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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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Volume 4, Number 1 (1993) ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Linda Thompson
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(LIB1J@UHUPVM1).
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Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University
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of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CONTENTS
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OCLC IMPLEMENTS FIRST STEP OF ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE PROGRAM, 1
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SCHOLARS PRESS TO PUBLISH THE ELECTRIC MYSTIC'S GUIDE, 2
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PALS ENHANCES ERIC RECORDS, 3
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GPO BBS, 3
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DEMISE OF T-1 NSFNET, 4
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NOTIS LINKS INDIANA & INDIANA STATE, 4
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY INSTALLS UNIX-BASED NOTIS PRODUCT, 5
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NEW EMBASE CD-ROM FROM CAMBRIDGE, 5
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CAMBRIDGE, CARL, & EI TO OFFER FREE DOCUMENT DELIVERY, 6
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OCLC IMPLEMENTS FIRST STEP OF ELECTRONIC DATA EXCHANGE PROGRAM
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Libraries with access to the Internet can now use the Internet
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File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to transfer bibliographic data to or
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from OCLC. As a first step toward Electronic Data Exchange (EDX)
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with OCLC members, OCLC has implemented two services. The first,
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Electronic MARC Subscription (EMS), is for OCLC users who have
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been receiving records through the MARC subscription tape
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service. The second, Electronic Batchload Service (EBS), is for
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OCLC libraries that have been tapeloading records into the OCLC
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system.
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To use either service, libraries must have Internet access, FTP
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capability, and a local system capable of merging or
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outputting data on a defined and frequent schedule. OCLC sets up
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an account for each EDX user. The library sends or receives data
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to or from its account on a regular basis. For EMS libraries,
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that basis is daily; for EBS users, it is weekly.
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For more information on the EDX capability, OCLC members should
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contact their regional network.
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SCHOLARS PRESS TO PUBLISH THE ELECTRIC MYSTIC'S GUIDE
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In mid-1993 Scholars Press will publish the first edition of _The
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Electric Mystic's Guide to the Internet: A Directory of
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Electronic Documents, Online Conferences, Serials, Software, and
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Archives Relevant to Religious Studies_, by Michael Strangelove
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(University of Ottawa, Religious Studies Department). This
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represents the first time that a network-accessible Postscript
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document will be used as the master text for the production of a
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hardcopy version.
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The guide will be printed in three-ring binder format to allow
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users to add supplements. Supplements will be provided via the
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Net in Postscript and low ASCII text on LISTSERV and FTP file
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servers. Scholars Press will publish annual revised editions.
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The full text of _The Electric Mystic's Guide_ will continue to
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be fully and freely available on FTP and Listserv as a
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WordPerfect, Postscript, and low ASCII files. These network-
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accessible texts will be updated regularly.
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The full text of the guide will be mounted on a gopher server,
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which will allow Net users to read the guide from a remote site
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while online, without having to retrieve the document. Not only
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will the gopher server allow for full text, online browsing of
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the guide, but it will enable users to actually read many of the
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network-accessible files indexed by the guide.
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The guide will be maintained as three separate volumes. This is
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done to accommodate the large size of Postscript texts.
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Volumes One and Three of the guide may be accessed via Listserv
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at LISTSERV@UOTTAWA or LISTSERV@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA as MYSTICS V1-
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TXT and MYSTICS V3-TXT
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The guide may be accessed via FTP at the node PANDA1.UOTTAWA.CA
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in the directory /pub/religion/ as a variety of files.
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The gopher server should be operational by 1993. The hardcopy
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version will be available in mid-1993. Further details will be
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announced throughout the Net as the project develops.
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PALS ENHANCES ERIC RECORDS
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MSUS/PALS, a cooperative library automation network of 55
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libraries in Minnesota, and the developer of the PALS software
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distributed by Unisys, has completed a project to enhance ERIC
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CIJE records by adding ISSN numbers and expanding abbreviated
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titles to full word titles to facilitate searching by title and
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keyword. Approximately 450,000 of the 455,000 records in this
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retrospective ERIC database have been enhanced. All ISSN numbers
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have been put in the 773 field to facilitate indexing and
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bridging to serials holdings in the online catalog. This
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enhanced ERIC reference database is now available as a set of
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records for purchase by anyone interested. Contact Dale Carrison
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at PALSDKC@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU for further information on cost and
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order process.
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GPO BBS
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The Government Printing Office, the world's largest publisher,
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has installed a Galacticomm bulletin board. The for-fee
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Galacticomm BBS operates on an 80486-based PC and reportedly has
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nearly a gigabyte of data available. All federal agencies are now
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free to put downloadable files on the GPO BBS for public access.
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To obtain more information about the GPO BBS modem users can log
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on to the system at 202-512-1387. The BBS call is free, except
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for phone charges, but you must set up an account to actually
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download data. The minimum download charge is $2, with a 1
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megabyte file costing about $20 to download.
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The following information comes directly from the opening screens
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of the BBS:
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User assistance is available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Time,
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Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) by calling (202)
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512-1524. Depository Library staff should call (202) 512-1126.
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The BBS is available 22 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is
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unavailable each day from 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., Eastern Time, for
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maintenance.
