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Weekly News Digest
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August 30, 2004 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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EBSCOhost Offers Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts
EBSCO Publishing (http://www.ebsco.com) announced the availability of Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts (IPCA) via the EBSCOhost interface. The release of IPCA rounds out a new suite of complementary databases available via EBSCOhost entitled the EBSCO Technical Package. This collection comprises five databases: Inspec, IPCA, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (ISTA), Computer Science Index (CSI), as well as a complementary full-text component. EBSCO claims that this collection of databases provides a comprehensive compilation of abstracts and indexing for the top journals in various fields of electronic information management and computer science. EBSCO acquired the IPCA and ISTA files in July 2003 from Information Today, Inc. (http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=16661).Internet & Personal Computing Abstracts (formerly Microcomputer Abstracts) provides abstracts and indexing for literature related to personal computing products and developments in business, the Internet, the home, and all other applied areas. This resource contains content coverage that extends back to the 1980s. More than 400 trade publications, mainstream computer magazines, and professional journals are covered, including those that focus on specific topics such as Macintosh & Windows platforms, programming, Web development, and more. Special emphasis is also given to hardware and software reviews. The product includes content from such titles as Byte.com, PC World, Macworld, and Linux Journal. The product also includes editor-selected articles from hundreds of popular magazine titles. Source: EBSCO Publishing
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