SciFinder Scholar and web Version of SciFinder: Mac Version Info Plus Comparison Chart
Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) and SciFinder Scholar
SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Mac OS X, released in June 2007, was found to be incompatible with Apple Intel powered computers using Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), released in October 2007. A workaround is now available. This is a “quick fix” pending further development investigation, code change, and quality testing.
CAS recognizes the importance of the Mac platform to the scientific community and is actively investigating the reported problems. A change to memory initialization handling in Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) appears to be the cause of the problems reported. SciFinder developers are actively working on creating solutions.
Mac Platform for web version of SciFinder Now Supports Structure and Reaction Searching
CAS is pleased to announce that the web version of SciFinder can be accessed by faculty and students who use Macintosh. Please see the technical requirements.
Fill out the one-time registration form and then search SciFinder from any computer (must access using Stanford’s link as authentication also includes IP address). Go to Swain Database page.
Comparison Chart Between SciFinder Scholar & web version of SciFinderDisplay
Tan color = Key feature
| Function | SciFinder Scholar | web version of SciFinder |
|---|---|---|
| System Info | ||
| Software | Installation of client software required | web browser based, Java 1.6 and JavaScript required |
| Authentication | IP-based + site profile | IP-based + personal account |
| Number concurrent users @ Stanford | Total of 8 — divided between SFS and web version of SF | Total of 8 — divided between SFS and web version of SF |
| Idle timeout | 10 minutes | 10 minutes |
| Supported operating systems | Windows, Mac OS X | Windows, Mac OS X |
| Navigation / Performance | ||
| Navigation | Forward – backward, no display of current position | Breadcrumb navigation displaying current position |
| Number of task steps | More | Less: search form and filters combined |
| Performance | Reference searches normal | Reference searches fast |
| Structure and reaction searches normal | Structure and reaction searches slow | |
| Alerts / Browse TOC | ||
| Set up Alerts (“Keep me posted”) | No | Yes |
| Browse Journal TOC | Yes (but omits ASAP articles) | No |
| Search / Analyze / Combine / Duplicate Removal | ||
| Search: Bibliographic Data | Yes | Yes |
| Search: Structures, Substructures and Reactions | reaction searches: stereochemistry turned off | reaction searches: stereochemistry turned off |
| Analyze results | Yes, in steps | Yes, live, faster |
| Refine | Yes | Yes |
| Categorize Reference Answer Sets | Yes | No |
| Combine Answer Sets | Yes | No |
| Duplicate removal (CA, MEDLINE) | Yes | No |
| Search history | Yes | Yes |
| Display / Export / Link to Full-Text | ||
| Display: Display of Search Results | All results on one page; loading & scrolling delayed | All results split on many pages, 20 references per page |
| Display: Brief Display for References | Bibliographic data in Standard View, bibliographic data plus Abstract in Summary View | Bibliographic data plus partial abstract |
| Display: Full Display for References | Clearly arranged | |
| Display: Brief Display for Compounds | Clearly arranged | |
| Display: Full Display for Compounds | Clearly arranged, physical properties well arranged | |
| Compounds with large molecular weight in multiple screens | Compounds with large molecular weight in multiple screens | |
| Display: Regulated Chemicals Data (CHEMLIST) Available for Compounds | Yes | No |
| Export | Yes | Yes |
| Export formats | Answer Keys .txt | Answer Key Exchange .akx |
| SciFinder Saved Answers | Portable Document Format .pdf | |
| Plain ASCII .txt | Answer Keys .txt | |
| Quoted Format .txt | Quoted Format .txt | |
| Rich Text Format .rtf | Tagged Format .txt | |
| Tagged Format .txt | ||
| Export of commercial supplier data into Excel | Yes | No |
| Links to full-text (articles, patents) | Yes | Yes |
Source: Rearranged, highlighted, and slightly modified version of Comparison Chart compiled by Martin Braendle, ETH Zurich.
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