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Searching in Abstracts and Indexes
  • Article citations in abstracts and indexes can be accessed in a variety of ways. Author, title, keyword, and subject are the most common points of access (see below).
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  • Here is an example of a citation from an index where the subject headings are arranged alphabetically. Citations to relevant articles are listed directly under the subject headings.
Applied Science and Technology Index
Subject Heading [--->] Space platforms....
Subject Heading [--->] Space shuttles....
Subject Heading [--->] Space stations
Cross references [--->]
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Manned space flight
Space platforms
Citation to article [--->] All aboard the space station. M. Balter. diag Science v270 n4 p571 O 27 '95
Citation to article [--->] NASA science comes to Mir [accounts from American astronaut Shannon Lucid] N. Kidger. Spaceflight v38 p294-5 S'96
H.W. Wilson Co.
1996


Manned space flight
Note the cross-references which suggest related subject headings [--->]
See also

Space stations
Vehicle crews
The citation includes: article title, author, periodical title, volume number, issue number, page numbers, and date. [--->] Another shuttle flight is all-amateur licensed. QST v80 n6 p82 Ja'96
Mir spacewalk set for Atlantis crew. J.R. Asker. Aviation Week Space Technology v144 p60-1 Mr 18' 96

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