Infotrieve Signs New Content Delivery Agreements.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001 Building on its goal to provide the world's most extensive access to information via electronic and print delivery, Infotrieve today announced agreements to provide document delivery services for the American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. (AMS AMS - Andrew Message System ) and the MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press. These agreements further secure Infotrieve's position as a worldwide leader in document retrieval The ability to search for documents by keywords and other attributes such as date and author. It implies that the documents have been indexed on all pertinent fields and that keywords have been chosen based upon title and textual content. See document imaging and document management system. and delivery. As a result of these agreements, end users browsing an Infotrieve partner Web site are provided with a link to Infotrieve to purchase complete-text articles (formatted text and graphics) on a pay-per-view basis by simply placing citations in an electronic "shopping cart." A single mouse click then links users to Infotrieve's secure e-commerce back end for payment via credit card. Depending on availability, articles are then delivered electronically as PDF files See PDF. or as photocopies, based on the user's preferred shipping method. "The American Meteorological Society is pleased to announce an agreement with Infotrieve, Inc. for document delivery," said Ken Heideman, AMS director, publications. "By providing the option for non-subscribers to go through our Web site or Infotrieve's site to purchase individual journal articles we are able to provide more service to our readers, something we are constantly striving to do. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" association with Infotrieve." About Infotrieve's Newest Partners Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the preeminent scientific and professional organization for atmospheric sciences and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. The AMS publishes journals, sponsors conferences, and supports public education programs. For more information, see www.ametsoc.org/AMS. Established in 1926, MIT Press publishes over 40 journals and approximately 400 books annually, covering topics as diverse as architecture, social theory, economics, cognitive science cognitive science Interdisciplinary study that attempts to explain the cognitive processes of humans and some higher animals in terms of the manipulation of symbols using computational rules. , and computational science | Computational science (or scientific computing) is the field of study concerned with constructing mathematical models and numerical solution techniques and using computers to analyze and solve scientific, social scientific and engineering problems. . For more information about MIT Press, visit mitpress.mit.edu. About Infotrieve Launched in 1987, Los Angeles-based Infotrieve is one of the largest independent document delivery and library services companies in the world. Through its international network of library, archive, and publishing alliances, the company offers full-service online research and document delivery services and tools to simplify the process of identifying, retrieving, and paying for published literature. Infotrieve has an established reputation in the retrieval and delivery of printed material and is fast becoming the market leader in the delivery of electronic content (e-content). For more information, visit www.Infotrieve.com. |
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