Chemical Abstracts Search Method in the United States

Author: Yao Rongyu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Chemical Abstracts (Chemical Abstracts, abbreviated as CA) is a large-scale literature retrieval tool edited and published by the American Chemical Abstracts Service. With a publishing history of over 90 years, it cites 98% of chemical and chemical literature worldwide and is known as the "key to opening world chemical literature." Therefore, it is an indispensable important reference book for individuals and units engaged in chemical research. This book systematically and comprehensively introduces various aspects of Chemical Abstracts, and provides detailed introductions to both the print and CD versions of CA. It explains the search methods in an easy-to-understand manner, focusing on the use of subject indexes and index guides, while also introducing the use of other indexes such as author indexes and molecular formula indexes, with numerous examples for demonstration. This book is suitable for science and technology personnel engaged in chemical work, and can also serve as a reference book for teaching staff when teaching library information courses.