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  • SABRE airline database. Travelocity link. Huge airline reservation GDS (global distribution system) database. Similar to the Windows version used in travel agencies. The SABRE reservation system books nearly a third of the world's air travel. See also Amadeus, Galileo, Worldspan, OAG, and World Travel Database.
  • SABRE airline GDS database. Official web site.
  • Sanger Genome Research Centre Library. UK. Includes access to molecular biology and biochemical database search services. See also molecular biology databases.
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital medical school library. Queen Mary & Westfield College, London University. UK.
  • St George's Hospital medical library. UK.
  • Saudi Arabian University libraries Official lists from Saudi Ministry of Higher Education. See also world university libraries.
  • Saudi Library Network.
  • Saztec Europe. Data Conversion Specialists
  • Scandinavian libraries.
    • See also individual links at Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway.
  • Scandinavian libraries. 2
  • Nordic Council for Scientific Information. Includes a directory of reference databases used in the Scandinavian countries.
  • Nordic Electronic Library Projects
  • Nordic Federation of Research Libraries Associations.
  • Nordic Union Catalogue of Serials
  • Online Information. Scandinavia. Annual exhibition and conference.
  • Scandinavian University Press.
  • School Libraries on the Web. An international directory of web pages maintained by school libraries. It also includes links to web pages relating to school libraries which are maintained by school district and state government agencies. See also World school libraries, US school libraries, and International Association of School Librarianship.
  • Scicon. Database host for the UK government databases such as, DHSS-DATA and Parliamentary Online Information System, POLIS.
  • Science Direct. Bibliographic databases and full text access.
  • Science electronic journals. See also biomedical periodicals and electronic journals.
  • Science and technology Encyclopedia. McGraw Hill. 7100+ articles, 115,000 dictionary terms, and hundreds of research updates in all areas of science and technology — updated daily.
  • Science and technology information database. SCIRUS. Elsevier Science. Search or Browse.
  • Science and technology information resources. Yahoo. See also chemistry, biology and physics internet resources under the appropriate alphabet.
  • Science and technology information resources. EARLweb.
  • Scientific & Technical Information Network International database host. STN. Via FIZ-Karlsruhe (Germany) for European access.
  • STN database host. Via CAS for US, Canadian and Latin American access. Has largest collection of chemistry databases.
  • STN databases. Full updated lists.
  • STN Classic Includes introduction to the retrieval language called messenger, and a comprehensive STN commands tutorial.
  • STN Easy Easier GUI alternative to STN Express, (but no chemical structure searcing capability, just bibliographic data). Free demo access available.
  • STN command line access. via Telnet. Subscribers only, (no chemical structure searcing capability).
  • STN Web Full STN access via the web with chemical structure searcing capability, as in STN Express or SciFinder.
  • The Scientific World. Scientific information services. Website includes access to sciBASE, a database of research articles from over 20, 000 journals and worldMEET a database of scientific workshops, business events, conferences etc.
  • Scott Polar Research Institute Library. Catalogue includes books on Arctic and Antarctic research.
  • Scottish Academic Libraries SERials, SALSER. Union catalogue of serials holdings in all Scottish university libraries.
  • Search America Huge collection of reference databases. See also WorldPages and US Yellow Pages.
  • Searcher. Magazine for database professionals. Includes access to past issues. See also LIS Journals.
  • Search Systems. Trademark specialists (Marquesa). See also MicroPatent, and Thomson & Thomson.
  • Serials in cyberspace: Collections, Resources, and Services. See also UK Serials Group.
  • SilverPlatter. Leading producer of CD-ROM database products. Web site includes valuable information on the ERL client-server system, and SPIRS.
  • SilverPlatter databases. Full updated lists.
  • SIMA. Law library products company.
  • Singapore National Library Board.
  • National University of Singapore Library.
  • Singapore libraries.
  • SIRS. Library automation products company, e.g. Mandarin library management system.
  • SIRSI. Library automation products company. e.g. Unicorn library management system.
  • Slovak Electronic Library of Scientific Literature. Joint project of the Academic Electronic Press, Ltd. Central Library of Slovak Academy of Sciences and Slovak Library of Medicine.
  • SLS Information Systems. UK library products company, e.g. Libertas library management system.
  • Smart Patents. See also Micropatent.
  • Social science resources. See also UK Social Science Information Gateway.
  • Society of American Archivists.
  • Society of Archivists. UK.
  • Society of Indexers. UK and Ireland. See also American Society for Indexers.
  • Sociological Abstracts database. Disseminates the worldwide literature of sociology and the related social sciences.
  • SoftLine Information. Develops new electronic databases created from materials not yet available in electronic format.
  • Softlink International. Library products company.
  • South African Bibliographic Information Network. SABINET. South African international information services company and database host.
  • SABINET
  • SABINET. Telnet.
  • South Africa Data Archive. SADA. Pretoria. A non-profit national resource centre aimed at providing and promoting machine-readable research social science survey data and documentation to all research organizations in South Africa, other African countries and all other countries internationally.
  • South African Human Sciences Research Council databases library Includes access to NEXUS (a collection of databases focused on the humanities and social sciences in South Africa), a database of South African Human Rights Organisations, a library catalogue and bookshop.
  • South Africa Medical Research Council Information Service.
  • Mintek Information Centre. South Africa. Mineral, metallurgical, metal mining data and information services.
  • South Africa Special Libraries and Information Services Group. SLIS.
  • University of Cape Town Library, South Africa. Largest academic library in sub- Saharan Africa.
  • South Eastern Library Network, SOLINET. US regional library network. See also CAPCON.
  • South Seas Bulletin Board for Libraries New Zealand. Includes a list of libraries in New Zealand.
  • Soutron. Library automation products e.g. Enquiry Management System.
