SciFinder Scholar : Chemical Abstracts and more

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Databases Covered in SciFinder Scholar

Chemical AbstractsPlus--  Literature from 1907 to the present plus selected pre-1907 references. Sources include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, books, and more.

MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE

Biomedical literature from more than 4,780 journals and 70 countries, covering literature from 1950 to the present.

CAS Registry

Specific chemical substances, including organic and inorganic compounds, sequences, coordination compounds, polymers, and alloys covering 1957 to the present, with some classes going back to the early 1900s.

CASReact

Reaction information for single- and multiple-step reactions from 1907 to the present.

CHEMCATS

Chemical source information, including supplier addresses and pricing information derived from current chemical catalogs and libraries, retrieved for individual substances.

CHEMLIST

Regulatory information records from 1979 to the present, including substance identity information, inventory status, sources, and compliance information.