Re: RE Wilson's Readers Guide Abstracts

[Cletus Schirra <schirrac@LIS.PITT.EDU>]

If they won't let you preview, why would you even consider them for purchase?

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On Sun, 17 Apr 1994, Elizabeth Letterly wrote:

> We have tried another indexing/abstract service at our high school this
> school year that, when we received the invoice for the 96-97 school year,
> had raised their price almost $100.00.  There are so many citations on it
> that are difficult to get that I think we'd be better served by another.
>
> I saw a posting awhile back from another librarian saying the Wilson's was a
> good value and sent off for literature.  No preview available or that's what
> I was told.  And I've looked at their WWW site.  My questions are -- Is
> there keyword searching available?  Does it save a search history, and, if
> so, can you combine the terms of a previous search easily with another term?
> Are subject terms available on an index?
>
> This listserv is so great -- I bet I've printed and passed around a ream of
> hard copy since I subscribed.
>
> Libby Letterly -- eletterl@abelink.com
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