The Current Contents database is also available via telnet . Current Contents contains citations for articles published in approximately 6,500 journals in the physical, social and biological sciences, the arts, humanities, and other fields. Coverage includes 1984 to the present. Only IIPA draws its current content from more than 130 international periodicals and also indexes articles and obituaries appearing in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Includes retrospective citations from 46 periodicals,dating back to 1864.
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The database is updated daily and with more than 60,000 new records added annually. The Magazine and Journal Articles database contains records for articles from popular magazines, general interest journals, and scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences. Coverage includes 1988 - present. Coverage includes 1982 - present. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages.