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Using CAS Databases on STN

Using CAS Databases on STN (~460K PDF) is a general purpose introduction to online searching in CA and REGISTRY as well as in the corresponding learning databases, LCA and LREGISTRY.

If you are using this manual to teach others, you can also use a slide presentation (~150K PDF).

Answers to Practice Problems (~110K PDF) are also available.

(Adobe Reader is required for viewing PDF files).

Content of this manual:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Lesson 1 - The Basics of Online Searching
• Lesson 2 - Search Strategy
• Lesson 3 - Text Searching Part 1: Strategies to Increase Number of Answers
• Lesson 4 - Text Searching Part 2: Strategies to Decrease Number of Answers
• Lesson 5 - Searching Author Names
• Lesson 6 - Refining Searches
• Lesson 7 - Substance Searching
• Section 8 - Cost of Online Searching
• Section 9 - Practice Problems

Hard copies of this manual, answers to the practice problems, and reference materials cited in the lessons may be obtained from CAS Customer Care.

Quoting or copying of material from this publication for educational purposes is encouraged, providing that acknowledgment is made that Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) is the source of the material.