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Using the CAS Registry File on STN

Using the CAS Registry File on STN (~195K PDF file) is a general purpose introduction to online searching in REGISTRY and LREGISTRY. Structure searching is not included.

If you are using this manual to teach others, you can also use a slide presentation (~123K PDF file).

Answers to Practice Problems (~98K PDF file) are also available.

(Adobe Reader is required for viewing PDF files.)

Contents of the manual:

• Preface
• Lesson 1 - Overview of the REGISTRY Database
• Lesson 2 - Searching Chemical Names
• Lesson 3 - Searching Name Segments
• Lesson 4 - Searching Molecular Formula
• Lesson 5 - Searching for Salts
• Lesson 6 - Searching for Mixtures
• Lesson 7 - Searching for Stereoisomers
• Section 8 - Supplementary Information
• Section 9 - Costs of Searching in REGISTRY
• Section 10 - Practice Problems in REGISTRY and LREGISTRY

Hard copies of this manual, answers to the practice problems, and materials cited in the lessons are available from CAS Customer Care.

Quoting or copying of material from this publication for educational purposes is encouraged, providing that acknowledgement is made that Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) is the source of the material.