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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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February 24, 1992 Volume 3, Number 4 ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
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(LIB3@UHUPVM1).
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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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CONTENTS
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Data Research Links Disparate Systems With Z39.50, 1
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Three More Wilson Indexes Available on FirstSearch and EPIC, 2
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OCLC Serials Union Lists Available on CD-ROM, 2
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PAIS Database Available on OCLC Reference Services, 3
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DATA RESEARCH LINKS DISPARATE SYSTEMS WITH Z39.50
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Data Research Associates, Inc. has connected a DEC VAXStation
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3100 running VMS 5.4 and prototype DRA software to two systems:
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(1) a DECSystem 5810 running ULTRIX 4.2 at the University of
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California, Berkeley, and (2) an IBM 3090 running MVS/ESA and the
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MELVYL software at the University of California's Division of
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Library Automation. In each case, a MARC record was successfully
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retrieved from the server system.
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DRA President Michael J. Mellinger said: "While many vendors have
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made widely varying claims concerning Z39.50, this represents
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what is to the best of our knowledge the first connection using
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this protocol of a commercially available system with a disparate
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system."
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For further information, contact: Joe Bonwich, Data Research
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Associates, Inc.,1276 North Warson Road, P.O. Box 8495, St.
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Louis, MO 63132-1806, (800) 325-0888.
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THREE MORE WILSON INDEXES AVAILABLE ON FIRSTSEARCH AND EPIC
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Business Periodicals Index, Wilson Business Abstracts, and
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Humanities Index have been added to OCLC's EPIC and FirstSearch
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Catalog systems.
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Business Periodicals Index (July 1982-) and Wilson Business
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Abstracts (July 1990-) provide citations and abstracts for 345 of
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the leading English-language business magazines.
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Humanities Index (February 1984-) contains citations from nearly
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350 journals and magazines.
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Readers' Guide Abstracts and Readers' Guide to Periodical
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Literature were mounted on FirstSearch and EPIC in December.
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The following Wilson indexes will be added to FirstSearch and
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EPIC later this year: Applied Science & Technology Index, Art
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Index, Bibliographic Index, Biography Index, Biological &
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Agricultural Index, Book Review Digest, Cumulative Book Index,
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Education Index, General Science Index, Index to Legal
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Periodicals, Library Literature, and Social Sciences Index.
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The FirstSearch Catalog enhances the Wilson databases by
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attaching holdings symbols of libraries that subscribe to the
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journal to each citation retrieved.
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For further information, contact: Nancy Campbell, OCLC Online
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Computer Library Center, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017,
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(614) 761-5170.
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OCLC SERIALS UNION LISTS AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM
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The 9,868 libraries that have serials union lists on the OCLC
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Online System can now receive their lists on CD-ROM as well as on
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paper, microfiche, or tape. The Serials Union List serves as the
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public access catalog of serials holdings for library groups.
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The CD-ROM version gives librarians and library users various
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levels of searching sophistication and up to five scoping levels
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(e.g., searching within their department, library, city, state,
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or regional group). It also offers an optional link to the OCLC
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Interlibrary Loan Subsystem so that users can place ILL requests
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which librarians process through the OCLC system.
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For further information, contact: Nancy Campbell, OCLC Online
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Computer Library Center, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017,
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(614) 761-5170.
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PAIS DATABASE AVAILABLE ON OCLC REFERENCE SERVICES
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PAIS, the Public Affairs Information Service database, is now
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available on OCLC's online reference services, the FirstSearch
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Catalog and EPIC. The complete index is available on EPIC and
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the last 10 years, PAIS Decade, is available on FirstSearch.
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The Public Affairs Information Service indexes over 1,400
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periodicals, specialized journals, books, agency reports, and
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statistics. Its scope is the public policy aspects of business,
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economics, government, public administration, law, international
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relations, and other social sciences.
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The PAIS file on EPIC contains over 340,000 records. PAIS
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editors describe the contents of indexed items, providing
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abstract-like contents notes for most of the records. PAIS
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includes documents in six languages--English, French, German,
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Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Documents in non-English
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languages are indexed with English-language terms and
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mini-abstracts in English.
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For further information, contact: Nancy Campbell, OCLC Online
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Computer Library Center, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017,
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(614) 761-5170.
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Copyright (C) 1992 by the University Libraries, University of
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Houston. All rights reserved.
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