TY - JOUR AU - Flaxbart, David PY - 2007/02/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Chemical Abstracts Centennial: Whither CAS? JF - Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship JA - ISTL VL - IS - 49 SE - Viewpoints DO - 10.29173/istl2091 UR - https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/2091 SP - AB - <p>The article reflects on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) operating at the chemistry department of Ohio State University in Columbus in 2007. A system of chemical nomenclature was established by CAS to aid in indexing and retrieval of chemical substance information. It cites the features of the SciFinder, a client software interface developed by CAS. It states the advantages of using CAS products to libraries.</p> ER -