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Peer reviewedChemical and Engineering News, 1977
Explains the function and operation of the Chemical Registry System operated by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). (CP)
Descriptors: Chemical Nomenclature, Chemistry, Computer Storage Devices, Indexing
McCracken, I. C.; And Others – 1973
The Inverted File Information Retrieval System (INFIRS), is a document search system which offers a comprehensive range of search facilities. It has been developed at the United Kingdom Chemical Information Service (UKCIS) as a general purpose retrieval tool, suitable for handling a wide variety of data-bases (both free-text and controlled…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing, Databases
Peer reviewedRusch, Peter F. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1981
Reveals how chemical information in the form of descriptions of the chemical literature and chemical substances can be encoded as digital representations, then manipulated by computers to assist with collection, formatting, and distribution. Explains how computer-based search techniques are used to search databases that supplement traditional…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Computer Storage Devices, Computers
