January 5, 2001, Medford, NJ — Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announced that Information Science Abstracts (ISA) has begun coverage of e-journals in the information science field. The current issue of ISA, Volume 35 Issue 8, is a special issue exclusively devoted to coverage of the complete runs of several e-journals. As part of an ongoing quality improvement program, the addition of e-journals represents a significant coverage enhancement for ISA and an important step forward in its coverage of the field of information science.

ISA editor Donald Hawkins said, “In the past several years, the Internet has become recognized as a global publishing platform, and electronic journals in a wide range of subject areas have sprung up. Information science is no exception, and we now find a significant portion of its literature appearing in e-journals.”

The selection criteria for the e-journals to be covered in ISA include having an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) and containing substantial research or review articles in the field. The e-journals included in this issue are Ariadne, D-Lib Magazine, First Monday, Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, Journal of Library Services for Distance Education, LIBRES: Library and Information Science 
Research, PACS-R: Public Access Computer Systems Review, and Review of Information Science. Other e-journals will be added in future issues of ISA.

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Information Science Abstracts Edited by Donald T. Hawkins and Lynn A. Murray Information Science Abstracts (ISA) covers the science, management, and technology of information through the abstracting of pertinent books, journals, and conference proceedings. ISA contains abstracts relevant to library science and information science from more than 450 publications dating back to 1966. Information Science Abstracts currently provides coverage of topics, including abstracting and indexing, classification, online information retrieval, information management, library administration, research methods, and more. The final issue of each volume contains the helpful subject and author annual indexes. With over 263,000 records, Information Science Abstracts is an exceptional information science source for librarians, information scientists, and information professionals.  Volume 36 (2001)/9 issues a year/ISSN 0020-0239 1 year $725.00 Outside U.S. $835.00 in U.S. funds