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AIDS Information in periodical indexes A problem of exclusion

AIDS Information in periodical indexes A problem of exclusion Indexing companies and database search services are contributing to the epidemic of ignorance surrounding HIV and AIDS. They are failing us, even killing us. Doctors, patients, students, and researchers seeking information about HIV are offered access only to a narrow range of mainstream and professional publications through the leading indexes. And, while a certain slate of periodicals is represented over and over by rival indexes, gaylesbian periodicals and communitybased health publications containing vital, often vanguard HIVAIDS information are systematically excluded from mainstream indexes and database search services. This article offers a critique of current indexing practices of AIDSrelated periodical literature and suggests strategies to remedy the situation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Reference Services Review Emerald Publishing

AIDS Information in periodical indexes A problem of exclusion

Thistlethwaite, Polly
Reference Services Review , Volume 19 (2): 4 – Feb 1, 1991
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Emerald Publishing
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0090-7324
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Abstract

Indexing companies and database search services are contributing to the epidemic of ignorance surrounding HIV and AIDS. They are failing us, even killing us. Doctors, patients, students, and researchers seeking information about HIV are offered access only to a narrow range of mainstream and professional publications through the leading indexes. And, while a certain slate of periodicals is represented over and over by rival indexes, gaylesbian periodicals and communitybased health publications containing vital, often vanguard HIVAIDS information are systematically excluded from mainstream indexes and database search services. This article offers a critique of current indexing practices of AIDSrelated periodical literature and suggests strategies to remedy the situation.

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Reference Services Review – Emerald Publishing

Published: Feb 1, 1991

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