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Home   •   Our Expertise  •  CAS Databases  •  SciFinder Content at a Glance
SciFinder Content at a Glance
CAplus
Patent and journal references from many scientific disciplines
CAS REGISTRY

Substance information
CASREACT
Chemical synthesis information
CHEMLIST
Regulated chemicals information
CHEMCATS
Commercially- available substances  
Number of
references
  • CAplus -
    >32 million references

    SciFinder also includes 
  • MEDLINE -
    >18 million references
  • >54 million organic and inorganic substances
  • >62 million sequences (view latest numbers)
  • >39 million single- and multi-step reactions, and synthetic preparations
  • >275,000 inventoried or regulated chemicals
  • >41 million commercially- available products
Content

Chemistry and chemistry-related articles covering topics such as

  • Proteomics
  • Genomics
  • Biochemistry
  • Biochemical genetics
  • Organic
  • Macromolecular
  • Applied
  • Physical, inorganic, analytical

MEDLINE - Produced by NLM, and covers all areas in the broad field of biomedicine

Information about the many different types of substances, including

  • Synonyms
  • Molecular formulas  
  • Ring analysis data
  • Structure diagrams
  • Experimental and predicted property data
  • Literature references

Reaction information consisting of

  • Structure diagrams for reactants and products
  • CAS Registry Numbers for all reactants, products, reagents, solvents, and catalysts
  • Detailed reaction conditions

Chemical substances that are regulated in key markets across the globe:

  • Chemical names
  • Synonyms
  • Regulatory lists
  • Chemical inventory status

Information about commercially- available chemicals and their suppliers:

  • CAS Registry Number 
  • Supplier information
  • Quantities
  • Prices
Coverage

CAplus

  • Early 1800s to present 
  • More than 10,000 scientific journals worldwide
  • More than 1,500 key chemical journals
  • Patents from 61 patent authorities (see CAS Coverage of Patents)
  • Conference proceedings
  • Technical reports
  • Books
  • Dissertations
  • Reviews
  • Meeting abstracts
  • Electronic-only journals
  • Web preprints

MEDLINE

  • 1947 to present
  • 4,800 biomedical journals
  • 99% of references are from journal literature
  • 1947-1965 from OLDMEDLINE database

 

  • Substances from journal articles, patents, chemical catalogs, and reputable web sources from the early 1800s to present  
  • GenBank sequences
  • Organic substances as well as
    - Alloys
    - Coordination  compounds
    - Minerals
    - Mixtures
    - Polymers
    - Salts
    - Sequences
    - Organo-
      metallics
    - Proteins
    - Inorganic substances

 

  • 1840 to present
  • Reactions from journals, patents, and dissertations, as well as from evaluated reference works

 

  • Originally from data in the 1985 TSCA inventory and supplements
  • U.S. Government Federal Register 1778-1987
  • Thirteen national inventories
  • State lists

(view lists)

 

  • >1,000 suppliers of commercial chemicals worldwide
  • >1,100 chemical catalogs
Update Frequency

CAplus - 3,000 references daily

MEDLINE - 5 times per week

12,000 new substances added daily 30,000-50,000 single- and multi-step reactions added weekly >50 additions to existing records or new substances added weekly Weekly with new catalog information


See also

  • CAS Databases Home
  • SciFinder How To Guides
Updated: 7/27/2010 2:43:43 PM
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