What additional Thomson Scientific value-add abstracts are available?
Approximately 750,000 additional abstracts are now available in a text searchable format for the first time. The time period covered is 1995 to 1999. These “Documentation Abstracts” were the longest form of value-add abstracts prepared at the time and have been indexed in the DO field. In 1999, Thomson Scientific introduced the Extension Abstract which has been available since that time in the XA field on Dialog. Documentation Abstracts and Extension Abstracts are available in File 350 only.
Approximately 750,000 additional abstracts have been made available in a text searchable format for the first time. The time period covered is 1995-1999. These “Documentation Abstracts” were the longest form of value-add abstracts prepared at the time and have been indexed in the ABDT field (Abstract, Documentation). In 1999 Thomson Scientific introduced the Extension Abstract which has been available since that time in the ABEX field on STN.
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