Commercial Document Suppliers

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Commercial Document Suppliers

• By Anne Marie Boyd
• Australian National University

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Infotrieve Australia

• www.infotrieve.com
• Infotrieve site has citation databases to assist
  you to find your article.
• Infotrieve is effective in finding large
  numbers of articles quickly.
• Monthly payments system is easy and efficient.

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CISTICanada Institute for Scientific and
Technical Information

• www.nrc.ca/cisti
• Strong in sciences, engineering, technology,
  medicine, and in conference proceedings.
• Search in more than one way if you dont find
  your item as cited, especially for conference
  material.
• Very efficient at supplying URGENT requests for
  articles.

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BLDSC British Library Document Supply Centre

• http//www.bl.uk/
• Huge collection.
• Good for borrowing British doctoral theses.
• Strong holdings of conferences.
• Good for URGENT article requests.
• Online Document Supply form is easy to use.
• Excellent Payment system for registered clients.

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New York Public Library

• http//www.nypl.org/
• Useful for rare items.
• Can supply articles promptly.
• NYPL Express has online request form.
• Requires pre-payment. Will send details.
• Prices listed on website.
• Has a research service available.

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Subito

• www.subito-doc.com
• 32 libraries in Germany and Austria.
• Good source of items not found in Kinetica, worth
  checking, fairly quick supplier, delivers
  electronically if you wish and has items for
  loan, not too expensive.
• Individuals libraries can make requests.

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