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bibliographic database
citation database
factual database
spectra
physical and chemical data
DNA sequences
peptides and protein sequences
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is produced by Chemical Abstracts Service,
a division of the American Chemical Society
It’s the electronic evolution of printed Chemical Abstracts
Chemical Abstracts has analysed and indexed all chemistry-related
literature since 1907 to 2009.
There were 52 weekly issues. Each issue was divided into 80
subject sections. An abstract appeared in just one section, based
on the novelty of the process or substance being reported in the
literature.
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It’s an integrated tool that retrieves information from 6 databases
CAPlus: literature since 1907 to date. Subject fields analysed are chemistry and related
sciences
Medline: biomedical literature since 1950 to date
CASReact: reaction information for single- and multiple-step reactions since 1907 to date
CAS Registry: specific chemical substances (organic and inorganic compounds, sequences,
coordination compounds, polymers and alloys) covering 1957 to date
ChemCats: commercial source information about available substances
ChemList: regulatory information records since 1979 to date, including substance identity
information, inventory status, sources, and compliance information.
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COVERAGE
since 1907 to date
Medline records since 1957 to date
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CITATIONS
citing papers since 1999
cited papers before 1999 as well
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UPDATE
daily
bibliographic data and abstracts included in Scifinder by CAS
scientists 5 days after publications of articles
full record in 1 month
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DOCUMENT TYPES ANALYSED
articles, reviews, communications
patents
conference proceedings
dissertations
web preprints
monographs chapters
clinical trials
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CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
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it is assigned to a substance when it enters the CAS Registry Database
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