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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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September 6, 1990 Volume 1, Number 9 ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1) and Dana Rooks.
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Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries,
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University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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NOTIS LINKS LIBRARY HOLDINGS WITH LOCALLY-MOUNTED DATABASE
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RECORDS
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NOTIS Systems, Inc. has announced the successful completion of
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the beta test of Release 1.1 of its Multiple Database Access
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System (MDAS). MDAS allows NOTIS system users to search locally-
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mounted databases with the same commands that they use to search
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the online catalog. In the new release, a user can search a
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locally-mounted database, then display local location, call
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number, order status, and holdings information for linked records
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in the OPAC. For example, a user could retrieve a citation for a
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journal article, then display information from the OPAC about the
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journal the article is published in.
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MDAS Release 1.1 also allows users to print formatted citations
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from locally-mounted databases along with the linked information
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from the OPAC, and it offers redesigned screen displays.
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MDAS currently supports the following databases: Compendex Plus,
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Current Contents, ERIC, H. W. Wilson indexes, Information Access
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Company indexes, MEDLINE, and PsychINFO.
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For more information, contact Stuart Miller, NOTIS Systems, Inc.,
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1007 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201-3622 (708-866-0171).
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DISCLIT: AMERICAN AUTHORS CD-ROM
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OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and G. K. Hall & Co.
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have released the DiscLit: American Authors CD-ROM. DiscLit:
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American Authors contains the full-text of 143 volumes of the
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Twayne's United States Authors Series plus over 127,000 pertinent
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bibliographic records from the OCLC Online Union Catalog.
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Twayne's United States Authors Series provides biographical
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information about American authors and critical analysis of their
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works.
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For further information, contact: G. K. Hall & Co., 70 Lincoln
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Street, Boston, MA 02111 (800-343-2806) or OCLC Online Computer
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Library Center, Inc., 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017-0702
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(800-848-5878).
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SPIRES CONSORTIUM TO HOLD 1990 FALL WORKSHOP
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The SPIRES Consortium's 1990 Fall Workshop will focus on SPIRES
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applications in libraries and archives. Presentations will be
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made on a variety of library-related topics, including "Mainframe
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Database Management for Public Service Librarians," "Recent
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Enhancements to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's INFOTRAX
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Integrated Library System," "SPIRES FOLIO Versus BRS/SEARCH and
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BASIS," "Using SPIRES to Manage a Data Archive," "Using SPIRES to
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Redefine What is Meant by an Integrated Library System," and
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"WATMEDIA: A Union Catalogue of Media Resources."
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The conference will be held at Memorial University of
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Newfoundland from 10/3/90-10/5/90. A preconference on "Creating
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and Managing a Machine-Readable Data Archive" will be held on
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10/2/90.
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For more information, contact Slavko Manojlovich, Queen Elizabeth
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II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's,
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Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3Y1 (709-737-7470 or
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SLAVKO@KEAN.UCS.MUN.CA).
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