Information Retrieval: SciFinder (2nd Edition, 2009) 
Written by a scientist for scientists, this book is an essential guide explaining how to get the best out of SciFinder. It discusses options in SciFinder including topic, bibliographic, and chemical substance explore options, and post-processing options Analyze, Refine, and Categorize. It explains how to take advantage of the unique search and analysis options, covers selected algorithms behind the operation of SciFinder and why it helps to understand them, discusses why it is important and how to apply scientific method to information retrieval, and describes how to search for chemical structures and chemical reactions.
- ACD (Available Chemicals Directory) — Information and Support Materials
- Annual Reviews — Online Help
- BIOSIS — Training
- Cambridge Structural Database System — Documentation
- Derwent Innovations Index — Training
- DiscoveryGate — Overview and Videos (Flash Required)
- EndNote — Training
- EndNote Web — Training
- Engineering Village — Training Materials & Help
- Hazmat Navigator — Demo & Videos
- Inspec — Training
- Journal Citation Reports (JCR) — Training
- PubChem Searching — Videos
- PubMed — Online Tutorial — Training
- Reaxys (Videos)
- ResearcherID — Training
- Science of Synthesis — Online Tutorials and Webinars
- SciFinder — Support & Training
- SciVerse Applications — Training (Videos)
- SciVerse Hub — Training (Videos)
- SciVerse ScienceDirect — Training (Videos)
- SciVerse Online Books — Training (Videos)
- SciVerse Scopus — Training (Videos)
- SpresiWeb — Information and Tutorial
- SpringerImages — Online Help
- SpringerMaterials Tutorial and Video
- Web of Science — Training
- Web of Knowledge — Training
- xSearch — Search Help
Managing References and Documents
RefWorks is an online citation manager that is free for all Stanford affiliates to use. John Bickar at Stanford’s Cubberley Education Library has created some flash tutorials explaining RefWorks’s features and use.
- Creating a Free RefWorks Account (2:26, 3.4MB)
- Exporting Records from ERIC to RefWorks (3:37, 5.1MB)
- Exporting Records from Socrates to RefWorks (2:43, 4.2MB)
- Managing and Editing Records within RefWorks (2:33, 3.9MB)
- Creating a Bibliography (0:58, 944KB)
- Using the Write-N-Cite Plugin (4:11, 3.9MB)
- Troubleshooting the RefWorks Write-N-Cite Plugin on Mac OS X
- Comparison of Features for Bibliographic Management Tools (UC Berkeley Library)