Chemical Abstracts 1.0

This HTML-based presentation provides students with background and directions on how to use the Chemical Abstracts.

Some color coded excerpts of the Chemical Abstracts are used to show the student how to interpret the information presented in an abstract and in the indices.

The "Completing the lab" section refers to instructions for completion of a particular exercise in the General Chemistry Laboratory course in which students are required to use the Chemical Abstracts.

Table of contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Background
• CA organization
• Interpreting the CA citation/abstract
• Using the CA indexes
  • Index Guide
  • Author Index
  • General Subject Index
  • Chemical Substance Index
• Completing the lab