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News Release from: FIZ Karlsruhe, STN Europe | Subject: GetInfo
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 May 2002
A new online shop opened for sci-tech
literature
A joint venture of TIB Hannover and FIZ Karlsruhe, GetInfo went online on May 12 / German research ministry furthers the setup of a central location for German research and technology information.
A joint venture of TIB Hannover and FIZ Karlsruhe, GetInfo went online on May 12 / German research ministry furthers the setup of a central port of call in the internet for the provision of information to German research and technology / authors and publishers are to submit manuscripts directly Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ) Karlsruhe and Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) Hannover are pleased to announce the launch of a unique online shop in the internet, on May 12, dedicated to the supply of electronic and print publications in all areas of science and technology The special advantage of the new GetInfo service is that it encompasses all of today's publication forms, kinds of delivery, and models of offerings for sci-tech specialist literature of a multitude of publishers and authors - all through one single internet access
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Jun 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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GetInfo combines library lending, electronic single articles sale of journal articles, subscription models, free publications from universities, institutes, and companies, as well as individual literature provision through experienced specialists.
This new literature broker service is a move initiated by public enterprise and specialists in the field in order to help smooth the ever faster growing transition from print to electronic documents.
GetInfo is being supported by the German ministry of education and research in the framework of the German federal government's programme "Digital Library".
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A central task of GetInfo is the setup and enhancement of a full-text server providing digitized documents and convenient search options using the bibliographic data of the content.
Scientific authors and publishers are offered the possibility to submit their documents directly to GetInfo for indexing, online availability, long-term archiving and marketing.
The new online literature shop is the result of a merger of two well-known electronic document delivery services, TIBORDER of TIB Hannover, and FIZ AutoDoc of FIZ Karlsruhe.
Hence GetInfo offers online technology, functionalities, and service that have been continuously developed over the years to meet customers' needs and proved effective.
This technology will enable users, among other things, to order primary literature directly from the TIB catalogue and in the near future even from one of STN International's specialist databases while in an online session.
Orders of publications that are not available in TIB's holdings are carried out by major international libraries with whom FIZ Karlsruhe and TIB Hannover maintain cooperation agreements: - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek fuer Medizin (ZBMED), Cologne, including specialist.
library for nutrition and environment, Bonn, Germany.
- Senckenbergische Bibliothek (SeB), Frankfurt/M., Germany.
- INIST, Nancy, France.
- BLDSC (British Library) in Boston Spa, UK.
- RSC Library and Information Centre, London, UK.
In addition, renowned international publishers and information providers participate in GetInfo, such as - The American Institute of Physics of the American Physical Society, MD, U.S.A.
- Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, Basel, Switzerland.
- Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
- Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich, Germany.
Further scientific publishers will be added in the future.
In total, 50,000 current journals, among them 522 in electronic version, can be accessed.
Using the GetInfo "Browse eJournals" functionality, customers can conveniently browse the indices of these journals for free.
Moreover, GetInfo cooperates with national and international universities and research institutions with the purpose of making available technical research literature.
This so-called "grey literature", which is not readily accessible through commercial bookselling channels, comprises for example German research reports, papers from universities and research institutions, conference proceedings, dissertations as well as relevant preprints and reports. Request a free brochure from FIZ Karlsruhe, STN Europe ...
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