To register for a SciFinder Scholar Web account, please go to:
1. Library home page
2. Choose “Databases A-Z”
3. Select “S”
4. Select “Scifinder Scholar – Web Version Registration for ALL users”

Once you are registered the link to log into SFWeb is at the same location.

You may also need to download the Java Plug-in for structure searching.

Please direct any problems or questions using SciFinder Scholar Web version to Tim Klassen, klassen@uic.edu.

Text a Librarian is a new way to contact the UIC Library, in addition to instant messaging, email, telephone, in-person reference, and the in-depth consultation service Help by Appointment. Check out all the services at Ask a Librarian, and use the one best suited to your needs.

Text a Librarian is available Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

All titles listed in the Journals page now have records in the library catalog.

The Library utilized patron surveys and usability testing to design a site with easily scanned pages, simplified terminology, clear navigation, and a clean graphic appearance.

Beginning on July 4, users will be redirected to pages on the new site from several pages on the current site. Users are encouraged to provide comments and suggestions via the feedback link on the new site.

Electronic Resources-alphabetical list will be Databases A-Z

Electronic Resources-subject list will be Research Guides (Home)

Health Sciences Electronic Gateway will be General Health Sciences Research Guide

Electronic Reference Shelf will be Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and More

Service was reinstated on November 2.

The Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Internet database service is an electronic resource that provides access to numerous databases covering major areas of research, including materials science, environmental sciences and pollution management, biological sciences, aquatic sciences and fisheries, biotechnology, engineering, computer science, sociology, art history, and linguistics.

In the first of five episodes, Chief Podcast editors AJ Hannah and Joy Austria examine The State of Openness and the meaning of openness in scholarly publishing politics, society, and culture. The editors interview Sandra Braman, Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Mary Case, University Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago; and Steve Jones, Professor of Communication and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Open access is freely available public access to scientific, scholarly, and government information on the Internet without financial, legal or technical barriers. The importance of open access often becomes a personal issue when, for example, a lay person is prevented from learning more about a disease or medical treatments because publishers require prohibitively expensive licensing agreements in order for the public to read reliable, scientifically vetted articles. Open access is a pivotal international issue for countries that cannot afford subscriptions to commercial electronic resources.

Open Access Day will focus attention on the principle that publicly-funded research results should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. Some organizations such as the Public Library of Science (PLoS) are committed to free dissemination of scientific and medical literature as a public resource and as a tactic to increase the efficiency in science. SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries that works to stimulate the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries.

SPARC, PLoS, and Students for Free Culture founded Open Access Day. The Open Access Day Web site lists activities in academic and research organizations worldwide.