CAS Source Index

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The CAS Source Index, generally known as CASSI is a listing of the bibliographic details of journals and other periodicals indexed in Chemical Abstracts. It was originally published in paper form, but this was discontinued in 2010.[1] It is available as an electronic database with other Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) products or as a free-standing CD-ROM: basic information is also available as a free web service.

A major use of CASSI is to determine the correct abbreviation for a journal title. Most chemical journals require journal titles to be abbreviated in line with Chemical Abstracts usage,[Note 1] which also ensures compatibility with ISO 4.[2]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Depending on the journal, there may be some leeway on abbreviations: Nature and Science are usually referred to by their simple names, although Chemical Abstracts has to disambiguate the abbreviations to Nature (London, U. K.) and Science (Washington, DC, U. S.) respectively.

References

  1. ↑ CAS Source Index (CASSI); Chemical Abstracts Service, <http://www.cas.org/products/print/cassipr/index.html>. (accessed 26 August 2010).
  2. ↑ International Standard ISO 4:1997 – Information and documentation – Rules for the abbreviation of title words and titles of publications; International Organization for Standardization, 1997.

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