Chemistry

SciFinder is a comprehensive research database for chemistry developed by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Association. SciFinder provides access to:

• CAS Registry - substance information, including organic and inorganic molecules, DNA, RNA, proteins, polymers, and Markush Structures
• Reactions - current chemical reaction information for synthetic organic and organometallic reactions, product syntheses, and biotransformation reactions
• References - current chemistry information in journals, patents, dissertations, books, reviews, and web sources

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Although SciFinder is a diverse, complicated database, there are numerous tutorials and guides prepared by CAS to help you navigate. 

For example, a research topic search on caffeine and blood sugar:

Yields results more than 7,000 results. The results list provides a list of articles, proceedings, and other literature, with abstracts, relevant to the topic. Filters for narrowing down your search further to document types, authors, and substance roles are easy ways to find more valuable resources to you. In addition, the number of times each article has been cited, an indicator of its importance, is provided. Unlike most databases, SciFinder also links to substances and reactions associated with the topic.