Chemical Abstracts Service Source

CASSI Cumulative (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index), Chemical Abstracts Service, American Chemical Society, Columbus, Ohio, 1991. 

Titles of periodicals are defined as in the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI), except that full stops have been omitted after each abbreviated word. Abbreviations of words in the texts of Chapters 4, 5 and 6 are those in common use and are self evident, e.g. distn, filtd, cone and vac are used for distillation, filtered, concentrated and vacuum. 

Abbreviations of titles of periodicals are defined as in the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI). Other abbreviations are self evident (see Chapter 1, p. 30). 

Information was gleaned from each original publication except where an additional reference to Chemical Abstracts is included. Each citation of a Russian journal or Angewandte Chemie refers to the original Russian or German version, not to any subsequent English translation. Abbreviations for journal titles are those recommended in the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (1994) and quarterly supplements. 

Further steps toward universality are taken by the replacement of element and compound names wherever possible by symbols and formulas, and by adding to data in older units their recalculated SI equivalents. The usefulness of the reference sections has been increased by giving journal-title abbreviations according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, by listing in each reference all of its authors and by accompanying references to patents and journals that may be difficult to access by their Chemical... 

Acronym for the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. 

Abbreviations and acronyms are short forms of single words (e.g., M for molar) or multiple words (e.g., NMR for nuclear magnetic resonance). In abbreviations, the individual letters are usually pronounced (e.g., A-C-S for American Chemical Society) in acronyms, the letters form a new word (e.g., CASSl for Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index). Compound labels are used to represent chemical compounds. (See also chapter 3 and The ACS Style Guide for more information on abbreviations and acronyms.)... 

A list of journal codes in alphabetical order, together with the journals to which they refer, is given immediately following these notes. Journal names are abbreviated throughout using the CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index) system. 

The journal name is an essential component of a periodical reference citation. Abbreviate the name according to the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index... 

Check the title page, front and back, for the publisher s name and location. Names and addresses of publishers are also listed in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, 1907-2004 Cumulative, pp 211-391. 

This appendix lists the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, or CASSI, abbreviations for more than 1000 of the most commonly cited journals. Note that some journals of the same name are published in more than one city. Authors should check the journal name carefully and include the city to prevent misunderstanding. 

Abbreviations CAS, Chemical Abstract Service. Source Budavari (1989)... 

For reasons of economy of space, some volumes usually treated in this serial publication as books are styled as periodicals [as recommended by CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index of the American Chemical Society)]. For example, Chem. Heterocycl. Compd. refers to the Weissberger-Taylor series The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds published by Wiley (Interscience) Alkaloids (London) is the Specialist Periodical Report, covering that subject, of the Chemical Society (London). 

The various abstract indexes discussed above contain item numbers that refer directly to an abstract in one of the abstract volumes. If the abstract indicates that the research results are of interest, the original journal article should be consulted whenever possible, even if the abstract gives the desired information. If a cited journal article is especially pertinent but not available locally, a reproduction can be obtained through interlibrary loan services. The availability of all journals abstracted in Chemical Abstracts is listed in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, published by the American Chemical Society. 

Out of the hundreds of different research periodicals currently being pubhshed, those listed below describe research of special interest to physical chemists. A very complete tabulation of periodicals, the correct abbreviation of their titles, and their distribution in American and selected foreign libraries can be found in Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index. Issues after the mid-1990s of almost all these selected journals are available on the Internet under licenses to research libraries. 

The Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index, commonly referred to as CASSI, gives details of the journals and related literature cited in Chemical Abstracts since 1907. In addition, CASSI contains entries for those publications covered by Chemische Zentralblatt and its predecessors from 1830-1969 and the publications cited by Beilstein prior to 1907. The most recent printed cumulative edition of CASSI spanned the period 1907-2004. Printed supplements to CASSI were published quarterly from 2005 to 2009. The fourth quarterly supplement each year cumulated and replaced the preceding three supplements, and was effectively an annual update. Publication of the printed edition of CASSI ceased in 2009, but CASSI remains available and updated in a searchable CD-ROM format (CASSI on CD, first produced in the 1990s). 

CASSl abbreviated title. CASSI (the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index) includes details on all journals cited in Chemical Abstracts since 1907, together with some cited in Beilstein and Chemisches Zentralblatt back to 1830. CASSl gives an abbreviated title for each journal, and these are widely used and recognised. ... 

Having obtained a reference from various sources or searches, one often needs to consult the original journal (the location of patents is discussed on p. ). The first step is to ascertain the full name of the journal, since it is the abbreviation that is generally given. Of course, everyone should be familiar with the abbreviations of the very important journals, such as J. Org. Chem., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and so on, but references are often found to journals whose titles are not at all familiar (e.g., K. Skogs Lantbruksakad. Tidskr. or Nauchn. Tr. Mosk. Lesotekh. Inst.). In such cases, one consults the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI), with the most recent abbreviations in bold print. CASSI is available in a 1907-2004 cumulative, containing information 80,000 serial and nonserial publications. CASSI also lists journals covered by Chemisches Zentralblatt and its predecessors... 

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