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Home   •   Support  •  SciFinder  •  How To Guides  •  Web Version  •  Working with References
How to... Work with References

Web Version of SciFinder

SciFinder offers many tools that allow you to explore, evaluate, and review your reference answer sets.  The following screen highlights those tools. 


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1.gif Get related information for an individual reference.

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Click... When you want to...
The reference title Display detailed information for the reference
substancesbelowrefs.gif Retrieve substance information related to a reference
reactionsbelowrefs.gif Retrieve reaction information related to a reference
substancesbelowrefs.gif Retrieve references that cite the reference
substancesbelowrefs.gif View full-text options for the reference


2.gif Keep or remove references from your answer set.

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Click... When you want to...
keepselected.gif Retain only those references that have been selected.  All others will be removed from the answer set.
removeselected.gif Eliminate the selected references from the answer set.  Only unselected references will be retained in the answer set.

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Use Select All and Deselect All to help you quickly select or deselect many references at once. 


3.gif Get related information for your answer set.

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Click... When you want to...
getsubstancesanswerset.gif Retrieve substance information related to the references
getreactionsanswerset.gif Retrieve reaction information related to the references
getcitedanswerset.gif Retrieve references cited in the references
getcitinganswerset.gif Retrieve references that cite the references

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To get related information for only a subset of the answers, select the references of interest before clicking one of the above four options.  If no references are selected, related information is retrieved for the entire answer set.


4.gif Analyze or refine your answer set.

  • Analyze References
  • Refine References 

4.gif Set up a current-awareness profile.

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  • Keep Me Posted


6.gif Save, print, or export your answer set.

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Click... When you want to...
savebutton1.gif Save your answer set to the CAS server
printbutton.gif Print your answer set
exportbutton.gif Save your answer set to your desktop or another local folder

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To save, print, or export only a subset of the answers, select the references of interest before clicking one of the above three options.  If no references are selected, the entire answer set will be included.


7.gif Begin a new task.

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Click... When you want to...
scifinderclick.gif Go to your default SciFinder start page, as set in your preferences
referencesbutton.gif Go to the Explore References page, where you can begin a new search or retrieve a saved answer set
substancesbutton1.gif Go to the Explore Substances page, where you can begin a new search or retrieve a saved answer set
reactionsbutton1.gif Go the Explore Reactions page, where you can begin a new search or retrieve a saved answer set

Note:  Clicking any of the above four options will start a new task and your previous task may no longer be available.

Updated: 4/3/2008 3:46:09 PM
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