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OCLC PapersFirst (PapersFirst)

OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide

Why select this database?

  • Covers every published congress, symposium, conference, exposition, workshop and meeting received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.
Database details
Subjects The wide variety of subjects discussed at the covered meetings.
Sources Included in each record.
Number of records Over 6,500,000
Dates covered 1993 to present
Updated Semimonthly (twice a month)
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Keyword kw: pesticide+
Accession number no: cn005721829
Author au: messier
Author phrase au= messier r h
BL location bl: 1087914000
Conference date cd: apr 1994
Conference location cl: manchester
Conference name cn: management
Conference name phrase cn= seminar
Conference sponsor sp: lunar
Conference sponsor phrase sp= lunar and planetary institute
Journal title jo: disabilities
Journal title phrase jo= journal of learning disabilities
Publication date pd: 1994
Publisher pb: cambridge
Source so: cardiology
Source editor se: bystrov
Source editor phrase se= bystrov v s
Source phrase so= american federation for medical research
Standard number sn: 0730-3564 [ISSN]
0080447996 or 9780080447996 [ISBN]
Title ti: fire
Title phrase ti= snow-avalanche causing 41 cases of sudden death