SciFinder Licenses at the MPIP

• The Max Planck Society has access to the software SciFinder by CAS. This software runs under Microsoft Windows or MAC OS, and can be downloaded and installed from the MPDL site. However, for obtaining and using it, you need an ID and a password (a license).
• Since very recently, there is no longer a limitation in the number of licenses, i.e. everybody can obtain a license without being put on waiting a list.
• The licenses are administered by the Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) in Munich. The main responsibility is with Volker Kruppa.
• If you would like a license, then you have to:
• Send an email to the addresses given, AND (!!!)
• Register at the MPDL web site . From there you will be sent (via e-mail) a form personalized for you. You have to sign this, and fax it back to the address given.
• As there is no longer a shortage, a letter from your project leader is no longer required.
• If you have a license and leave the institute: Please let the library staff know!!! They will forward that information to Munich.
• Alternative 1 to SciFinder: STN EASY. A simplified version, less powerful than SciFinder. Access open to all computers within the IP range of the Max Planck Society.
• Alternative 2 to SciFinder: STN WEB. Access is free to all Max Planckians. People who want to use it can register here. STN WEB works with a command language. Courses are offered by the FIZ Berlin. You can register for a course (in German) at the library, or express your interest for an in-house course by contacting Burkhard Dünweg .