, 20 references per page
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| References overview display |
Bibliographic data in Standard View, bibliographic data plus Abstract in Summary View |
Bibliographic data plus partial abstract |
| Display of detailed reference |
|
clearly arranged |
| Overview of compounds |
|
clearly arranged |
| Display of detailed compound |
Compounds with large molecular weight in multiple screens |
clearly arranged, physical properties well arranged
Compounds with large molecular weight in multiple screens
|
| Navigation |
forward - backward, no display of current position |
Breadcrumb navigation displaying current position |
| Number of task steps |
more |
less, search form and filters combined |
| Duplicate removal (CA, MEDLINE) |
✔ |
✔ |
| Browse Journal TOC |
✔
(should be avoided, see tip 1) |
✕ |
| Categorize |
✔ |
✔ |
| Combine Datasets |
✔ |
✔ |
| CHEMLIST data |
✔ |
✔ |
| Refine |
✔ |
✔ |
| Analyze results |
✔, in steps |
✔, live, faster |
| Search profiles and e-mail alerts ("Keep me posted", SDI) |
✕ |
✔ |
| Search history |
✔ |
✔ |
| Export |
✔
|
✔
|
| Export formats |
Answer Keys .txt
SciFinder Saved Answers
Plain ASCII .txt
Quoted Format .txt
Rich Text Format .rtf
Tagged Format .txt |
Answer Key Exchange .akx
Portable Document Format .pdf
Answer Keys .txt
Quoted Format .txt
Rich Text Format .rtf
Tagged Format .txt |
| Export of CHEMCATS data |
✔ |
✔ |
| Links to full-text (articles, patents) |
✔ |
✔ |
| Links to SciFinder data |
✕ |
✔ |
| Session history retention |
✕ |
✔ |
| Index term linking |
✕ |
✔ |
| Sorting |
✔ |
✔ |
