Chemical Abstracts First Publishes in 1907
First issue of Chemical Abstracts, is published in 1907, featuring summaries of findings from scientists worldwide.
During its first publishing year, Chemical Abstracts Service included nearly 12,000 abstracts that covered international literature.
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) is a division of the American Chemical Society. CAS is located in Columbus, Ohio. CAS is the most authoritative and comprehensive source for chemical and scientific information. Its principal databases are Chemical Abstracts (CASM), which contains over 33 million document records from the chemical journal and patent literature, and CAS REGISTRYSM, the “gold standard” for substance information, which contains more than 56 million substance and 62 million sequence records.
To help scientists navigate its ever-expanding databases, CAS provides the award-winning SciFinder research and discovery tool, which has become as essential to the scientific process as the instruments that line the laboratory bench. With streamlined navigation and an intuitive and secure interface, SciFinder helps scientists quickly find the information they need to enable scientific discovery.
CAS also operates STN International, an online service with partner organizations in Europe and Asia. STN provides access to a broad range of respected science and technology databases.
CAS also offers Common Chemistry, a free web resource that contains CAS Registry Numbers for approximately 7,900 chemicals of widespread general public interest. Common Chemistry is helpful for those who know either a name or CAS Registry Number of a common chemical and want to pair both pieces of information. CAS has collaborated with Wikipedia in developing this resource and encourages you to use the Wikipedia link (when available) or other sources of general information on chemistry, to learn more about these chemicals.
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