Chemical Abstracts cumple cien años

• Autores: Luis Javier Martínez
• Localización: El profesional de la información, ISSN-e 1699-2407, ISSN 1386-6710, Vol. 16, Nº 5, 2007, págs. 481-488
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • A review of the first hundred years of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) reviews its significance and role as: (i) a witness to the changes in international scientific leadership; (ii) a classical example of scientific documentation; (iii) a general catalogue of chemical molecules in our natural and artificial world; (iv) a close ally of chemical and pharmacological industries; and (v) a paradoxically unsettled agent at a crossroads of the digital world. The uncertain future of CAS also symbolizes the uncertainty that reigns in scientific communication nowadays.