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Scientific Documentation in France
Scientific Documentation in France
Pages 605-612
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During the dark war years, while our laboratories lacked most journals and bibliographical reviews such as Physical Abstracts and Chemical Abstracts, the documentation center was of great help in publishing its bibliographicaljournal and in providing microfilms from the few journals which reached Paris. It was during those years, when France was isolated, that our scientists became well aware of the sharp necessity to have at hand an efficient documentation service.
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It is well known that the most theoretical discovery is followed closely by industrial applications, and Nobel prize laureates come often from industrial laboratories. This shows that the need for documentation is the same for both scientists anct engineers.
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These works are mentioned in the Bulletin and, as for articles, microfilm reproductions may be had on demand. Publications of the Center of Documentation In order to inform scientific workers and specialized documentation services of the content of main journals, the Center of Documentation reproduces their tables of contents, and publishes a 35-mm microfilm monthly review called Revue mensuelle des Sommaires des principaux periodiques scientfiques et techniques, which covers about 300 periodicals in such fields as physics, chemistry, and biology.
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The three parts of the Bulletin are subdivided into sections printed separately. Part I is divided into eight sections: Section I, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Mechanics, Mathematical Physics Section II, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics of the Globe Section III, Physics in general, Acoustics, Thermodynamics, Heat, Optics, Electricity, and Magnetism Section IV, Corpuscular Physics, Structure of Matter Section V, General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Section VI, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Metallurgy Section VII, Engineering Section VIII, Mineralogy, Petrography, Geology, Paleontology Part II is divided into four sections: Section IX, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Pharmacological Sciences, Toxicology Section X, Microbiology, Immunology Section XI, Animal Biology, Genetics, Vegetal Biology Section XII, Agriculture, Phytopharmacology, Food Industries Part III is divided into two sections: Sociology History of Sciences and Technics On account of the quality of its information, several scientific societies have decided to adopt the Bulletin, or part of it, for their own bibliographical research.
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, 300 abstracters, and 20 laboratories or organizations collaborating with the Bulletin. Bibliographical research service At the beginning of each month, the Bulletin provides carefully classified abstracts, but it is not very convenient for retrospective bibliographical research because it has no detailed subject index, because first it would be difficult
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This is the reason why, a few years ago, the Center of Documentation started a bibliographical research service to cope with the problem created by the ever growing number of scientific publications. This service will develop greatly in years to come.
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; l'Institut du Petrole, des Charbonnages de France, de l'Institut Textile de France, de la Fonderie, cle la Ceramique, des Societes Air Liquide, Kodak. On the international scale, through the ICSU abstracting board (Bureau cles resumes analytiques du Conseil des Unions scientifiques internationales)
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