Document (#12449)

Author

Mountifield, H.M.

Title

Electronic current awareness service : a survival tool for the information age?

Source

Electronic library. 13(1995) no.4, S.317-324

Year

1995

Abstract

Briefly defines the basic requirements of effective current awareness services and reviews a range of currently available services, including: Current Contents; UnCover; Elsevier Science Publishers' services such as CONTENTS-Alert and CoDAS; Springer Verlag Science Publisher's Springer Journals Preview Service; OCLC; online hosts (such as STN and DIALOG); and periodical subcription agents, such as EBSCO Information Services. Concludes with a listing of the criteris for evaluation of current awareness services, including: currency or timeliness; coverage; cost; ease of use; and document delivery

Object

Current Contents
UnCover
CONTENTS-Alert
CoDAS

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