Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has signed an agreement with the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) for unlimited access to SciFinder. CAUL comprises 39 academic institutions in Australia, including the University of Melbourne, Australian National University and the University of Sydney.
SciFinder is the proprietary search and analysis tool for CAS databases, the largest, most complete collection of disclosed chemistry and related scientific research, including more than 67 million chemical substances and 56 million reactions from patents, journals, web publications, and other reputable sources.
SciFinder claims to be the preferred source of chemical information for scientists around the globe. With unlimited access, SciFinder is available to researchers in chemistry departments, as well as those in other science departments throughout a university, including biochemistry, biology and related biosciences, pharmacy and pharmacology, forensics, physics, medical and dental, biomedical engineering and material science.
