Session Title
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Information Resources 2001
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TheScientificWorld - Informing the Science Professional
Anita Crafts-Lighty, TheScientificWorld; United Kingdom
TheScientificWorld is an internet service providing tools and resources that enable scientists and
information professionals to create, acquire, and manage scientific knowledge. TheScientificWorld allows members to find and
purchase a scientific article from sciBase, our unique, comprehensive database of scientific literature, publish a
scientific paper for immediate global distribution in TheScientificWorld, our new e-journal covering all life
and environmental science subjects, and identify forthcoming conferences from worldMeet, our proprietary database of over
3,500 events.
Members can also receive personalized news information and set up free automatic alerts to notify them of new
scientific papers and meetings. Membership is complimentary and article purchase can be made by credit card or deposit
account. Articles are delivered electronically as PDF files from publishers or scanned images sent by email in 2+ hours.
sciBASE covers more than 12M articles in over 25,000 publications and no subscription to specific journals or the service is
required. Free daily alerts are also provided, identifying new papers and meetings that match each user's interests.
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