From CA to CAS online

1 The Information System of the Chemical Abstracts Service.- 1.1 The History of Chemical Abstracts and of Secondary Literature.- 1.2 How an Abstract in Chemical Abstracts is Created.- 1.3 The Databases of the Chemical Abstracts Service.- 2 Searching for Literature in Chemical Abstracts.- 2.1 Organization of Chemical Abstracts.- 2.2 Sample Search (to illustrate Index Guide, Chemical Substance Index, Qualifiers and Categories): What was published about the plasticizer DOS in Vol. 118?.- 2.3 Sample Search (to illustrate Alphabetical Hierarchy, Hierarchy Index of General Subject Headings, Qualifiers for Organs and Tissues and General Subject Index): Are there recent publications on the therapy of cardiac arrest?.- 2.4 Sample Search (to illustrate Index Guide, General Subject Index and Chemical Substance Index): Does Chemical Abstracts, Vol. 118 contain references about the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis?.- 2.5 Sample Search (to illustrate Molecular Formulae, Formula Index and Chemical Substance Index): What is the fastest method of finding abstracts about the substance with the molecular formula Cl3C-CO2Na?.- 2.6 Sample Search (to illustrate Patent Index, Numerical Patent Index and Patent Concordance): What are the contents of the patents US 5,158,840 and CH 609,340?.- 2.7 Sample Search (to illustrate Index Guide and Chemical Substance Indexes to the 12th to 1st collective period): Carry out a comprehensive search concerning the substance piceol.- 3 Locating the Source Document.- 3.1 CAS Source Index (CASSI).- 3.2 Sample Search (to illustrate short journal titles, CAS Source Index, library holdings information and English translations): Where can the English translation of the document covered in CA abstract No. 118:6467 be obtained?.- 4 Registry Handbooks.- 4.1 Registry Handbook - Number Section.- 4.2 Registry Handbook - Common Names.- 4.3 Sample Search (to illustrate Formula Index, Index of Ring Systems, Chemical Substance Index and Registry Handbook - Number Section): Were there any publications about a certain substance or any of its derivatives in the period from 1972 to 1976?.- 5 Ring Systems Handbook (RSH).- 5.1 Ring Systems File.- 5.2 Index to the Ring Systems Handbook.- 5.3 Sample Search (to illustrate Ring Systems Handbook and Chemical Substance Index): What was published about a certain ring system?.- 6 Online Searching.- 6.1 Technical Requirements.- 6.2 An Introduction to Online Retrieval.- 7 Chemical Databases on STN.- 7.1 Registry File - Dictionary Search.- 7.2 Registry File - Structure Search.- 7.3 Chemical Abstracts.- 7.4 World Patents Index from Derwent.- 7.5 CApreviews.- 7.6 CAOLD.- 7.7 CASREACT.- 7.8 MARPAT.- 7.9 CIN - Chemical Industry Notes.- 7.10 Beilstein.- 7.11 Gmelin.- 8 The Databases of Chemical Abstracts Service on Six Hosts.- 8.1 Special Features on Different Hosts.- 8.2 Comparison of Retrieval Commands.- 9 Printed Matter - Online Services, a Comparison.- 10 Conclusion.- 11 Bibliography.- 12 Glossary.- 13 Index.