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ERIC Number: EJ513865
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0160-0044
Information Epidemics and Science Collections.
Tabah, Albert N.
Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, v32 p127-36 1995
Discussion of scientific literature growth focuses on implications for library collection development. Information epidemics, or dramatic points of growth, are examined in "Physics Abstracts"; a case study from the superconductivity literature is presented; and the distribution between the growth of journal articles, conference papers, and other types of publications is examined. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citation Analysis, Conference Proceedings, Information Transfer, Library Collection Development, Publications, Scholarly Journals, Science Libraries, Scientific and Technical Information, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Information Overload; Journal Articles; Physics Abstracts; Superconductivity
Note: Paper presented at the ASIS Annual Meeting (58th, Chicago, IL, October 9-12, 1995).