"Access" is an indexing, abstracting, and information retrieval service that covers published and non-print information on environmental pollution, conservation, and related fields. It provides an overview of the environmental reporting of more than 1000 scholarly, scientific, industrial, technical, and general periodicals and major newspapers;…

Access is an indexing, abstracting, and information retrieval service that covers published and non-print information on environmental pollution, conservation, and related fields. It provides an overview of the environmental reporting of more than 1000 scholarly, scientific, industrial, technical, and general periodicals and major newspapers;…

Access is an indexing, abstracting, and information retrieval service that covers published and non-print information on environmental pollution, conservation, and related fields. It provides an overview of the environmental reporting of more than 1000 scholarly, scientific, industrial, technical, and general periodicals and major newspapers;…

Access is an indexing, abstracting, and information retrieval service that covers published and non-print information on environmental pollution, conservation, and related fields. It provides an overview of the environmental reporting of more than 1000 scholarly, scientific, industrial, technical, and general periodicals and major newspapers;…

ACCESS is an indexing, abstracting, and information retrieval service that covers published and non-print information on environmental pollution, conservation, and related fields. It provides an overview of the environmental reporting of more than 1000 scholarly, scientific, industrial, technical, and general periodicals and major newspapers;…

A description of the history, coverage, and capabilities of this index is intertwined with an explanation of indexes and indexing processes such as editing, production, development and planning, and publicity. Current difficulties and the future of indexes in Canada are discussed. (JAB)

Because the quantity of publication in all educational disciplines has been mushrooming at an alarming rate, it is crucial to provide some way of keeping track of what has been written in the various journals and books being published in every province. Abstracts and indexes are the chief means of doing this. The "Canadian Education…

This study investigated the accuracy of these services: whether they excluded sources in which a journal was actually indexed; and whether the journals accurately reported which services indexed them. (Author/JAB)

Three online databases that provide information on regional, state, and local business news are compared in terms of publications indexed, indexing guidelines, record structure, span of coverage, currency, and availability. (CLB)

Describes a study that tested the status-role hypothesis by examining the citation networks of geographic journals at distinct time points. The need to consider time factors and disciplinary conditions when interpreting clustering representations is discussed. (25 references) (CLB)

Discusses shortcomings of a computer program previously described (Electronic Library, April 1985) to create Keyword Out of Context (KWOC) indexes. Program modifications are described which allow indexers to edit terms as the index is being compiled so term consistency is achieved and language conventions are observed. Examples are presented. (MBR)

Discusses the development of literary and linguistic computing from the compilation by Roberto Busa of an index and concordance of St. Thomas Aquinas, through the inauguration of the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing in the 1970s, to the recent formation of the Association for Computers in the Humanities. (SED)

Briefly reviews problems in the cataloging of conference proceedings and their treatment by major cataloging codes, and discusses results of examination of citations to 50 conference papers in field of chemistry delivered in 1970 to ascertain implications of current citation practices for the cataloging of conference proceedings. (17 references)…

Provides description of principal database sources for information on current events--newspaper indexes (e.g., INFORMATION BANK, VU/TEXT, NEWSPAPER INDEX); magazine databases (e.g., NEXIS-MAGS, MAGAZINE ASAP); wire service databases (e.g., NewsNet, WIRES, NEWS); and reference databases (encyclopedias, yearbooks, FACTS ON FILE). A list of the 37…

Summarizes current status of and concerns about automation in the academic microform publishing industry in two areas: automation of film production (computer-aided design, computer-assisted retrieval, computer-output microfilm) and automation of bibliographic control information (order-management systems, production of printed indexes,…