Hi hobo2004,
Almost any company or organization could be considered a potential
client for a good researcher / abstractor. A "list" would be nearly
endless.
BYU advises its students that literature-related fields such as
librarian/information specialist, abstractor, or researcher can find
work in: "… libraries, universities, business firms, bookstores,
government agencies (state, federal, local), publishing firms (books,
magazines, newspapers), broadcasting companies (radio, TV, movies),
museums, special interests."
http://humanities.byu.edu/advisement/jobs.html
Another suggests: "Libraries, Universities, Think Tanks,
Encyclopedias, Magazines"
http://www.careers.umbc.edu/majors/philosophy.htm
For example, even the military uses abstractors:
The 21,500 GSF technical information center will make provisions for
three reference librarians and one abstractor.
http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/design-guides/dg1110-3-110/c-8.pdf
"Some information scientists and specialist librarians spend time
producing abstracts of research papers and journal articles. However,
many libraries also subscribe to commercially produced sets of
abstracts in hard copy, on CD-ROM or online, and the organisations
which produce these publications often employ graduates as full-time
abstractors."
http://www.prospects.ac.uk/student/cidd/superprofiles/609/page1.htm
A couple of more examples of very specific job descriptions:
The Leatherhead Food Research Association abstractors/indexers
http://www.lfra.co.uk/lfra/lfra/newjob3.html
Public Records Abstractor
http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/smith/blkmar03.htm
So let's look for some specific lists of possible places a
researcher/abstractor could start --
Libraries
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Magazines
http://newsdirectory.com/news/magazine/
Newspapers
http://www.usnpl.com/
CD-ROM publishers
Google search for: -- CD-ROM publisher abstracts -- brings up a
raft of companies that publish such CD's and may hire researchers.
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=CD%2DROM+publisher+abstracts
For Current Job Openings
Monster.com
http://jobsearch.monster.com/
Workopolis
http://globecareers.workopolis.com/index.html
Hotjobs
http://www.hotjobs.com/
For Freelance Jobs
Elance
http://www.elance.com/c/cats/main/categories.pl?catId=10180&type=buyer
Misc online jobs
Google search for: abstractor jobs
://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=abstractor+jobs&meta=
And of course, let's not forget our favourite research site, Google
Answers :-)
https://answers.google.com/answers/main
(But I don't think they're hiring right now)
So, I think that should be plenty of information and associated links
to get you started. Please let me know if anything I've said needs to
be clarified.
--K~
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