Chemical Literature (Chem 184/284)

Lecture 12: SciFinder Scholar and SciFinder Web, Part I
Quiz Questions

Question 1: Electronic access to hte Chemical Abstracts databases is available in several different forms. What are some of the distinctions between these forms?

1. _____ Some provide access to a small subset of the CA files, while others access the full files.
   
2. _____ Some use a command line interface, some a Web menu-oriented interface, some use a client-server interface.
   
3. _____ Different forms use different pricing models.
   
4. _____ Different forms are aimed at different user communities.
   
5. _____ Some versions are restricted to academic users only.
   

Question 2: You've just downloaded and installed the SciFinder Scholar client on your computer at home. You start the program, but you can't coonect to the server. Which of the following are possible reasons for the problem?

1. _____ The server at CAS is down for routine or emergency maintenance.
   
2. _____ You forgot to unzip and install the site.prf flle after installing the client.
   
3. _____ You forgot to register and create your username and password first.
4. _____ You haven't configured your web browser for the proxy server.
   
5. _____ You didn't log in first using the VPN client.
   
6. _____ Too many other UC users are already logged into the system at the moment.
   

Question 3: Which of the following is not one of the Explore options in SciFinder Scholar?

1. _____ Author Name.
   
2. _____ Biosequence Search
   
3. _____ Registry Number Search.
   
4. _____ Company Name.
   
5. _____ Molecular Formula.
   

1. _____ You can analyze by author names.
   
2. _____ Analysis of your answer set is automatically displayed along with your results list.
   
3. _____ You can analyze a selected subset of your answer set instead of the entire answer set.
   
4. _____ You can analyze the CAS Registry Numbers from your answer records.
   
5. _____ If an author's name appears in more than one form (such as, full name vs. initials), the variant forms are automatically combined in the analysis list.
   

1. _____ You can "get" both cited and citing references from your starting papers.
   
2. _____ You can only Get Related from your complete answer set.
   
3. _____ Once you Get Related, you can perform further operations (Analyze, Refine, Get Related) on the new set of records.
   
4. _____ If you Get Related Cited References on an answer set, you can't go back to your original answer set again without redoing the search.
   
5. _____ Get Related Citing References will only retrieve articles published since 1997.
   

1. _____ "Keep Me Posted" search alerts.
   
2. _____ "Categorize" subject analysis of search results.
   
3. _____ Duplicate record removal.
   
4. _____ Full text linking via ChemPort and UCe-Links.
   
5. _____ Answer sets saved on the CAS server.
   
6. _____ Combining answer sets with Boolean logic.
   

Question 7: Explore by Author Name for Mark S. Wrighton, using M S Wrighton for your search. Which of the following are plausible versions of his name that appear in the SciFinder Scholar list of author names in your search?

1. _____ Wrighton M S.
   
2. _____ Wrighton Mark.
   
3. _____ Wrighton Mark S.
   
4. _____ Wrighton Mark Stephen.
   

1. _____ Book
2. _____ Conference
3. _____ Dissertation
4. _____ General Review
5. _____ Journal
6. _____ Patent
7. _____ Report

This page created by Chuck Huber (huber@library.ucsb.edu).
Updated: 02/12/08 11:10:41