Eric Shively
CAS
eshively@cas.org
CAS ADDS CITATIONS TO WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION
New chemistry research pathways will be available in CAS files on
STN and SciFinder
NEW ORLEANS, August 23, 1999 - Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
today announced it will add citations for search and display in
CA and CAplus, the leading databases of chemical literature and
patents, in early 2000. Citation searching will then be
available on STN and included in SciFinder and SciFinder
Scholar. The enhancement is a major extension of CAS' research
capabilities enabling scientists who have identified a document
of interest to move forward and back in time to investigate both
cited documents and their citations. For the first time
citations will be linked to abstracts from CAS and to the
full-text of original documents on the Web via the ChemPort
Connection. The new development was announced during the ACS
National Meeting in New Orleans this week.
The addition of citations to the already detailed CAS records
will enhance significantly the value of the CAS databases. "New
research pathways will be opened through forward and
retrospective linking," said CAS Director Robert J. Massie.
"When combined with the capabilities of the CAS Registry, the
CAplus file with patent and journal records, and the ChemPort
Connection to full-text resources on the Web, CAS is offering
scientists the digital research environment of the future. They
will be able to range freely over this environment and explore
many more connections within the world of chemical literature and
patents, all in the same online session."
CAS has initiated database building to add citations for 1999
documents in the CAplus files. Search and retrieval features on
the STN and SciFinder family of products will be available in
stages next year.
"We think that our citation coverage will have at least two
unique features," said Dr. Matthew J. Toussant, Director,
Editorial Operations. "First, we will have citations from both
patent and journal literature, which parallels the unique
combination that CAS already brings to chemistry-related
research. Beyond that, however, we will be creating internal
links within the CAS databases; in other words, the citation will
lead to the full CAS record, a staple of chemistry research for
more than ninety years." Other citation features will include
searching by cited author and other fields, and citations will be
included in several display formats.
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.