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<P class=style1>Among the abstracting publications that preceded CA were <EM>Chemisches Zentralblatt </EM>(1830), <EM>Bulletin de la Socit Chimique de France</EM> (1863), <EM>Journal of the Chemical Society</EM> (1871), and the<EM> Review of American Chemical Research</EM> (1895). The latter became a supplement to the <EM>Journal of the American Chemical Society</EM> in 1897, and was the immediate precursor of CA.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1907</TD>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301>William A. Noyes enlarged the <EM>Review of American Chemical Research</EM>, an abstracting publication begun by Arthur Noyes in 1895 that was the forerunner of <EM>Chemical Abstracts</EM>. When it became evident that a separate publication containing these abstracts was warranted, W. A. Noyes became the first editor of the new publication, <EM>Chemical Abstracts</EM>, which appeared in January 1907. CA was first published at the U. S. Bureau of Standards. Later, the offices moved to the University of Illinois, Urbana. </TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1907</TD>
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<P class=style1>In its first year of publication CA contained a total of fewer than 12,000 abstracts. By contrast, CA published a million abstracts in 2006. </P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1909</TD>
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<P class=style1>When Austin Patterson became the Editor of CA in 1909, he moved the editorial operation to the campus of the Ohio State University, Columbus, where he joined the faculty at the invitation of William McPherson, head of the OSU chemistry department. </P></TD></TR>
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<P class=style2>1928-1955</P></TD>
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<P class=style1>CA offices remained on the OSU campus for 56 years, 1909 to 1965, and occupied several different locations. McPherson Chemical Laboratory was home to CA from 1928 to 1955. </P></TD></TR>
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<P>1950s-1960s</P></TD>
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<P>An editorial team of global volunteers played a vital role in providing CA abstracts for many years. To help to instill the observance of rules and standards among the editorial staff, including a far-flung team of volunteer abstractors, CA Editor E. J. Crane distributed what he termed a "family bulletin" called <EM>Little CA</EM>. Initiated in May 1935, this publication continued into the 1950s. It was filled with advice, encouragement, and even verse penned by Crane himself.</P></TD></TR>
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<P>1955</P></TD>
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<P>By the mid-1950s the CA staff had outgrown their floor space in the McPherson Chemical Laboratory. ACS and OSU joined forces to construct a new CAS building, which CA occupied from 1955 to 1965. Today this campus building is called Watts Hall. </P></TD></TR>
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<P>1956</P></TD>
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<P>E. J. Crane became the first Director of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), when the organization became an ACS operational division in 1956. Crane had been CA Editor since 1915. With his deep knowledge of chemical nomenclature, he did much to develop CA indexing into a gold standard for secondary information services. </P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1958 </TD>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301>Dale B. Baker became the CAS Director upon Crane's retirement in 1958. His far-sighted view of CAS' potential led to expansion, modernization, and the forging of international alliances with other information organizations. </TD></TR>
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<P>1965</P></TD>
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<P>ACS realized much more space would be needed for the staff and equipment needed to publish CA. The Society purchased a 50 acre site north of the university in 1962. Building A was ready for occupancy in 1965. </P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1965</TD>
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<P>A new era dawned with the introduction of the CAS Chemical Registry System in 1965. Using the CAS Registry Number<SPAN class=style3><SUP></SUP></SPAN> to identify substances without the ambiguity of chemical nomenclature, the CAS REGISTRY<EM></EM> has proved to be a boon to chemical research, health and safety information, and the communication of chemical information in many media.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1966</TD>
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<P>CAS management and technical teams devised an automated processing system that not only produced printed CA issues and indexes more efficiently but also fed a computer-readable database that could generate new kinds of services. CAS was an early adopter of the new photocomposition technology, and went on to produce services in print, microform, and magnetic tape. Pictured are Milton Harris, Chairman of the ACS Board; Fred Tate, CAS Assistant Director; and Dale Baker.</P></TD></TR>
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<P>1968</P></TD>
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<P>Even before direct online input of data came into being, CAS applied the available technology to capture chemical information in computer-readable form. For example, operators keyed substance information into the Mohawk 1181 data recorder for storage on magnetic tape, which was later fed into the mainframe computer.</P></TD></TR>
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<P>1980</P></TD>
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<P>CAS ONLINE was launched in 1980, making it possible for users (primarily information specialists) to search the CAS Registry database. Users with a specific model of intelligent graphics terminal, the Hewlett-Packard 2647A, could select structure features from a menu and then assemble them on the terminal monitor using a graphics tablet and stylus. These terminals could display answers with well-drawn structure diagrams. </P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301>ACS and the German organization, FIZ Karlsruhe, signed an agreement in 1983 to cooperate in forming an international online network. STN<SPAN class=style3><SUP></SUP></SPAN>, the scientific and technical information network, was launched in 1984. The network was a new concept that made databases accessible through distributed processing on a global scale. At first, only CAS databases and Physics Briefs were accessible. Over time, many databases from a range of information providers joined STN. </TD></TR>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301><SPAN class=style1>STN Express<SUP></SUP> software provided assisted searching at the desktop and soon became the preferred interface for STN users.</SPAN> </TD></TR>
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<P>1995</P></TD>
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<P>CAS introduced the SciFinder<SPAN class=style3><SUP></SUP></SPAN> research tool in 1995 to give scientists direct access to CAS databases with no need to learn a command language. With its intuitive, graphic interface, SciFinder simplified the exploration of the world's scientific literature, patents, and substance information, and made this activity "part of the process" for research.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>1997</TD>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301>CAS recognized the possibilities of the Web to speed and simplify access to source documents (the primary literature). ChemPort<SUP> </SUP>was introduced to CAS and STN electronic services in 1997 to provide links to full-text journal articles and patents identified via online searching. </TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>2005</TD>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301><SPAN class=style1>CAS continues to develop electronic services that make scientific information more accessible and useful. STN AnaVist<EM></EM>, introduced in 2005 by CAS and FIZ Karlsruhe, enables the analysis and visualization of search results from a variety of perspectives.</SPAN> </TD></TR>
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<TD class=style2 vAlign=top align=right width=70>2007</TD>
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<TD class=style1 vAlign=top align=left width=301>CAS continues to build on it its reputation as the leading high quality information source for chemistry and related research. CAS databases today reflect the explosion of published research around the world. These now contain more than 27 million bibliographic records from journal and patent literature, accompanied by more than 170 million citations. The Registry contains more than 31 million identified molecular substances, 1.5 billion predicted and experimental properties, and nearly 12 million reactions. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
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