Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watdragon!abrodnik
From: abrodnik@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Andrej Brodnik (Andy))
Subject: Re: IEEE journal indexes in an machine readable format
Message-ID: <1991Jan16.034541.18740@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Summary: abstracts, indexes, ...
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <6452@munnari.oz.au>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 03:45:41 GMT
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In article <6452@munnari.oz.au> raob@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (richard oxbrow) writes:
>	Has the ``IEEE'' thought about setting up an ftp site containing an
>	index or list of contents of alls its journals on the Internet ?
>	(Having the abstracts would be -* even  nicer *-, laws permitting)

And the same question for ACM, SIAM, or even some conferences? It would be
very nice if one could simply list the index on a machine and then simply go
to library to pick up the wanted article, wouldn't it?

Andrej
 
PS: If this is impossible due to copyright, did somebody consider a
possibility to order abstracts and indexes of a journal (magazin, ...) to 
receive them through e-mail? (Of course for the lower price?)