Looks at the lessons to be learned from the failure of Questia, formed in 1999, which claimed to offer a revolutionary on‐line research service for college students, providing access to the full texts of hundreds of thousands of books, journals, and periodicals. However, the expected numbers...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight current awareness web sites. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a general review. Findings – Staying current is essential today more than ever. Originality/value – The sites reviewed in this paper are useful tools to that...