§ Mr. Mawbyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the 103W Council, what arrangements exist for providing abstracts of technical literature in the chemical field.
§ Mr. H. NichollsIn the debate on scientific information services on 7th June last, I said that we in the United Kingdom are now relying on a United States service for abstracts of chemical literature. My statement only applied to the field of pure chemistry. The Society of Chemical Industry publishes in its Journals abstracts, scientific papers and literature in the field of applied chemistry. Some research associations and D.S.I.R. establishments also publish abstracts in this field. I am advised that those concerned with pure chemistry are at no practical disadvantage through having to use American abstracts.