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Archives - Quick Tips

December 2006

myCAS helps you complete your SciFinder administrator tasks quickly and easily.

Recently two new features were added to myCAS. Now you can:

1. Update passwords more quickly - see new function added to My Account
2. Track additional details of your contract status information (for SciFinder Task Packages and SciFinder Scholar trials only) by viewing expanded presentation in My Account

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1. Update passwords more quickly

Previously, when you updated passwords, you looked under the SciFinder menu. Now click Update/View SciFinder Account under My Account.

Within the Update/View SciFinder Account interaction, identify the site of interest and then click Update Password.

Within the Update User Password list, click Update Password to reset any user's password.

Now you are ready to enter the New Password for this user.

You have successfully updated the password. Click OK to return to your selected site.

When you return to your selected site, you can choose to reset additional passwords or select a new site. Note the status is updated to show that a password has been reset.

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2. Track additional details of SciFinder contract status information

Previously, you viewed your contract status information by clicking View SciFinder Reports under the Reports menu. You were provided with the document number of your contract and the start- and end-dates of your contract

Now you can access your contract status under My Account.

Track a more detailed presentation of your contract status information including the contract type (task package or trial) and date when the system last updated this information.