STN Expreses Version 8.0 gives information professionals advance analysis and security capabilities

Arlington, Va., May 22, 2005 – New features in STN Express with Discover!TM Analysis Edition (Version 8.0) will allow information professionals to present their search results in improved reports or tables while also boosting their ability to search, analyze, visualize and review the world of scientific information. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) announced the latest version of STN Express at the Patent Information Users Group Annual Meeting being held this week in Crystal City, Va.

Among other features of STN Express, Version 8.0, the Variable Group (R-Group) Analysis Tool has been enhanced with the ability to analyze multi-component chemical substances and improves researchers' ability to preview substances to ensure the inclusion of relevant structures from the CAS RegistrySM. Several other enhancements have been added for chemical structure analysis and reporting.

"The updates and additions we have made to STN Express are a direct result of customer input," said Christine McCue, Manager, Online Services - STN. "We know information professionals have to be able to present search results in reports and presentations that are easy to assemble and communicate effectively the value they bring to information analysis. The new enhancements accomplish this goal."

STN Express with Discover! Analysis Version 8.0 for Windows® includes additional new capabilities, including CAS Registry Number® and Role Report Wizard – provides an analysis of chemical substances and their corresponding CAS roles to find new areas of research Analyze Plus Wizard – provides more analysis options and editing capabilities

More secure Internet connection with Telnet encryption option

Automatic upload of individual gene sequences to DGENE and PCTGEN sequence databases, which makes searching easier

Post-processing tools provide flexible cell formatting in tables for better client presentations

An ability to export search results for use with the new STN AnaVistTM software.

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STN Express, which launched in 1988, is the most popular tool for searching the wealth of databases on the scientific and technical information network, STN®. STN is the premier online service for science and technology, offering a collection of more than 200 databases. The service is provided jointly through a North American service center, operated by CAS in Columbus, Ohio; a European service center, operated by FIZ Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany; and a Japanese service center, operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency in Tokyo.

CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is an organization of scientists creating and delivering the most complete and effective digital information environment for scientific research and discovery. CAS provides pathways to published research in the world's journal and patent literature--virtually everything relevant to chemistry plus a wealth of information in the life sciences and a wide range of other scientific disciplines--back to the beginning of the twentieth century. In addition to offering STN in North America, CAS publishes the print version of Chemical AbstractsTM (CA), related publications and CD-ROM services; operates the CAS Chemical Registry; produces a family of online databases; and offers the SciFinder® desktop research tool. The CAS web site is at http://www.cas.org.

Windows is a registered trademark if the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or in other countries. CAS, CAS Registry, Chemical Abstracts, SciFinder, STN and STN Express are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the American Chemical Society

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