August 26, 2002, Medford, NJ — Information Today, Inc. (ITI) announces that researchers and practitioners in the field of information science now have access to Information Science Abstracts (ISA) through the search interface EBSCOhost^®, a provider of integrated information resources and management solutions.

Information Science Abstracts, published by Information Today, Inc., is designed to promote the science, management, and technology of information through the abstracting of pertinent books, journals, e-journals, conference proceeding, reports, and patents.  ISA is published nine times a year and has provided worldwide library and information science records from more than 450 publications dating back to 1966. Some of the topics covered in ISA include abstracting and indexing, classification, online information retrieval, information management, electronic publishing, research methods, and more. 

With the inclusion of ISA to the growing collection of EBSCO secondary databases, its database users can take advantage of EBSCO SmartLinks™ and CustomLinks™, available at no additional charge with any EBSCO database subscription.  These features allow searchers to link instantly from a citation in the result list to the corresponding full text in other EBSCO databases or electronic journals to which the library subscribes, as well as to the library’s OPAC, online ILL forms or services, and several document-delivery services.  Donald Hawkins, editor-in-chief of ISA said, “We are very pleased to welcome EBSCO as a provider of the ISA database.  The combination of the important information science data provided in Information Science Abstracts and the powerful searching, linking, reporting, and customization features of the EBSCOhost^® interface is a significant enhancement for end-users.”

Information Today, Inc., based in Medford, New Jersey, is a leading publisher and conference organizer in the information and knowledge management communities. The company is best known for its line of periodicals, with flagship publications Information Today and Computers in Libraries, and its conferences, including Internet Librarian, Computers in Libraries, and InfoToday.  For further information, contact Information Today, Inc., 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055; call 609-654-6266; fax 609-654-4309; or e-mail custserv@infotoday.com.