CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (Academic) is an authoritative and advanced scientific research platform developed by CAS, a division of American Chemical Society. It provides access to the world's most comprehensive and reliable collection of scientific research information in chemistry and related disciplines. A global network of expert scientist curate and aggregate the world's scientific patent and journal content daily and make it fully discoverable through the advanced retrieval technology provided by CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (Academic). This ensures researchers have the most current and important research advance. CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (Academic) aggregates scientific literature and patents published by thousands of journals and more than 100 patent authorities, in more than 50 different languages from more than 180 different countries. It covers multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary scientific and technological knowledge, including chemistry, biology, pharmaceuticals, materials, food, applied chemistry, chemical engineering, agronomy, polymer, physics, etc. The literature sources include international journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, books, technical reports, comments, preprints, network resources, etc.

CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (Academic) integrates three solutions: CAS SciFindern, CAS Analytical Methods and CAS Formulus.

The International Science and Technology Information Center has subscribed to the Database, which is open to scientific research institutions such as universities in Shenzhen.

Users' Guides

As a CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform user, you need to create your own username and password with campus email address (@sustech.edu.cn or @mail.sustech.edu.cn). Then you can use your account in your campus area. Registration URL： 

https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=4EFD5E99X86F35055X453741441B35BB3D50 .   

Notes

1. CAS SciFindern logs out automatically after 20 minutes of Inactivity.

2. Solutions of CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (Academic) are frequently updated, you can find the detailed information on CAS website (www.cas.org) or your library page.

3. CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (Academic) can be only used for academic research. Please protect the intellectual properties and properly use the platform. Please do not share your account with others or use it in any institute off your campus. Excessive downloads are prohibited. Detailed CAS Information Use Policy can be found on https://www.cas.org/legal/infopolicy .

4. During the registration, please fill in your complete "Last Name" and "First Name", or the account will be disabled soon.

5. Please create your login ID in your campus. If you have to do it out of campus, please contact your librarian.

6. Please check the browser and Internet connection if you have login or searching issues. For further issue, please contact your librarian or china@acs-i.org. For more information, you can browse at CAS website (www.cas.org).