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Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 14: Development of Abstracting Services

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Unit 14: Development of Abstracting Services

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction

14.1 Functions and Types of Patents

14.2 Ownership of Patents
14.3 Governing Laws of Patents

14.4 Criteria of Evaluation of Software for Libraries

14.5 Summary
14.6 Keywords

14.7 Review Questions

14.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Discuss the functions and types of patents
• Explain the criteria of evaluation of software for libraries.

Introduction

Development in abstracting is currently noted in: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts (ASSIA);
British Library of Development Studies DEVLINE; Bowker-Saur; CAB International; Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts-Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) and Sociological Abstracts;
Community WISE; CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts/CSA Illumine; Current Bibliography
on Africa; Development Initiatives; Dialogues pour le Progress de l’Humanité; EBSCO Publishing;
Elsevier Geo Abstracts: International Development Abstracts; Hispanic American Periodicals Index
(HAPI); Index Islamic us; International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS Online); International
Political Science Abstracts; KIT TROPAG/RURAL; Multicultural Education Abstracts; Population
information online (POPLINE); Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS); SCOPUS; Social Planning,
Policy & Development Abstracts; Sociological Abstracts; Studies on Women.

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