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The Evolution of secondary sources of information in chemistry

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Secondary sources of scientific information (reference books, abstract journals, databases, etc.) are the product of professional analytical processing of primary information. They briefly convey the content of the original source or some essential data from it. Their appearance and development are closely related to the accumulation of large volumes of scientific information and the urgent need of scientists for effective tools for navigating the necessary data and tracking the level of development of science. The most authoritative search platforms for chemical information are SciFinder and Reaxys. They have successfully passed a century of development from a printed abstract publication to modern search platforms that provide text and structured search in several databases, with the ability to integrate with primary sources and export data in various formats. Both systems have become indispensable components without which modern scientific research in the field of chemistry is unthinkable. SciFinder and Reaxys are available to scientists from leading Russian research institutes and universities. The development path, features of information indexing and the possibility of using each of the systems are considered in this work.

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Yulia Evdokimenkova
Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation


Natalya Soboleva
Library for Natural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation


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