DIFFUSION OF ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED RESEARCH

Abstract

Diffusion and utilization of scientific and technical information appear to be prime variables influencing individual corporate as well as national economic growth. The circumscribed yet important role played by abstracting and indexing services in the diffusion process was noted and the distribution and use patterns of the federally-produced abstracting and indexing services of NSA, STAR, TAB, and USGRDR were analyzed on the basis of available recipient population data and through use of the questionnaire method. The research-oriented nonrecipient population was identified and some of its characteristics determined and compared with those of the recipient population. The analysis, while confined primarily to the United States, took cognizance of the distribution and use made of abstracting and indexing services within a number of Soviet bloc countries which rely heavily upon such services as basic media for scientific and technological communication.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0666091

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  • Irving M. Klempner

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