Chemical Abstracts (Chem Abstracts)Chemical Abstracts is a periodical published by the American Chemical Society from 1907 to 2009 that aimed to abstract all contemporaneous scientific and technical papers dealing with chemistry and chemical engineering, as well as relevant patents. It is a major resource for accessing the historical chemistry literature.
The J.W. England Library holds volumes 1-131 (1907-1999) in its collection, including indexes to the volumes of abstracts. Though Chemical Abstracts is no longer printed, its role of providing access to the chemical literature is carried on by the SciFinder database.