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Explore the only source of journal articles and patent documents in many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, material science, agricultural science, and more!

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• Explore worldwide coverage of many scientific disciplines
• Explore English language summaries translated from the scientific literature published in more than 50 different languages from 185 different countries

Content

CAplus, produced by CAS, contains more than 29 million patent and journal article references in:

• All areas of biochemistry
  - agrochemical regulators
  - biochemical genetics
  - fermentation
  - immunochemistry
  - pharmacology
• All areas of organic chemistry
  - amino acids
  - biomolecules
  - carbohydrates
  - organometallic compounds
  - steroids
• All areas of macromolecular chemistry
  - cellulose, lignin, paper
  - coatings, inks
  - dyes, organic pigments
  - synthetic elastomers
  - textiles, fibers
• All areas of applied chemistry
  - air pollution
  - ceramics
  - essential oils, cosmetics
  - fossil fuels
  - ferrous metals, alloys
• All areas of  physical, inorganic, analytical chemistry
  - surface chemistry
  - catalysts
  - phase equilibrium
  - nuclear phenomena
  - electrochemistry

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Coverage

• 1907 to the present, plus more than 44,000 pre-1907 journal records 
• Patent (and patent family) references from 57 patent authorities around the world
• Article references from more than 10,000 major scientific journals worldwide
• Conference proceedings
• Technical reports
• Books
• Dissertations
• Reviews
• Meeting abstracts
• Electronic-only journals
• Web preprints
• Cover-to-cover coverage for more than 1,500 key chemical journals (since October 1994) including records for document types not covered in Chemical Abstracts (CA)
  - biographical items
  - books reviews
  - editorials
  - errata
  - letters to the editor
  - news announcements
  - product reviews
  - meeting abstracts

Update frequency

• Updated daily with approximately 3,000 new patent and journal references
• Patent references from 9 major issuing authorities available in SciFinder within 2 days from the time the patent was issued

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