3. INTRODUCTION
CAS, the global leader in chemical information,
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and a division of the American Chemical Society,
provides the most comprehensive databases of
disclosed research in chemistry and related
sciences, including the world's largest
collection of substance information, the
CAS REGISTRYSM
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4. CHEMISTRY ABSTRACT
SERVICSE
Formation 1907
Headquarters Columbus ,OH
Location United States
Official languages English
President Robert J. Massie
Website http://www.cas.org

5. The Value of CAS
Being able to rapidly search for important chemical
information while an idea is fresh in your mind is
almost priceless. CAS databases streamline the
investigative process---allowing you to take an
idea and rapidly find the important and necessary
information before you forget about the idea or it
loses its excitement. That really is invaluable.

6. Databases
The two principal databases that support the
different products are CAplus and Registry.
CAplus
consists of bibliographic information and abstracts
for all articles in chemical journals worldwide,
and chemistry-related articles from all scientific
journals, patents, and other scientific
publications.
Registry

7. CAS REGISTRYSM - The
world's largest substance
database
Benefit to you
You can obtain the information you need for millions of substances from the most
current and reliable collection of chemical substance information in the world.
Content
CAS REGISTRY, produced by CAS, is the most authoritative collection of disclosed
chemical substance information.
More than 41 million organic and inorganic substances and more than 60 million
sequences
Updated daily
REGISTRY contains information about the many different types of substances that have
been reported over the years in the scientific literature:
Alloys Coordination compounds Minerals Mixtures Polymers Salts Sequences

8. Products
The material from these basic and
supplementary databases, is searchable
in many ways. CAS databases are
available via two principal database
systems, STN, and SciFinder

9. STN
STN is an online database service that provides global
access to published research, journal literature, patents,
structures, sequences, properties, and other data.
With STN, find precisely the science, technology, and patent
information needed to make business-critical decisions:
 Assess risk for future research endeavors
 Defend corporate/organizational intellectual property
 Track competitive intelligence for existing products and
those under development
 Access patent expiration and extension information
 Support strategic business planning

10. SciFinder®
SciFinder is a research discovery tool that allows
you to explore the CAS databases that contain
literature from many scientific disciplines,
including biomedical sciences, chemistry,
engineering, materials science, agricultural
science, and more!
You can explore one single source for scientific
information in journal and patent literature from
around the world.

11. 
Scientists around the world use SciFinder to find the
research information that they need - fast! Hear what
some of them are saying about it.Product Overview
 With SciFinder, you can be more creative and productive
in your research process. SciFinder is easy-to-use and
offers you:
 Access to current, high-quality scientific information
 Links to more relevant journal articles and patent
documents than any other source
 The ability to significantly improve your productivity
Capabilities for exploring substructures and reactions

12. Technical Service and
Support
CAS is unique in that it is an organization of
scientists serving science. We are recognized as
the leaders in providing support to customers.
Whether you are a novice or expert at searching
scientific databases, CAS can help with your
questions or search strategies:

13. services
SciFinder
STN Family of Products
Science IP
CAS Client Services
CAS Document Detective Service
CD Products
Print Products

14. CAS CD-ROM Products
Convenient electronic access to the CAS
Databases is available using CAS' line of
CD-ROM products. Retrieve keyword,
bibliographic, and substance information
in a simple point and click manner.

15. Detective Service
(CAS DDS) provides print copies of
documents, journal articles, patents,
conference proceedings, technical
reports, and edited monographic
collections.

16. The CAS databases provide access to:
More than 16 million single- and multi-step reactions
More than 1 billion predicted property values
More than 2 million experimental properties
The CAS REGISTRYSM database - the original source and final
authority for CAS Registry Numbers - updated daily
All patent records, meeting CAS selection criteria, from
9 of the major patent offices are available online within 2 days of
the patents' issuance
Sequences combined from CAS and GenBank databases, which are
indexed and linked to scientific journal and patent literature