Q. SciFinder remote access

SciFinder requires a convoluted registration/access process that will frustrate even the most patient end user. That being said, the procedure below will work so that you can create your SciFinder account and then with both your HarvardKEY and the new SciFinder login/password you create, your access into this database will be much more direct on a return visit.

To register a new account as a Harvard user, you can use the registration link below. You MUST use your Harvard email address and you MUST be using a machine with a Harvard-owned IP address (e.g. the Quad or the Cambridge campus and not the hospitals). You do not need to be on the Harvard network once you've completed the registration process.

Register Here

Confirmation email will be sent to the Harvard email address you used and MUST be responded to!

NOTE: After responding to the confirmation, do not login to SciFinder immediately. Instead, you must use the Harvard link to SciFinder (provided below)

After registering, you will be able to access SciFinder from this link below AND using your SciFinder username and password to login when prompted at SciFinder: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:scifindern.

[Instructions Tested in Summer 2022. Works with current CAS interface]