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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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December 6, 1990 Volume 1, Number 12 ISSN 1050-6004
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Editors: Dana Rooks and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (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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LIBRARY AUTOMATION CONFERENCE
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The Eighth Texas Conference on Library Automation, sponsored by
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the University of Houston Libraries, will be held February 21-22,
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1991, at the Marriott Medical Center Hotel, Houston, Texas.
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The Conference will feature keynote addresses by Beverly Lynch,
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Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Univer-
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sity of California, Los Angeles, and Richard Rowe, President, The
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Faxon Company. Twenty-four contributed papers will be presented
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in three tracks. John Corbin, Jennifer Cargill, Carolyn Frost,
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Carol Hawks, Judy Myers, and Raymond Vondran are among the
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featured speakers. Vendor exhibits will be included in the
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conference.
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Conference fees are $105 if postmarked by January 11, 1991, and
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$135 thereafter. For further information contact Dana Rooks,
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University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2091, or call
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(713) 749-4241.
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EPIC ACCESSIBLE THROUGH INTERNET
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The EPIC Service, OCLC'S online reference system, is now
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accessible via the federally funded Internet network. There are
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more than 60,000 nodes on Internet.
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Internet users can access the EPIC Service through two addresses:
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EPIC.PROD.OCLC.ORG for Domain Name System users; and
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132.174.100.2 for Numeric Name System users. There are no
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telecommunications charges for the service.
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The EPIC service is an online system that currently provides
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subject access, keyword, and Boolean searching to five databases:
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the OCLC Online Union Catalog, ERIC, Book Data, ABI/Inform, and
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Dissertation Abstracts. PNI (Pharmaceutical News Index) and
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Business Dateline are scheduled for inclusion by the end of
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December, 1990.
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For further information, contact W. Daviess Menefee at
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WDM@RSCH.OCLC.ORG.
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ASSOCIATION INFORMATION ON CD-ROM
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Gale GlobalAccess: Associations, the CD-ROM Edition of Gale's
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Encyclopedia of Associations, has been released using
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SilverPlatter software. The database contains more than 80,000
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entries providing data on associations throughout the world. The
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information is identical to the corresponding print volumes.
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Editions will be issued annually with semiannual updates. Single
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user version: $995; network version: $1,795; and dial-in
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version: $1,995.
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For more information contact Gale Research Inc., P.O. Box 33477,
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Detroit, MI 48232-5477 or order toll free 1-800-877-GALE.
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NEW FROM DIALOG
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Dialog Information Services has added several new titles to its
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DIALOG OnDisc CD-ROM products.
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CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS traces corporate family hierarchies in the
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U.S. and internationally, with 70,000 listings covering 5,000
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parent companies. Yearly subscriptions are $6,400 with quarterly
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updates.
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TRADEMARKSCAN--FEDERAL will be Dialog's first CD-ROM product
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containing images. It provides records of over 800,000 currently
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active federal trademark applications and registrations and
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includes design images for trademarks that contain them. The
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database is updated monthly with a yearly subscription fee of
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$7,500.
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TRADEMARKSCAN--STATE contains details on more than 800,000
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trademarks registered with the Secretaries of State of all 50
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U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Subscriptions are $3,500 per year
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with monthly updates.
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BOSTON GLOBE contains the complete text of all staff-written news
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stories, features, columns, and editorials published in the
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Boston Globe from 1986 to the present. DIALOG OnDisc BOSTON
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GLOBE may be purchased at a one-time price of $2,025 for the
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current year plus a one year backfile, or $5,385 for the current
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year plus a four year backfile, with subsequent year renewals at
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$900 per year.
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Ei EEDISC has been created to meet the specific needs of
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computer, electronics, and electrical engineers and covers
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relevant and significant engineering and technological literature
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from around the world. Yearly subscriptions are $3,850 for 1985-
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present or $6,750 for 1980-present. Updates are quarterly.
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Ei ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DISC provides coverage of the
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literature on energy and the environment. Articles are
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abstracted from an applied engineering viewpoint. Subscriptions
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are $2,500 (1985-present) or $4,500 (1980-present) with quarterly
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updates.
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POLYMER ENCYCLOPEDIA contains the complete text of the 19-volume
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2nd Edition of the Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and
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Technology, containing 16,000 pages of process and production-
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oriented data. The one-time purchase price is $3,500.
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For more information on DIALOG or DIALOG OnDisc products, contact
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Dialog Marketing at 3460 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304 or
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call 800-3-DIALOG.
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MULTI-MEDIA AND CD-ROM CONFERENCE
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The Sixth International Conference & Exposition on Multimedia and
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CD-ROM, sponsored by Microsoft, will be held in San Jose,
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California on March 18-20, 1991. Designed for the international
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information industry, the Conference & Exposition will feature
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new product introductions, hands-on demonstrations, discussions
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of standardization, product design, and new applications, as well
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as new marketing and distribution strategies.
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Registration is $995 if postmarked by December 31, 1990 or $1,095
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thereafter.
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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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