CHEMICAL DATABASES

• Chemical Abstracts on CD-ROM

• Desktop Configuration for Chemical Abstracts on CD-ROM

• Chemical Abstracts Web Edition

• Reaxys

• Chemistry Resources

Chemical Abstracts on CD-ROM indexes the literature for technical and scientific information including biochemistry, physical, inorganic, and analytical chemistry. References may be in the form of journals, patents, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and books.

• CA Annual:   2007 - present

• CA on CD 15^th Collective:   2002 - 2006

• CA on CD 14^th Collective:   1997 - 2001

• CA on CD 13^th Collective:   1992 - 1996

Access to Chemical Abstracts on CD-ROM is available on the workstations in the Computer Resources Area of the Library or as a networked PC-compatible connection, which must be configured on the office desktops of NCI-Frederick employees.

Desktop Configuration
It is easy to set up an office computer to access our Chemical Abstracts (CA) subscription. You must install client software onto your computer first. This process works for PCs only. Please follow these instructions.

1. From the computer's taskbar, click "Start"
2. Choose "Run"
3. Type \\libserver7\cacd\netuser.exe
4. The "cacd" files will appear on your desktop.
5. Click "OK"
6. Follow the prompts to install the client on your machine.
7. Choose "Run" again
8. Type \\libserver7\cacd\hasp\haspdinst.exe -i
9. After installing these drivers, you should be ready to access the databases.

Once installation is complete, please follow these instructions.

1. Go to "Start"; then "Programs"
2. Look for "CA on CD"
3. Click the yellow icon labeled "CA on CD" to try the program
4. Now, anytime you want to access "CA on CD," just click on the icon.

If you have any problems, please contact Steve Jones in the Library at x5849.

Chemical Abstracts Web Edition gives you access to the same information that is in Chemical Abstracts on CD (1996-present) but with a modern, web-based interface that allows you to search across multiple years. Basic and advanced search options are included with the ability to refine your searches. It is also possible to browse information with substance, subject, and bibliographic indexes.

The Scientific Library has access to Chemical Abstracts Web Edition for a trial period. Complete information on how to access this trial is available from Resource Trials.

Reaxys provides access to an extensive repository of experimentally validated data including structures, reactions (including multi-step reactions), and physical and chemical properties of compounds. Coverage of organic/synthetic chemistry is derived from the Beilstein handbook, and coverage of inorganic compounds' properties is derived from the Gmelin handbook, both augmented with information from the Patent Chemistry database.

Access to Reaxys can be obtained by clicking on this Link to Reaxys, using any NCI-Frederick computer, and establishing an account. You may need to accept a Java applet before the structure ecitor will work properly. Otherwise, you can search using a chemical name, mol file or SMILES string. More information about Reaxys is available at the following sites: Overview, FAQ. For any questions regarding Reaxys, please contact the staff at the Scientific Library.

Additional Chemistry Resources are available from the Scientific Library's website. You can view a complete list at Chemistry.