  • Spain general databases. A list of free web databases covering legislation, arts, entertainment, travel etc.
  • Spanish Association of Distributors of Electronic Information. Asociación Española de Distribuidores de Información Electrónica, ASEDIE.
  • Spanish Centre for Scientific Information and Documentation, CINDOC. Centro de Información y Documentación Científica.
  • Cervantes Institute Library, Madrid. Instituto Cervantes. See also British Council libraries, Goethe Institute Libraries, and French Cultural Centre Libraries (Alliance Francaise).
  • Spanish libraries 1. See also European libraries and Hytelnet.
  • Spanish libraries 2 Plus other information units and documentation centres.
  • Spanish libraries 3.
  • Spanish libraries 4 Huge list.
  • Spanish libraries 5
  • Spanish libraries 6. Academic research libraries. Via RedIris, Spain's portion of EARN.
  • Spanish libraries 7 Telnet and tn3270.
    • Offers a map of Spain for navigation.
  • Spanish libraries 8 Plus archives.
  • Spanish LIS schools. See world LIS schools.
  • Spanish Newspapers. See also world newspapers.
  • Spanish Society for Documentation and Information Science. Sociedad Española de Documentación e Información Científica. SEDIC.
  • Spanish Yellow Pages. Paginas Amarillas.
  • Special Librarianship Association.
  • SPI Technologies. Data Conversion Specialists
  • Springer Verlag Science Online. International scientific, medical and technical publishing company. Includes electronic journal access.
    • See also electronic journals.
  • SQL Standards. Plus information useful for users of RDBMS such as Oracle, Sybase and Ingres.
  • Sri Lanka Library Association.
  • Sri Lanka Scientific and Technical Information Centre SLSTIC network. Includes contact address of numerous information centres.
  • Sri Lanka university libraries.
  • Sri Lanka Vidya science and technology research database server.
  • STICNET. See Taiwan Science and Technology Information Centre.
  • Stakes Information Service. Disseminates national and international information on welfare and health. It also promotes the development of information services and the production and transfer of electronic information and publications. Based in Finland.
  • Standing Conference of National and University Libraries, SCONUL. U.K. Helps to promote, maintain and advance the science and practice of librarianship.
  • Standing Conference on Library Materials on Africa, SCOLMA. UK.
    • Forum for librarians and others concerned with the provision of materials for African studies in the libraries of the United Kingdom. Publishes the Journal of African Research & Documentation.
  • State University of New York, SUNY OCLC network. US regional library network.
    • biomedical information retrieval electronic medical library biomedical books journals
  • STAT!Ref.
    • Electronic medical library. Software offers retrieval of medical reference books and journals.
  • Sue Hill Recruitment and Services.
    • UK LIS recruitment agency. See also job vacancies notice board.
  • Suncoast Information Specialists, SIS US LIS organization.
  • SuperJournals Science and social sciences electronic journals. See also electronic journals.
  • Sweet & Maxwell. UK legal publisher. See also Butterworths.
  • Sweet & Maxwell Current Legal Information CLI Databases. Subscription required. Databases include: Current Law Cases, BADGER, Legal Journals index, Financial journals index, Current Law Case Citator, Current Law Legislation Citator, and Inns of Court Catalogues. See also Context and Lawtel.
  • Swedish Association of University and Research Librarians.
  • Swedish Environmental Protection Agency library. Fastest environmental information service. Includes access to the ELIN database
  • InfoNordic. Biomedical and scientific Swedish database producer.
  • Karolinska Institute Library & Information Center,KIBIC. Sweden. Web site includes access to biomedical serials list, databases, OPACs and publications. Largest medical library in Scandinavia, and part of the Nobel Prize in medicine awarding making body. See also MIC-KIBIC database host.
  • Swedish Library Association. Sveriges Allmanna Bioblioteksforening, SAB.
  • Swedish libraries union catalogue. LIBRIS. In English and Swedish. The database contains over 3 million titles representing the holdings of more than 160 Swedish libraries. Mostly research libraries. See also European public libraries, Scandinavian libraires, European academic libraries, and Hytelnet Europe.
  • Swedish Pulp and Paper Research Institute Library STF. Skogsindustrins Tekniska Forskningsinstitut. Provides useful databases on the paper industry. See also Pira and Paperbase.
  • Royal Institute of Technology Library.
  • Swedish Society for Technical Documentation. Tekniska Litteratursällskapet, TLS.
  • Swedish Yellow Pages. Foretagstele.
  • Swets. Major document delivery service and electronic journal subscription service (SwetsNet). Other services listed in Info Connect are BLDSC, Adonis, UMI, CIS, Faxon, Infotrieve, CatchWord, Chemport, HighWire Press, Haworth, EMDOCS, CAS Document Detective Service, Doc Deliver, OCLC Electronic Collections Online, EBSCO Online, Blackwell's Electronic Subscription Services, The Genuine Article, Uncover, Information Quest, and Information Express. See also Document Delivery Finder.
  • Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences Documentation Centre. DOKDI.
  • Swiss Association for Documentation. Schweizerische Vereinigung für Dokumentation.
  • Swiss libraries. From Switch, the Swiss Academic and Research Network portion of EARN. See also Francophone libraries and European public libraries.
  • Swiss-French libraries network catalogue, SIBIL. Telnet.
  • Association of Swiss Librarians and Libraries.
  • Swiss Information Project. Infonet. Single Java interface to several Swiss catalogues.
  • SwitchBoard. Business directory. See also WorldPages and US Yellow Pages.
  • Synopsys Scientific Systems Ltd. Provides high-quality scientific information products and services to the fine-chemical, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, biotechnology and academic research community. See also Beilstein, Daylight Chemical Information Systems, and chemical databases.
  • System Development Corporation, SDC database host. See Orbit.


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