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SciFinder-n & Chemical Abstracts: Chemical Abstracts

What is Chemical Abstracts?

Chemical Abstracts is the original print index/abstracts (for which SciFinder is the subscribed end user online version) published by Chemical Abstracts Service.

It is also available online through pay-as-you-go end-user searching to non-USA researchers as described at right.

Access to Chemical Abstracts

Personal accounts in STN Easy: Available to individuals from STN with no subscription charges. Charges are per search and per answer displayed. Go to: https://stneasy.cas.org/html/english/login1.html?service=STN
for information on how to sign up and prices.


For more information, call Amy Prendergast at 460-7028, x5087 or e-mail aprender@southalabama.edu.

Reminder: The USA Library subscribes to ACS Web and also purchased the full-text backfile of all American Chemical Society journals from year of first issue. From the Marx Library website (http://library.southalabama.edu) choose "Databases & e-Reference" then scroll down and click on "ACS Publications."