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List of Participating STN Databases

The STN Information Keep & Share Program allows STN users to electronically store (archive) and/or redistribute copies of STN search results to co-workers in their worldwide organization. Users may purchase archive and redistribution rights for their organization's needs and then receive the search results by various delivery methods.

Unless stated otherwise, archive allows you to store the search results indefinitely.

Please Note: Each database producer has their own requirements and restrictions for their specific databases that are separate and in addition to the STN Information Keep & Share requirements.

The following databases currently participate in the STN Information Keep & Share Program.

Click on the database name to view the STN database summary sheet.  Click on the button in the Usage Terms column to see file-specific usage guidelines.

Database Name	Usage Terms	Archive	Redistribute	Accession Numbers Required?
ADISINSIGHT		Yes	Yes	No
ADISNEWS		Yes	Yes	No
AEROSPACE		Yes	Yes	No
AGRICOLA		Yes	Yes	No
ALUMINIUM		Yes	Yes	No
ANTE		Yes	Yes	No
APOLLIT		Yes	Yes	No
AQUALINE		Yes	Yes	No
AQUASCI		Yes	Yes	No
AUPATFULL		Yes	Yes	No
BIBLIODATA		Yes	Yes	No
BIOENG		Yes	Yes	No
BIOSIS		Yes	Yes	No
BIOTECHABS		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
BIOTECHDS		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
CA***		Yes	Yes	No
CABA		Yes	Yes	No
CANPATFULL		Yes	Yes	No
CAPLUS***		Yes	Yes	No
CASREACT*,***		Yes	Yes	No
CBNB		Yes	Yes	No
CERAB		Yes	Yes	No
CHEMCATS***		Yes	Yes	No
CHEMLIST***		Yes	Yes	No
CIN***		Yes	Yes	No
CIVILENG		Yes	Yes	No
COMPENDEX		Yes	Yes	No
COMPUAB		Yes	Yes	No
COMPUSCIENCE		Yes	Yes	No
CONFSCI		Yes	Yes	No
COPPERLIT		Yes	Yes	No
CORROSION		Yes	Yes	No
CROPB		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
CROPR		Yes, 1 Year	Yes	No
CROPU		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DDFB		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DDFU		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DGENE		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DISSABS		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DJSMDS		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DJSMONLINE		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DKF		Yes	Yes	No
DPCI		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DRUGB		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
DRUGU		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
ELCOM		Yes	Yes	No
EMA		Yes	Yes	No
EMBAL		Yes	Yes	No
EMBASE		Yes	Yes	No
ENCOMPLIT		Yes	Yes	No
ENCOMPLIT2		Yes	Yes	No
ENCOMPPAT		Yes	Yes	No
ENCOMPPAT2		Yes	Yes	No
ENERGY		Yes	Yes	No
ENVIROENG		Yes	Yes	No
EPFULL		Yes	Yes	No
FOMAD		Yes	Yes	No
FRANCEPAT		Yes	Yes	No
FRFULL		Yes	Yes	No
FROSTI		Yes	Yes	No
FSTA		Yes; 1 Year 10,000 max	Yes	No
GBFULL		Yes	Yes	No
GENBANK		Yes	Yes	No
GEOREF		Yes	Yes	No
GMELIN97		Yes	Yes	No
HCA***		Yes	Yes	No
HCAPLUS***		Yes	Yes	No
HCHEMLIST***		Yes	Yes	No
HCIN***		Yes	Yes	No
HEALSAFE		Yes	Yes	No
ICSD		Yes	Yes	No
IFICDB		Yes	Yes	No
IFICLS		Yes	Yes	No
IFIPAT		Yes	Yes	No
IFIREF		Yes	Yes	No
IFIUDB		Yes	Yes	No
IMSPATENTS		Yes	Yes	No
IMSRESEARCH		Yes	Yes	No
INIS		Yes	Yes	No
INPADOCDB		Yes	Yes	No
INPAFAMDB		Yes	Yes	No
INSPEC		Yes	Yes	No
INSPHYS		Yes	Yes	No
IPA		Yes	Yes	No
JAPIO		Yes	Yes	No
KOREAPAT**		Yes	Yes	No
LBIBLIO**		Yes	Yes	No
LCA**		Yes	Yes	No
LCASREACT**		Yes	Yes	No
LDPCI**		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
LDRUG**		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
LEMBASE**		Yes	Yes	No
LIFESCI		Yes	Yes	No
LINPADOCDB**		Yes	Yes	No
LINPAFAMDB**		Yes	Yes	No
LINSPEC**		Yes	Yes	No
LISA		Yes	Yes	No
LITALERT		Yes	Yes	No
LMARPAT**		Yes	Yes	No
LMEDLINE**		Yes	Yes	No
LPATDPA**		Yes	Yes	No
LREGISTRY*,**,***		Yes	Yes	No
LWPI**		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
MARPAT*,***		Yes	Yes	No
MATBUS		Yes	Yes	No
MECHENG		Yes	Yes	No
MEDLINE		Yes	Yes	No
METADEX		Yes	Yes	No
MRCK		Yes	Yes	No
MSDS-OHS		Yes	Yes	No
NTIS		Yes	Yes	No
OCEAN		Yes	Yes	No
PASCAL		Yes	Yes	No
PATDD		Yes	Yes	No
PATDPA		Yes	Yes	No
PATDPAFULL		Yes	Yes	No
PATDPASPC		Yes	Yes	No
PCTFULL		Yes	Yes	No
PCTGEN		Yes	Yes	No
PIRA		Yes	Yes	No
POLLUAB		Yes	Yes	No
PS		Yes	Yes	No
RAPRA		Yes	Yes	No
RDISCLOSURE		Yes	Yes	No
REGISTRY*,***		Yes	Yes	No
RTECS		Yes	Yes	No
RUSSIAPAT		Yes	Yes	No
SCISEARCH		Yes	Yes	No
SOFIS		Yes	Yes	No
SOLIDSTATE		Yes	Yes	No
SOLIS		Yes	Yes	No
STNGUIDE		Yes	Yes	No
TEMA		Yes	Yes	No
TRIBO		Yes	Yes	No
TULSA		Yes	Yes	No
TULSA2		Yes	Yes	No
UFORDAT		Yes	Yes	No
ULIDAT		Yes	Yes	No
USAN		Yes	Yes	No
USGENE		Yes	Yes	No
USPAT2		Yes	Yes	No
USPATFULL		Yes	Yes	No
USPATOLD		Yes	Yes	No
VETB		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
VETU		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
WATER		Yes	Yes	No
WELDASEARCH		Yes	Yes	No
WPIDS		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
WPINDEX		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
WPIX		Yes; 1 Year	Yes	No
WSCA		Yes	Yes	No
ZCA***		Yes	Yes	No
ZCAPLUS***		Yes	Yes	No
ZREGISTRY*,***		Yes	Yes	No

*	Does not include permission to ARCHIVE and/or REDISTRIBUTE structure connection tables.
**	For practice and teaching purposes; no additional charge for ARCHIVE or REDISTRIBUTE of records.
***	ARCHIVE purchase required only if your worldwide organization exceeds archive of more than 50,000 CAS records in one calendar year; REDISTRIBUTE purchase required only if you redistribute search results to more than 50 users in your work group and/or more than 5 users outside your work group in your worldwide organization; see HELP USAGETERMS online or CAS Information Use Policies for details.