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SciFinder Web Access: New
Register for SciFinder Web Access!

SciFinder can be accessed using any standard web browser. You must Register for access.

  1. Register for an account on SciFinder Web using a UCF email address ending  in ucf.edu. 
    You will pick your own username and password.
    The password must contain UPPER and lower case, and at least one number or symbol.
  2. Go to your UCF email account and open the message from SciFinder.
    Follow the link to complete your registration.
  3. Go to SciFinder Web and log in using the Username and Password you created.
    If you are off campus you will have to log in via EZproxy before you get to the SciFinder page.
  4. Be sure to log out when you are finished so the next researcher can use SciFinder Scholar. We share 20 accesses with all Florida universities.

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SciFinder Client Access:
UCF access to SciFinder Client will be phased out during 2009/2010

Installing and Running SciFinder Scholar

Students and faculty can download the client from the links below. Follow these instructions to install the SciFinder client.

You must use VPN if you plan to run the SciFinder Scholar client from off campus. Please see the SciFinder from Off Campus instructions below.

Tutorials and Guides about using SciFinder are available on the CAS web site.

SciFinder Scholar Installation Instructions

  1. Download and install SciFinder using the link below.
  2. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. You will be asked if you have a disk labeled Custom Site Files. Answer "No".
  3. Copy site.prf to the SFXCHLR folder on your computer.

Windows (98/2000/XP/Me/NT4.0)

SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Windows [12,519 KB]
site.prf [1k]
Installation instructions

Mac OS X (10.2, 10.3 and 10.4)

SciFinder Scholar 2007 for Mac [14,447 KB]
site.prf [1k]

Discovery Studio™ ViewerLite

Discovery Studio™ Viewers allow you to view 3D molecular models for structure results.

  1. Download and install ViewerLite using the link below.
  2. After the ViewerLite, download and install the patch.
  3. Double-click on "ViewerLitePro5_patch-1.zip" and extract all the files to the ViewerLite folder, "C:\Program Files\Accelrys\ViewerLite50".
  4. When prompted whether to over-write files select "Yes".

Downloads ViewerLite [5781KB] | ViewerLite Patch [982KB]

Off Campus Access with VPN

To use SciFinder Scholar from off campus you will need to use UCF's Virtual Private Network. The UCF Network Operations Center provides basic instructions for VPN. To use VPN for Library resources, follow these modified instructions. Links below open in a new window.

  1. Create a VPN account for yourself as instructed on the VPN Help page. You will need to login with your PID and your myUCF password, fill out a form, and pick a VPN user name and password. Once you have done that, move on to step two.
  2. Configure your computer to use VPN. Several options are listed on the VPN Help page. The Library recommends either of these two:
  3. Create the "Connection Entry" with host address vpn3030.ucf.edu with name 'library' and password 'vpn3030'.

Contact the Help Desk for answers to questions about VPN.

If you have any questions about this process, contact Athena Hoeppner or the Ask-A-Librarian service.

Athena Hoeppner
athena@mail.ucf.edu		 Ask-A-Librarian
http://library.ucf.edu/Ask/

Last update: 21 August 2009