Subject: New Index Chemicus Database

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 11:13:32 -0500

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Barbara L.Sherf
(215) 386-0100, ext. 1396
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 INDEX CHEMICUS(r) DATABASE KEEPS ORGANIC CHEMISTS ON TOP OF

                        NEW COMPOUNDS

     PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA -- December 22, 1995 -- The

Institute for Scientific Information(r) (ISI) now offers

Index Chemicus as a searchable database, allowing scientists

to more easily keep on top of developments in the field of

chemistry.

     The Index Chemicus relational database provides

electronic access to structures, bibliographic data, and

concise summaries of articles from over 100 organic

chemistry journals from around the world.  It indexes more

than 200,000 new organic compounds per year.  Unlike other

structure databases, it also includes English-language

author abstracts.

    "The increasing flood of scientific information makes

it harder than ever to keep up with organic chemistry,"

noted Thomas Kelly, Vice President and General Manager of

Chemical Products.  "The Index Chemicus database selects

important new compounds from over 100 organic chemistry

journals.  Monthly updates ensure that researchers have

access to the latest results that they can't afford to

miss."

     Searchers can now access the database using the ISIS(tm)

search and retrieval platform, giving them the ability to search on

all structures, as well as related textual data stored in the

ORACLE(r) relational database management system.

Index Chemicus also:

o  Allows for searching on a variety of indexes, so that

  the researcher can look up papers of interest by compound,

  institution, or keyword.

o  Notes activity reported for over 500 types of screens,

   allowing chemists to quickly find compounds with the

   bioactivities they are interested in.

o  Contains thousands of compounds and synthetic

   intermediates not found in any other database.

     Index Chemicus is updated monthly, with data going back

to 1993.  The availability of Index Chemicus on ISIS and

ORACLE is part of an ongoing expansion of the ISI Chemical

Information Products Division.  Other chemical information

products include the Reaction Citation Index(tm), Current

Chemical Reactions(r), The Chemistry Citation Index(r), and

Current Contents(r)/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences.

      The Institute for Scientific Information has been

publishing current awareness products, such as Current

Contents(r), for more than thirty-five years.  ISI also

produces cited reference products such as the Science

Citation Index(r).  Document delivery from The Genuine

Article is available with all of the research databases

provided by ISI.

    ISI is headquartered in Philadelphia and has offices

throughout the world.  For more information, visit ISI's

home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.isinet.com; e-

mail [email-masked]; or write, call, or fax one of the

locations listed below:

Institute for Scientific Information, Inc.
3501 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
Telephone: 1-800-336-4474; at the prompt, press
2 or  +001-215-386-0100
Fax: +001-215-386-2911

In Europe, Africa and the Middle East:

ISI European Branch
Brunel Science Park, Brunel University
Uxbridge UB8 3 PQ U.K.
Telephone: +44-1895-270016
Fax:           +44-1895-256710

In Japan:

ISI Japan
Ark Mori Bldg. 30 F
1-12-32 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107 Japan
Telephone: +81-3-5562-3571
Fax: +81-3-5562-3564
Contact: Ms. Ayako Willen, General Manager