Getting to Know LISA and Other Thoughts on Abstracting.

Purcell, Royal

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Publication Date: 1990

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Getting to Know LISA and Other Thoughts on Abstracting.

Purcell, Royal

Library Software Review, v9 n6 p357-62 Nov-Dec 1990

Compares "Library Literature" with "Library and Information Science Abstracts" (LISA) and outlines searching LISA on the SilverPlatter CD-ROM. Use of indexes and abstracts to aid information retrieval is explained; abstracting services are described; and five steps in writing an abstract are listed. Abstracts and annotations are compared, and abstracts are characterized as oriented, indicative, informative, telegraphic, indicative-informative, or critical. (SD)

Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Indexes, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Scholarly Journals

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Language: English

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