Closing the Gap in Chemical Documentation

Autor:	G. Malcolm Dyson
Rok vydání:	1960
Předmět:	Engineering business.industry First language Variable size media_common.quotation_subject Chemical abstracts service Closing (real estate) General Medicine Epistemology Wonder Documentation Index (publishing) Law Content (Freudian dream analysis) business media_common
Zdroj:	Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 38:70-74
ISSN:	2157-4936 0009-2347
DOI:	10.1021/cen-v038n019.p070
Popis:	Should you ask "What gap?" the answer is the gap between the publication of new chemical matter and its general availability for consultation in abstract and index form. This is the answer in principle, even if on analysis the problem proves more complex. Chemists would like to have their information on the day of publication, neatly translated into their mother tongue and packaged in quanta which differ from those of the physicist in being of infinitely variable size and content. With this illusory target in mind, no wonder many chemists manifest a spirit of discontent with traditional publications. In Chemical Abstracts Service, we are continually being asked what we are doing to "close the gap." The purpose of this article is to tell you what we are doing. We must first realize, however, that Chemical Abstracts is a living organism—unique and therefore not available for direct experiment. To try drastic ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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