Netscape's Compass server can index PDF files (as well as HTML, Word
etc.) and is free to educational establishments. It is a little bit of a
hammer to crack a nut for an individuals use though. But may have some
applicability as a institutional service.
There's some commercial software at www.verity.com which may do the
trick, but probably at a price.
Matthew Dovey
Libraries Automation Service
Oxford University
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Osborne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 18 March 1998 15:38
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> Subject: Storing/indexing e-journals
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> Apologies for cross-posting.
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> Some of our scientists have started to download and store articles
> from electronic journals. As their collection of stored PDF files
> increases they have commented upon the large amount of disk space
> required. They also wonder if there is any way of indexing the data
> that they have stored.
>
> Do you, or do you know of anybody, that stores and indexes the PDF
> files of e-journals ? If so, how do they do this ? And, are there
> any implications of which we should be aware e.g. copyright ?
>
> Any information will be gratefully received.
>
> Susan
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