• Author Index (weekly, semiannually, every five years)
• Keyword Index (weekly issues)
• Patent Index (equivalent patents from various countries) (weekly, semiannually, every five years)
• Chemical Substance Index (semiannually and every five years)
• Formula Index (semiannually and every five years)
• General Subject Index (semiannually and every five years)
• Index of Ring Systems (semiannually)
• Index Guide (every two to three years)
• All years are located in the Science-Technology Library (Science Index QD1.A51)

• Includes all sections of CA.
  
  
• Searchable by word, registry number, author, general subject, patent number, formula, compound, abstract number, organization, journal, language, year, document type, CA section, update. Includes patent families, also.
  
  
• Bibliographic information (Author, Title, Journal), Abstract, Indexing can be searched, printed, or saved to disk.

• All sections of CA are searchable from 1967 to the present. Certain substances are searchable from 1957 to 1966, but polymers are a major exception.
  
  
• Cost depends on the number of references you get and the format. The cost of 100 references with abstracts is approximately $30 for academic accounts. You must be a current University of Akron faculty member, staff member, or student to qualify for the academic rates. The academic rates are currently 20% of the regular rates and are subject to change at any time. Searches at academic rates must be done after 5 p.m. and before 5 a.m. or on the weekends.
  
  
• Regular rates for 2000:
  
  • Per Connect Hour..........$30 per hour
    
  • Network Fee per Hour..........$6 to $12 per hour
  • Per Search Term..........$1.40
  • Bibliographic Format (Author, Title, Journal)..........82 cents per reference
  • Abstract...........62 cents per reference
  • Indexing..........25 cents per reference

• Any part of the reference is searchable, including the page numbers and volume numbers, as well as all of the indexes mentioned above for the printed and cd-rom versions of CA.
  
  
• Ask Ann Bolek to do the search for you or do it yourself with STNEasy.

• All sections of CA are searchable from 1967 to the present.
  
  
• The software is designed so that you can do the searches yourself. Searching is available 24 hours per day, except from 6 p.m., Saturday until 8 a.m., Sunday.
  
  
• The library pays for all of the costs associated with SciFinder Scholar; however, you must be a current University of Akron student, staff, or faculty member to use it.
  
  
• Click on this link to SciFinder Scholar to find out more.

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