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DEMISE OF T-1 NSFNET
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Like its predecessors, the ARPANET and the 56 Kbps National
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Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), the T-1 NSFNET passed into
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history in December 1992 when the last router was moved to
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connect to the T-3 backbone service marking the beginning of a
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new networking era.
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When first implemented just over four years ago, the T-1
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(1.5 Mbps) NSFNET backbone was state-of-the-art for the
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Internet, deploying new levels of speed and management. With
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improvements in routing technology, the Internet moved from an
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experimental service to a production commodity. Demands
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for higher speed services and increasing backbone traffic led to
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the T-3 (45 Mbps) backbone service implemented over the
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Advanced Network & Services, Inc. Network (ANSnet) that has
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replaced the older T-1 NSFNET technology.
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Meeting the challenges of building the central
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infrastructure for this high-speed data communications
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network has been the focus of a joint government, academic, and
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industrial partnership for the past five years. Merit
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Network, Inc., in association with Advanced Network &
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Services, Inc. (ANS), IBM, MCI, and the State of Michigan,
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has led pioneering efforts to put in place a national network
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service through a 1987 cooperative agreement with the
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National Science Foundation. The partnership deployed the T-1
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network on schedule in July 1988, and began the T-3 network
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service implemented over ANSnet in late 1990.
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NOTIS LINKS INDIANA & INDIANA STATE
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NOTIS Systems, Inc. announces that PACSearch is up and running at
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Indiana University and Indiana State University. Library patrons
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at both institutions are searching the remote OPAC through a
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transparent connection, using the same interface and full search
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capabilities of their home catalog. PACSearch is the Z39.50-
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compatible searching component of PACLink, NOTIS's complete
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system for patron-initiated collection sharing.
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PACLink was developed in cooperation with the State University
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Library Network of Indiana and the SUNY Graduate Centers at
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Binghamton, Stony Brook, and Buffalo. PACLink provides a
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seamless connection between libraries' OPACs, and allows both
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searching of databases and electronic requesting of interlibrary
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loans. There are two components to PACLink: PACSearch and
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PACLoan.
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PACLink is built on Z39.50, the intersystem retrieval protocol
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that enables communications between different library computer
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systems. Using TCP/IP protocol, PACLink can connect with any
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Z39.50-compatible OPAC or database via the Internet or through a
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campus Ethernet.
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For information contact: Charlotte Custis, NOTIS Systems, 708-
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866-4944.
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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY INSTALLS UNIX-BASED NOTIS PRODUCT
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The University of Kentucky has installed InfoBase, the first
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UNIX-based product from NOTIS Systems, Inc. InfoBase is the
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first commercially available server to fully integrate the Z39.50
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communication protocol. It runs under the TCP/IP standard on the
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Internet. As a cost-effective alternative for multiple
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simultaneous users accessing locally-mounted databases, InfoBase
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runs on UNIX platforms in an open-systems environment, and
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utilizes the NOTIS OPAC interface.
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Currently offering ERIC and Medline, the University is adding the
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Expanded Academic Index, and Information Access Company's
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Newspaper Index, Business Index, and Company Profiles database.
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For information contact: Charlotte Custis, NOTIS Systems, 708-
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866-4944.
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NEW EMBASE CD-ROM FROM CAMBRIDGE
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The new _EMBASE CD: Drugs & Pharmacology_ published by Compact
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Cambridge, a division of Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, will
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provide access to more than a million citations, from 1980 to the
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present, devoted to drugs and pharmacology.
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EMBASE, the Excerpta Medica database produced by Elsevier Science
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Publishers, includes citations, abstracts, and indexing gleaned
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from scanning approximately 3,500 biomedical journals from 110
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countries. About 350,000 records are added to EMBASE annually.
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_EMBASE CD_ will be updated quarterly and will be searchable
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using Compact Cambridge's CORE software.
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For information contact: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 7200
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Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda MD 20814, or call 301-961-6700.
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CAMBRIDGE, CARL, & EI TO OFFER FREE DOCUMENT DELIVERY
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts has agreed with CARL Systems and
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Engineering Information, Inc. to offer new subscribers of CSA's
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scientific journals and magnetic tape databases up to $300 worth
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of free document delivery service with each subscription. This
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new service will enable Cambridge abstracts journal users to
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obtain the full text of journal articles and other documents.
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This delivery will be provided by UnCover 2 from CARL Systems.
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For the engineering journals published jointly by Cambridge and
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Engineering Information, subscribers will be entitled to $150
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worth of free document delivery service, available with both new
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subscriptions and renewals. Article Express, Ei's document
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delivery service, will be the service provider.
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Orders for full text documents can be place with each service
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provider by FAX, telephone, mail, or through computer networks.
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After the initial free allowance is used up, subscribers will
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receive a substantial discount on further orders.
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For information contact: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Journal
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Sales and Marketing Dept., 301-961-6761 or FAX 301-961-6720.
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Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter
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that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other computer
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networks. There is no subscription fee.
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To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET)
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or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P
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First Name Last Name. PACS-P subscribers also receive two other
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electronic serials: Current Cites and The Public-Access Computer
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Systems Review.
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Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1993 by the
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University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights
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Reserved.
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Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by academic computer
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centers, computer conferences, individual scholars, and
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This
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message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use
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