Eric Shively
CAS
eshively@cas.org
www.cas.org
ACS PUBLICATIONS AND CAS EXPAND CHEMICAL RESEARCH CAPABILITIES ON THE WEB
Scientists, librarians and academicians can now seamlessly and
instantly link from references in ACS journals to CAS databases
NEW ORLEANS, August 23, 1999 - Until today, references in
chemistry journals were static listings of related articles of
interest. Now, users of electronic journals from the world's
largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society (ACS)
will be able to immediately link from references to the relevant
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) record, gaining instant access
to the abstract and bibliographic information.
Through an innovative new program developed through the ChemPort
Connection, readers of such prestigious publications as The
Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic
Chemistry and Organic Letters are now able to click on the "CAS"
tag following references at the end of any article and retrieve
the corresponding bibliographic information and abstract in the
CAplus database. The new development was announced during the
ACS National Meeting in New Orleans this week.
The ChemPort Connection is built into each of CAS' electronic
services, including STN Express with Discover!, STN Easy, STN on
the Web, SciFinder and SciFinder Scholar.
Surveying published literature is an essential step in the
research process, and ACS expects this expanded reference linking
to boost researchers' productivity. "The referenced material
extends the value of an article. This new capability allows us
to provide instant access to that important information and
enables scientists to achieve significantly faster and more
productive results," said Publications Division Director Bob
Bovenschulte.
CAS has been a leader in linking references in its databases out
to full text resources on the Web. "We are now 'closing the
loop' by reference linking from the journal article back to CAS
databases," said CAS Director Robert Massie. "This is a dramatic
new 'value proposition' in several senses. First, the journal
article itself is enriched through links to the abstract records
from the CAS databases. Next, the researcher can rapidly
evaluate which references are relevant. And finally, the
researcher can instantly pursue further research either in the
CAS databases or back in the full text journal collection. This
is the Web research environment of the future, made possible
through CAS' metadata collection and databases."
ChemPort was introduced a the end of 1997 as a collaborative
effort that now includes the participation of 21 of the world's
most well respected scientific publishers and two patent
offices. In total, ChemPort links to the electronic versions of
more than 700 journals. The ChemPort Connection is included in
all CAS electronic services.
The Publications Division publishes more than 19,000 individual
research articles annually from scientists in the U.S. and
around the world in its 33 journals. Among the Publication
Division's innovative electronic offerings are ARTICLES ASAP,
ARTICLES ON COMMAND, ASAP ALERTS, and CEN ONLINE. The ACS
Publications Web site is at http://pubs.cas.org. The American
Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, is
based in Washington. D.C. and represents nearly 159,000
chemists and chemical engineers.
For more information about CAS products and services, visit the
CAS Web site at http://www.cas.org. For more information about
ChemPort, see http://www.chemport.org.