American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— August 1998 —
Academic Plans for Chemical Abstracts: Basic Facts
| vendor | cost | access | features | files | conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STN | pay as you go 80 or 90% discount |
after 5:00 | abstracts structure searching StnEasy |
CA Registry Inspec others |
Educational purposes for faculty, staff or students |
| DIALOG | $1.50/DialUnit $2,000/pswd/yr |
24 hrs | no abstracts multifile searching DIALOG Web |
CA (399) Registry (398) many others |
Used with a formal course, seminar, or workshop. Must be student involvement in the search strategy. |
| CA (SciFinder Scholar) |
$15,000 1st pswd $6,000 each addnl (print subscribers) |
after 5 | abstracts structures/rxns easy searching updated daily |
Ca Plus Registry CASREACTS |
Educational purposes for faculty, staff or students |
| OCLC (CA Student Edition) |
$3,900 1-10 $6,500 1-20 (print subscribers) |
24 hrs | abstracts 200 journals dissertations basic searching |
CA | Educational purposes for faculty, staff or students |