see more details in agricultural research: a review of concepts and practices (J. Farrington
and A. Martin, ODI Occasional Paper No. 9). In the introduction, four specialized areas of
participatory research are given particular attention: rapid rural appraisal rapid rural …

Analytical Abstracts, a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has been studied to
determine how well it reflects the fieldof analytical chemistry. Its coverage is generally good,
although one shortcoming was noted. Analytical Abstracts provides less than complete …

This study focuses on the status of analytical chemistry publications among the member
states of the European Union (EU) during the cumulative 7-year period 1993–1999. For
assessing the scientific publication productivity in analytical chemistry and its impact among …

The quality of analytical method information represented in full research papers, short
communications and their abstracts published in Analytical Abstracts was investigate. The
40 selected papers described new quantitative analytical methods and appeared in six of …

This paper is a follow-up of a previous one dealing with the “Image of Analytical Chemistry
as Reflected in the Analytical Abstracts Database: Journal Coverage, Concentration and
Dispersion of the Analytical Literature”(J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 1993, 33, 164− 173). It …

Analytical Abstracts is a valuable literature tool for information scientists and chemists. It
became available on CDROM two years ago. This article will show how to search the
CDROM version in detail by working through five worked examples. Between them, these …

THE purpose of this note is to summarise, and to comment on, the findings of the recent
survey of subscribers to Analytical Abstracts. The Society's aim in commissioning the survey
was to discover in what directions it should seek to develop Analytical Abstracts during the …

The following is a member of a continuing series of articles providing either a personal view
of part of one discipline in analytical chemistry (its present state, where it may be leading,
etc.), or a philosophical look at a topic of relevance to chemists in general or analytical  …

… is the first stop for analytical scientists. Offering coverage on all areas of analytical and
bioanalytical science. With a fresh new look, including improved search and results features,
Analytical Abstracts offers an excellent online service. Published on 11 July 2012 …

Prefatory Note.-The summary of current pre-Cambrian literature beginning in this number,
which will continue in following numbers, though probably not consecutively, is made upon
somewhat different principles from those ordinarily used. The fundamental ideas of the plan …