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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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July 5, 1990 Volume 1, Number 7 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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IAC EXPANDS CD-ROM DATABASES
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Information Access Company has announced the addition of six
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new databases bringing the total IAC CD-ROM databases to twenty.
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Scheduled for inclusion on InfoTrac in the fall of 1990 will be:
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Business Index - indexes 800 business, management, trade and
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regional journals and newspapers with abstracts from 150
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management and computer journals.
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Company ProFile - financial and directory information for
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90,000 private and public companies with text of current
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news releases on these companies.
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Business and Company ProFile - combines the preceding two
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databases into a single source.
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Investext - Company and industry analysts' reports on 8000
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U.S. and 2000 foreign companies and industries in 50 SIC
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groups.
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General BusinessFile - integrates the information in
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Business Index, Company ProFile, and Investext.
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The Expanded Academic Index will add approximately 600
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journals to the 400 titles in the current Academic Index.
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Coverage will include scholarly journals in the humanities,
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social sciences and general sciences. The expanded index will be
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available in January, 1991.
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Also scheduled for January, 1991 is the next release of
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InfoTrac software. New features will include key word searching
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and a simple AND capability.
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For more advanced searching capabilities, InfoTrac 2000 will
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be offered as an option. The InfoTrac 2000 will be command-based
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searching based on the NISO/ISO Common Command Standard and will
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require an 80286/386 PC workstation with hard disk, two CD-ROM
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drives, and a color VGA monitor.
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For information contact: Arta Zygielbaum, IAC, 362 Lakeside
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Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, 800-227-8431.
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UTLAS AND NLC STUDY INFORMATION RETRIEVAL PROJECT
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The National Library of Canada and Utlas International
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Canada will undertake a feasibility study of issues related to
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the use of information retrieval standards based on the Open
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Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.
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The study, to be completed in July, 1990, will develop
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objectives for information retrieval in support of standardized
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union catalog access, investigate OSI information retrieval
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protocol issues, and develop a plan for a pilot project to
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implement an information retrieval protocol.
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The primary aim of the project is to support more effective
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resource sharing in Canada.
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For information contact: Eileen Jennings, Utlas, 416-923-
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0890 or Richard Carver, NLC, 613-996-7375.
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DECADE OF NEWS AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM
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The updated edition of Facts on File News Digest CD-ROM
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provides the full text of every article that appeared in the
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print version of the News Digest from 1980-1989.
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A new feature of this latest edition is proximity searching.
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Other special features include keyword searching, browsing
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capabilities, 500 detailed maps with an enlarge feature, date-
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limited searching, and customized printout settings.
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Versions are available for IBM and compatibles and Macintosh
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computers.
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For a free demo disk contact: Mike Davis, Facts on File,
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Inc., 460 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, 212-683-2244,
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ext. 223.
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ISI UPGRADES CURRENT CONTENTS ON DISKETTE
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The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) will release
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an upgraded version of its Current Contents on Diskette journal
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awareness system in mid-summer. The service provides weekly
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access to the latest contents listings from leading scientific
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journals.
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The upgrade will incorporate the new KeyWords Plus
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enhancement which adds descriptors drawn from the references
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cited in each article. Other enhancements include customization
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for individual users at multiple-user facilities, an improved
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reprint request function, and upgrade file manager support.
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The database is produced in six multidisciplinary editions:
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Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Clinical Medicine;
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Engineering, Technology & Applied Sciences; Life Sciences;
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Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences; and Social & Behavioral
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Sciences.
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For information contact ISI, Customer Services Department,
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3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, 800-336-4474.
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PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT
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InteLex Corporation's PAST MASTERS series combines classic
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texts in philosophy, literature, and the sciences with Folio
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Corporation's text management software, VIEWS.
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The initial releases in the series include electronic
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editions of major works of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David
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Hume; Thomas Hobbes; John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, and Henry
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Sidgwick. Texts are bundled with Folio VIEWS search and
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retrieval software in IBM compatible formats.
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Folio VIEWS puts the full text of the database and an index
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of every word it contains into a single file which is as much as
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50% smaller than the original text file. The software provides
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access to the database in a single, consistent environment with a
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variety of ways to search, select, and output the information.
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Minimum system requirements are an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 and
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compatibles, 512 KB RAM, one hard drive, and one floppy drive.
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For information contact: InteLex Corporation, Rt. 2, Box
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383, Pittsboro, NC 27312, 919-542-4411.
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Copyright (C) 1990 by the University Libraries, University of
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Houston. All rights reserved.
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Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized
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bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied
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material. All commercial use requires permission.
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