The ChemPort Connection is a free service that provides scientists and information professionals with links to full-text electronic documents from a large and growing group of scientific publishers, subscription agents, patent offices, and patent document services.

Documents may be available via the following full-text options:

• Your organization's document resources (requires setup by the Site Administrator)
• Web-based document resources
• Fee-based document services

For an overview of the ChemPort Connection, please visit http://www.chemport.org/.

The ChemPort Connection is provided free of charge through a collaboration of scientific journal publishers, EBSCO, MicroPatent, Chemical Abstracts Service^®, FIZ-Karlsruhe, and the Japan Association for International Chemical Information (JAICI).

The ChemPort Connection is available following search sessions on STN Easy^®, STN Easy^® for Intranets^SM, STN^® on the Web^SM, STN Express^® with Discover!^TM, SciFinder^®, SciFinder CA on CD^TM, and CA Selects^TM on the Web^SM, as well as from the ChemPort^® Reference Linking^SM Service. Requests for full text document links are fulfilled by the ChemPort Connection.

The full-text options for the document you requested are generated at the time of your request. You may see a screen that asks you to wait "One moment please" while links to the options are being generated. For a complete list of options, see the Full-text options section below.

The full-text options available vary from document to document, depending on the journal, patent country, publication year, and other factors.

Click here for a complete list of publishers and journals that participate in the ChemPort Connection.

The "Email Reference" feature is available if you are logged in to ChemPort. It is a free service that allows you to email the article title, author(s), and journal title to a colleague.

• The "Subject" line of the email is the Document Title.
• Enter the email address of the recipient(s) in the "To" and/or "Cc" fields.
• Enter your comments or message in the "Comments" field.

Note: This feature may have been disabled by your Site Administrator.

The ChemPort Connection page provides several options for obtaining the full text of the document of interest.

Your organization's document resources Link to your organization's document services If your Site Administrator has set up the In-house Link option, a link to your organization's library is displayed. Click the link to access document services within your organization. If a blue check mark () displays, the Site Administrator has confirmed that this journal is available within your organization. In-house Document Request If your Site Administrator has set up the In-house Document Request option, a link to an email request form is displayed. Click the link to access the form and submit your request.   Web-based document resources HTML and PDF Click the HTML link to access the electronic full-text article in HTML format via the publisher's web site. Click the PDF link to access the electronic full-text article in PDF format via the publisher's web site. Most publishers provide articles in PDF. Some publishers provide both HTML and PDF. If a blue check mark () displays, the Site Administrator has confirmed that your organization has purchased access to this electronic journal. In most cases, the publisher verifies your subscriber status by checking your Internet Protocol (IP) address. In some cases, you may be asked for another form of identification, such as a user name or password. Although the ChemPort Connection is free of charge, users must make their own arrangements with the publisher for access to electronic electronic articles. MicroPatent® Click the MicroPatent link to obtain the patent from MicroPatent. This option is available to MicroPatent "TOPS" subscribers. The blue check mark () indicates that you are a "TOPS" subscriber and that access to the patent is guaranteed. European Patent Office Click the esp@cenet link to access the full text of the patent or its reference document at the EPO web site. All patent documents covered by the EPO in its worldwide database are provided free of charge. United States Patent and Trademark Click the USPTO link to access the full text of the patent at the USPTO web site. All patent documents covered by the USPTO in its full-text database are provided free of charge. A free plug-in needed for viewing the USPTO full-page TIFF images is provided at the USPTO site. Japan Patent Office Click the JPO link to access the full text of the patent at the JPO web site. All patent documents covered by the JPO in its full-text database are provided free of charge. Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service Click the KIPRIS link to access the full text of the patent at the KIPRIS web site. All patent documents covered by the KIPRIS in its full-text database are provided free of charge. State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China Click the SIPO link to access the full text of the patent at the SIPO web site. All patent documents covered by the SIPO in its full-text database are provided free of charge. CrossRef Click the CROSSREF link to access electronic journal articles via CrossRef. EBSCO Click the EBSCO link to access electronic journal articles through the subscription agent EBSCO. A blue check mark () displays when this option is available. This indicates that you have been authenticated for access to the full-text electronic article. J-Stage Click the J-STAGE link to access electronic journal articles through the subscription agent J-STAGE. A blue check mark () displays when this option is available. This indicates that you have been authenticated for access to the full-text electronic article.   Fee-based document services Download Document Click the Download Document link to learn the price of the document and how to purchase it online quickly and easily. If your access to ChemPort is via SciFinder, the charge for the document will appear on you SciFinder invoice. If your access is via any STN service, the charge will appear on your STN invoice. If your access was via any other route, you will be prompted for an STN login ID and password when you click the Buy Now button. For information on establishing an STN account, visit one of the following locations (North America / Europe / Japan / Other) Order Document Click the Order Document link to order a hard copy of the article(s) of interest through CAS's Document Detective Service (for U.S. customers), FIZ-Karlsruhe Autodoc Service (for customers in Europe), or Japan Science and Technology Document Delivery Service (for customers in Japan). Delivery options include postal mail, courier services, and fax. Billing options vary by delivery service. CAS is usually able to provide copies of journal articles and patents issued during the last 25 years (some articles and patents older than 25 years are also available). CAS will exercise its best efforts to locate and provide any document copy you order. If you provide your email address, CAS will notify you within 24 hours for documents it is not able to provide. To verify the availability of a specific document, or check the status of your order, please contact the CAS Document Detective Service.

If ChemPort can identify you as an STN, STN Easy, STN Easy for Intranets, or SciFinder customer, customized ChemPort options are provided automatically. If you are not identified automatically, you can log in with an STN or STN Easy account (click the Login link on the left-hand side of the page).

For added security, even if ChemPort has identified you automatically, you may still be required to log in to use additional options for obtaining full text.

You must log in to use the Email Reference feature.

ChemPort uses your IP Address to verify your journal subscriber status with some publishers. Click here to see the IP Address that ChemPort recognizes for your computer.

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The ChemPort Connection is available from Sunday 01:00 to Saturday 22:00 Eastern Time. On the first Saturday of each month, it is only available until 17:00.

ChemPort Connection sessions time out after 20 minutes of inactivity. Once a time-out occurs, the links are no longer active.