SciFinder Scholar

It's an easy install... You simply download the installer, run it and then download the site.prf and place it in the SciFinder folder.

That's it. Please try it yourself, then let us know if you need help.

Windows:

To download the Duke-licensed version of SciFinder Scholar for a PC running Windows 2000, XP, or Vista click here. NOTE: install to c:\sfschlr or to the same folder where you have installed previous versions. The installer will ask for a site.prf file. There are two options. You can download the file before starting the install and then point to the downloaded site.prf when asked. Alternatively, answer that you don't have one and follow the instructions below to insert it. If you are upgrading an older installation, you already have the site.prf file. If it is a new installation, you drop the site.prf into the same folder that you specify for the application. Download the site.prf here. If the file displays as text rather than offering to download, right-click the link and select "Save target as..."

For the pdf version of the User guide for PC (Windows), click here.

To download the viewer - click here. As well, here is the patch for the viewer.

Mac:

As an alternative to the steps below, try this 1-step installer( that correctly adds the site.prf automatically) at Duke-only website: http://www.chem.duke.edu/~vanilla/scifinder2007.dmg

Note: Folks with Leopard (10.5) on intel boxes may need to do a "quick fix" at  http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/techsupport and http://www.cas.org/support/scifi/techsupport/2007/mac2007/sf2007quickfix.html 

To download the Duke-licensed version of SciFinder Scholar for a Mac running OS X 10.3 or 10.4:

1) download file sfs2007.dmg.zip to your desktop, uncompress, and install in "applications" folder
2) To add site.prf to the Application Package:
Open the Application Package, then the contents folder, and copy your site.prf file into MacOS folder.
(Harddrive>Applications:>SciFinder Scholar> Contents>folder)
To Open the Application Package (yes I know why can't it be simple?)
A) Select the SciFinder Scholar Application Package (icon)
B) Click the Actions button (gear with triangle).
C) Choose show Package Contents

For the pdf version of the User guide for Mac, click here.

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To access SciFinder Scholar from off campus: first run free VPN software from OIT available at http://www.oit.duke.edu/remote_access/vpn.html . More information about off-campus use of library resources is available here.

Our license limits use to five simultaneous users on campus. Consequently, please remember to logout when you are finished so other users can access the database.

The Duke-licensed installation of Scifinder Scholar is pre-configured to attach to the server at CAS. The self-extracting compressed file will install to a folder called "sfschlr" in the location of your choice.

Please note that SciFinder Scholar is unavailable late on Saturday evenings and early on Sunday mornings.