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The American Chemical Society is a US-based, "congressionally chartered independent membership organization that represents professionals at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry and sciences that involve chemistry." Members are in academia, government and industry, and from medicine, engineering, agriculture, and related chemical and pharamaceutical businesses and industries.

The Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) is a division of the American Chemical Society that indexes and abstracts a large portion of the world’s chemical information and literature. CAS has created and maintains key collections, databases and indexes; produces and distributes tools and interfaces for managing and analyzing chemical related information; and provides an array of services to those in the field of chemistry.

CAS database products serve a variety of scientific disciplines, including biomedical, chemical, materials, and agricultural sciences and engineering. Most users of those products are in academia, the chemical industries and government agencies.

Website:

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html

Type of Organization:

Professional association

Provider Role(s):

Aggregator

Content producer

Platform provider

Posted:

Jul 22, 2013 6:35pm

Updated:

Oct 1, 2015 5:56pm

Details

Alternative Names:

ACS

Year established:

1876

Still in Operation:

Yes

Main Address:

1155 Sixteenth Street

Washington, DC 20036

United States

Subject Areas:

Health and Life Sciences

Science, Engineering and Technology

Resource Types:

Dataset

Electronic journals

CRL Analysis & Profile

Mission Statement:

Since 2007, the American Chemical Society mission has been “to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.”

According to its 1937 congressional charter, the purpose of the American Chemical Society is "to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chemistry in all its branches; the promotion of research in chemical science and industry; the improvement of the qualifications and usefulness of chemists through high standards of professional ethics, education, and attainments; the increase and diffusion of chemical knowledge; and by its meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers,

discussions, and publications, to promote scientific interests and inquiry, thereby fostering public welfare and education, aiding the development of our country’s industries, and adding to the material prosperity and happiness of our people."

History:

For a history of the American Chemical Society and its Chemical Abstracts Service, see:

Shively, Eric. “CAS Surveys Its First 100 Years” Chemical and Engineering News special issue: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/85/8524cover2.html

[1] Brnyko, Barbara. "CAS turns 100," Information Today Feb 2007 <http://www.cas.org/ASSETS/72B436BFBE3542B1BFB6E5FA4545FA53/Information%20Today%20-%20CAS%20Turns%20100.pdf>

The Society was incorporated by Public Act 358, passed by the 75th Congress, 1st Session, and approved August 25, 1937.

Governance: Board / Owners / Parent organization:

According to the ACS Constitution, the Board of Directors is composed of the President, the President-Elect, the most recent Past President (all ex officios), six District Directors, one elected from each of six geographical Districts (as provided in the Bylaws), and six Directors-at-Large, The Executive Director is a non-voting ex officio member of the Board of Directors.

The ACS consitution, bylaws and charter documents are posted at: http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/charter/bulletin-...

Access:

Access to ACS databases is by subscription only. Pricing is not published or disclosed.

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American Chemical Society Current

The American Chemical Society is a self-governed individual membership organization which has more than 161,000 members at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry. The ACS Publications Division will publish 41 peer-reviewed journals from 2013 onwards, as well as Journal of Chemical Education and the magazine C&EN News and around 35-40 new books each year.

Provider: American Chemical Society
Updated: Aug 30, 2013 4:04pm

American Chemical Society Legacy Archives

Over four hundred and sixty four thousand articles from the complete backfiles of twenty two journals published by the American Chemical Society between 1879 and 1995. Titles include some of the most highly-cited journals in the field, such as Chemical Reviews, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and the Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Provider: American Chemical Society
Updated: Oct 28, 2013 3:45pm