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SciFinder Scholar retrieves information contained in databases produced by Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) as well as the MEDLINE® database of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

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*Reference Databases*
CAplusSM	Literature from 1907 to the present plus selected pre-1907 references. Sources include journals, patents, conference proceedings, dissertations, technical reports, books, and more. CAplus covers a wide spectrum of science-related information, including chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, and related sciences.
MEDLINE	Biomedical literature from more than 4,780 journals and 70 countries, covering literature from 1950 to the present.
Structure Database
REGISTRYSM	Specific chemical substances, including organic and inorganic compounds, sequences, coordination compounds, polymers, and alloys covering 1957 to the present, with some classes going back to the early 1900s.
Reaction Database
CASREACT®	Reaction information for single- and multiple-step reactions from 1907 to the present.
Commercial Source Database
CHEMCATS®	Chemical source information, including supplier addresses and pricing information derived from current chemical catalogs and libraries.
Regulatory Database
CHEMLIST®	Regulatory information records from 1979 to the present, including substance identity information, inventory status, sources, and compliance information.

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Documents	Title Author/inventor Company name/corporate source/patent assignee Publication year Source, publication, date, publisher, volume, issue, pagination, CODEN, ISSN Patent identification, including patent, application, priority, and patent family information Abstract of the article or patent Indexing Supplementary terms Citations Substances, sequences, and reactions discussed within the document
Substances	Chemical name CAS Registry Number® Molecular formula Structure diagram Sequence information, including GenBank® and patent annotations Property data Commercial source information from chemical supplier catalogs Regulatory information Editor notes Documents in which the substance is referenced Reactions in which the substance participates A list of other publicly available databases from STN, for related information
Reactions	Reaction diagrams, including reactants, products, reagents, catalysts, solvents, and step notes Document in which the reaction is referenced Substance details Additional reactions, references, commercial sources, and regulatory information for all reaction participants Notes ("One reaction per reference" presentation scheme only) Number of hit reactions in the reference