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Logernaut · 05-01-2009, 09:46 PM

Everytime I veer off the beaten path and explore my universities library, I'm amazed by the vast amount of knowledge availabe at my fingertips.

I stumbled upon a section in my library that features several large book shelves full of dozens of books called "Chemical Abstracts." Organized chronologically by date then letter, the collecton includes what appears, upon first glance, to be some sort of reference to every chemical synthesized by man.

Can anyone with some chemistry background explain what these abstracts are used for?

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Logernaut Old School Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: TX Posts: 278 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Chemical Abstracts Everytime I veer off the beaten path and explore my universities library, I'm amazed by the vast amount of knowledge availabe at my fingertips. I stumbled upon a section in my library that features several large book shelves full of dozens of books called "Chemical Abstracts." Organized chronologically by date then letter, the collecton includes what appears, upon first glance, to be some sort of reference to every chemical synthesized by man. Can anyone with some chemistry background explain what these abstracts are used for?