Users must be part of the Rensselaer community and doing academic, not commerical, research. Review the User Agreement during log-on. Downloading of the client software requires a valid RCS UserID and password. Use is restricted by IP address authentication to machines within the rpi.edu domain. These features are offered at a significant added cost.
Compact format shows only the titles of the articles.
Summary format includes bibliographic information and abstract, if one is available. Full format, the longest, includes bibliographic information, abstract, and full CAS indexing. SciFinder Scholar 1.0 was released in Spring 1998 and discontinued October 1, 1999. SciFinder Scholar 2.0 was released in late Fall 1998, and discontinued December 31, 2000. SciFinder Scholar 3.0 was released in September 1999.