How much does SciFinder cost? An academic institution or user can subscribe to the task-based, commercial version of SciFinder for $6,500 per year for 310 tasks. Each search is considered a task, and a substructure search counts as four tasks.

How do I get free access to SciFinder?

To be eligible for free access, scientists must have become unemployed on Jan. 1, 2011 or later, from a U.S., Canadian, or European employer that participates in the SciFinder enterprise-wide pricing program, which provides unlimited access to all scientists across a customer's organization.

Is SciFinder free?

SciFinder™

The Research Medical Library provides free access to the Chemical Abstracts Service chemical databases through SciFinder®.