AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SEARCHING OF

CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS

Pros and Cons of Computer searching

Flow of Chemical Information

Chemical Abstracts Service Database

SEARCHING BASICS

• Typical reasons for searching
• Developing a search strategy
• Boolean operators
• Proximity operators
• Truncation
• Basic commands
• Record display formats
• CA file structure (indexes)

ANNOTATED SEARCH EXAMPLES

• Analytical chemistry
• Author
• Biochemistry
• General Subject
• Inorganic/physical chemistry
• Organic Chemistry (property)
• Organic Chemistry (synthesis)

APPENDICES

• APPENDIX A: Other Chemical Information Sources
• APPENDIX B: Start-up Requirements
• APPENDIX C: Costs
• APPENDIX D: Teaching Materials/Vendor Support

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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