The authors, capitalizing on their rich experience gained in leading positions in industry, present a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of the management of chemical and related information. Equal importance is attached to scientific and patent literature. Topics considered in this timely book include the needs of the various user communities and methods to monitor, index, store and retrieve structures, chemical reactions and non-structural concepts. Emphasis is placed on data processing, database searching, database searching and recent developments in artificial intelligence applications. The book fills a gap and is mandatory reading for everyone involved in using or administering chemical information in academic and industrial research and development, patent matters or corporate management.