American Chemical Society
Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques
— August 1998 —
Commercial Database Producers & Vendors
- Chemical Patents Plus from Chemical Abstracts Service
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- Derwent
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- MicroPatent
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- STN
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- Guide to STN Patent Databases
http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/stn/documentation/patents/index.html - From the STN Karlsruhe Home Page, choose “Publications,” then “WWW Gateway,” and then “Patents.”
- Guide to STN Patent Databases