Document (#9733)

Author

Mottorn, J.C.

Title

Current awareness : a review of automated tables of contents services

Source

Library management quarterly. 17(1994) no.3, S.7-9

Year

1994

Abstract

Reviews the following services: ContentsFirst from OCLC; Current Contents from ISI; CASIAS from EBSCO; Faxon Finder; and UnCover. Essential criteria for a product of this type are a minimal effort from the library or information staff to compile and disseminate the service, and low associated costs

Theme

Informationsdienstleistungen

Object

ContentsFirst
Current Contents
CASIAS
FaxonFinder

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