Chemical Abstracts Services has created a large number of videos to show you how
to use the many search features of SciFinder Web.
http://www.cas.org/training/scifinder
For CHE 316 and 317, the following videos are recommended for review:
Reference Searching
Substance Searching
Input Structure using Drawing Editor
Reaction Searching
Use this web site to decipher abbreviations for the names of chemical journals