Indexing and abstracting service
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An abstracting service is a service that provides abstracts of publications, often on a subject or group of related subjects, usually on a subscription basis.[1] An indexing service is a service that assigns descriptors and other kinds of access points to documents. The word indexing service is today mostly used for computer programs, but may also cover services providing back-of-the-book indexes, journal indexes, and related kinds of indexes. An indexing and abstracting service is a service that provides shortening or summarizing of documents and assigning of descriptors for referencing documents.[2]
The product is often an abstracts journal or a bibliographic index, which may be a subject bibliography or a bibliographic database
See also
- Bibliography
- Citation index
- Guide to information sources
- List of academic databases and search engines
- Subject indexing
References
External links
- American Society of Indexers: https://web.archive.org/web/20111128132758/http://www.asindexing.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
- Society of Indexers (UK): http://www.indexers.org.uk/