AbstractOn‐line services offered by “Fachinformationszentrum Chemie” to the chemical engineer.An introduction to some basic concepts of computerized literature searches is followed by an account of the data stores at “Fachinformationszentrum Chemie”, insofar as they are of interest to chemical engineers. An example of a dialogue search is presented. Some data banks of affiliated organizations and other information centres are then presented. In conclusion current developments and especially EURONET are c