Abstract
V U / T E X T is an information retrieval service that provides online access to the full-text of more than two hundred publications. These include national and regional newspapers, wire services, and magazines, as well as business and maritime databases. All of these databases are full text, with the exception of PROMT and ABI/INFORM, which consist of summaries, abstracts, and citations. The newspaper databases contain all the news items and features published in more than thirtyfive local and national newspapers. Of these, ninety-five percent are available only on VU/TEXT. Many of the papers are accessible within twentyfour hours of publication. V U / T E X T also provides summaries from trade and business journals, stock and commodity quotes, and news from Wall Street. The databases of Transportation News Ticker, The Journal of Commerce, ECS Marine and FISYS Ship Characteristics (formerly Fairplay) offer exclusive maritime information. Selected full-text articles from more than 140 regional U.S. and Canadian business publications, such as Crain's Chicago Business and Florida Trend, are available in Business Dateline. The American City Business Journals provide even more details of regional business news. In addition to VU/TEXT's databases, the company's subscribers can access the more than one hundred databases offered by QL Systems Limited in Canada. These databases cover such subjects as the environment, parliament and government, law, energy, mining, communications, and the Canadian North. The more than thirty-five
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