If this is your first time using SciFinder, you must register for an account first. You must use your University of Iowa email address (@uiowa.edu) to register. After you submit your registration form, CAS will send you an e-mail with instructions for completing the registration process. This email should arrive within 30 minutes, if not, check your spam folder.

If you have followed the instructions above, but you're having problems registering for a SciFinder account, please contact help@cas.org or 800-753-4227.

If you have already registered for a SciFinder account, you may use this link to access both on and off-campus. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your HawkID and password.

Here are some quick tips and tricks for author searching SciFinder. If you need assistance, please contact your librarian.

Don't forget to be specific in what fields you're searching - when looking for a particular author, search by their name in "author" field of the "references" tab.

Filtering options can be applied to your search results - choosing "journal" ensures you're finding journal articles.

The basic structure of a journal article will include some variant of the following basic structure. If the journal uses a print-based model with traditional page numbers, it would looks something like:

• [Author 1]; [Author 2]; ...; [Last Author]. [Article Title]. [Journal Title] [Year], [Volume] ([Issue]), [Pagination] ([explanatory note, if needed])]. [DOI or URL]

So, for example:

• Foster, J. C.; Varlas, S.; Couturaud, B.; Coe, J.; O’Reilly, R. K. Getting into Shape: Reflections on a New Generation of Cylindrical Nanostructures’ Self-Assembly Using Polymer Building Blocks. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141 (7), 2742−2753. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b08648

See some other variants at Table 4.3.9, and contact your librarian if you need assistance.