Current Awareness Literature Search Service
What It Does For You
- Saves time by collecting current information as it is published.
- Enables you to keep up with research conducted by colleagues.
- Receive lists of relevant citations delivered to you electronically or through the mail.
How It Works
A reference librarian will work with you to formulate a search question by developing a profile of subject terms, authors, etc. The topic profile is then searched each month as the database you select is updated with new records.
- Hundreds of databases are available for Current Awareness Service searching including MEDLINE, BIOSIS, Popline, Science Citation Index, PsycINFO, and many more.
- Each search produces a printout of citations and abstracts.
- E-mail of disk downloads are available.
- Payment options include departmental billing or personal check, and your choice of monthly or annual payments.
Pricing
National Library of Medicine Databases
Non-National Library of Medicine Databases
To subscribe or for more information, contact a reference librarian at (617) 638-4228 or refquest@bu.edu.