Teaching Chemical Information:
Tips and Techniques

— August 1998 —

Chemical Abstracts (Print): Authors by last name and initials

Since CA indexers cannot always distinguish authors with the same initials, they alphabetize by last name and initials, even where the full name is spelled out!

Examples:

• Ellis, A.
• Ellis, Arthur Baron
• Ellis, A. D.
• Ellis, Anthony Ewart
• Ellis, Avery K.
• Ellis, Andrew Michael
• Ellis, Albert T.

Grace Baysinger, Head Librarian and Bibliographer
Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library, Stanford University Libraries
graceb@stanford.edu