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Lancaster, F. W.; Neway, Julie M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1982
Discusses the developments that have positively or adversely affected abstracting and indexing services over the past several decades, addressing such topics as the impact of computers and the migration from print-on-paper to online information provision. Forecasts for the near and long-term future are made and a reference list is included. (JL)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Costs, Data Processing, Databases