SciFinder - How to Explore by Research Topic


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How to... Explore by Research Topic

SciFinder lets you explore an area of research by entering a phrase or sentence in English. It uses relationships among the key words to quickly retrieve results that are relevant to your research interests.

Enter a topic of interest.

Specify 2-3 concepts using plain English.
Include prepositions and articles to connect the concepts.
Place acronyms or synonyms in parentheses after the synonymous concept.
Use "not" or "except" to exclude a particular term.

Note: SciFinder automatically searches related terms and considers alternate spellings and word endings when retrieving results.

(Optional) To limit the number of results in your answer set, apply Filters options. Click OK.

Apply this filter...	When you want to eliminate all references except those from...
Publication year	A particular time period.
Document type	Certain type(s) of documents.
Language	Particular languages.
Author name	A specific author.
Company name	A specific company or organization.

Select candidate references of interest based on the relationship of the terms within the records. Click Get References.

SciFinder considers terms to be... When the terms are found...

"As entered" Exactly as you have entered them.

"Closely associated with one another" Within the same sentence or title.

"Present anywhere within a reference" Anywhere (perhaps widely separated) within a record's title, abstract, or indexing.

"Containing the concept" In the record.

Note: "Containing the concept(s)" indicates that the entered term(s), synonymous terms(s), or similar term(s) are found within the record.