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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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April 24, 1991 Volume 2, Number 3 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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NOTIS 5.0 SHIPPED
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NOTIS Systems has completed its NOTIS Library Management System
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Release 5.0. The new release includes a completely new online
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public access catalog with labeled displays, cross references,
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and support for the Common Command Language (ANSI Standard
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Z39.58). Other new features include a menu-driven navigator for
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staff functions, an online system control file, support for the
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USMARC Format for Holdings and Locations, automated fiscal year
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closing routines for the acquisitions module, and enhanced global
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heading change capabilities. The release is already in
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production at the two beta test sites--Fort Hays State University
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(Kansas) and Purdue University (Indiana).
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Users of NOTIS' turnkey package, Key NOTIS, will receive many of
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the Release 5.0 features in Key NOTIS Release 1.1, scheduled for
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shipment in August 1991.
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For information, contact Stuart W. Miller, NOTIS Systems, Inc.,
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1007 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201-3622, or call (708) 866-
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0178.
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IAC TO DEMO FULL TEXT DATABASES ON TAPE
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A new line of full text databases on tape will be demonstrated by
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Information Access Company at the ALA Conference in Atlanta. The
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full text expansion of the Infotrac 2000 Database Licensing
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Program enables public and academic libraries to provide the full
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text ASAP files through existing online public access catalog
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systems. Initial full text databases available under the program
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will be Magazine ASAP, Computer Database ASAP, Trade and Industry
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ASAP, and Health Periodicals Database.
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For information, contact Todd Miller, IAC, 362 Lakeside Drive,
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Foster City, CA 94404, or call (415) 378-5000.
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FREE TRIAL OF INFOTRAC 2000
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IAC is offering a free 90-day trial of its new InfoTrac 2000
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databases on tape. Under the program, libraries may access one
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of the ten InfoTrac 2000 databases on their online public access
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catalog systems for up to 90 days. The databases are available
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on tape or via the Data Research or CARL network gateways. The
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InfoTrac 2000 tapes are compatible with CARL, Carlyle, CLSI, Data
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Research Associates, Dynix, Geac, Inlex, Innovative Interfaces,
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NOTIS, Sirsi, and VTLS library automation systems.
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For more information on the free trial, call 1-800-227-8431 and
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ask for InfoTrac 2000. The offer expires July 31, 1991.
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RLG DEVELOPS NEW DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
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The Research Libraries Group has developed a new document
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transmission system called ARIEL. Using an IBM PC/AT or
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compatible, H-P scanner, H-P laser printer, and RLG proprietary
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software, users can scan and store articles, photos, and similar
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documents, transmit the highly compressed images over the
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Internet to other workstations, and then print them on a laser
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printer.
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According to RLG, the system is faster, more reliable, and less
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expensive to use than fax and produces images of greater
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resolution and quality. The system has been tested at Colorado
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State University, Dartmouth College, University of California at
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Berkeley and Davis, University of Michigan, and University of
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Pennsylvania.
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For information, contact Marilyn Roche, RLG, (415) 691-2284, or
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e-mail bl.mxr@rlg.bitnet.
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U.S. PRESIDENTS CD-ROM FOR MAC
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Wayzata Technology, Inc. has developed a CD-ROM for the Macintosh
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on U.S. Presidents. The CD-ROM contains biographies and
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statistics for all forty-one presidents of the United States.
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TextWare, a high speed database search and retrieval engine is
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included in the $39.00 list price.
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Contact Mark Engelhardt, Wayzata Technology, Inc., P.O. Box 807,
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Grand Rapids, MN 55744, or call 1-800-735-7321.
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III DEVELOPS EXPORT TO PRO-CITE
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Innovative Interfaces, Inc. is developing a direct-export feature
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that enables users of the INNOPAC online catalog to export
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catalog records into Pro-Cite databases. This feature transfers
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to a PC or a Mac used as a terminal on the INNOPAC system a file
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of records in the specific "comma-delimited" format required by
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Pro-Cite. After using the INNOPAC export command, users complete
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the process by executing the Pro-Cite import command. Users are
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not required to have Biblio-Link software in order to do this.
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With their data now in a Pro-Cite database, users can search,
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sort, index, manage and generate bibliographies formatted in any
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bibliographic style of their own selection of records derived
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from INNOPAC. Innovative will make available the new export
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command as an option in the upcoming Release 7 of the INNOPAC
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system.
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DIALOG EXPANDS ONDISC NEWSPAPERS COLLECTION
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Dialog Information Services, Inc. has announced the addition of
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the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsday and New York Newsday, and
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the Detroit Free Press to its line of CD-ROM newspaper products.
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Each product contains the full text of all stories, features,
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columns, editorials, and letters from the print editions.
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For pricing and additional information, contact Dialog Marketing
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at 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 1-800-334-
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2564.
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ISI RELEASES NEW EDITIONS OF DATABASES ON DISKETTE
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The Institute for Scientific Information has announced the April
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release of Current Contents on Diskette with Abstracts in four
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multidisciplinary editions: Life Sciences; Agriculture/Biology
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and Environmental Sciences; Physical/Chemical and Earth Sciences;
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and Clinical Medicine.
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Weekly access is provided to the latest contents listings and
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abstracts. In addition, this enhanced version contains author-
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assigned keywords as well as ISI's KeyWords Plus, extracted from
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the references cited in each article.
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Current Contents on Diskette with Abstracts is available on 3-
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1/2" and 5-1/4" high-density diskettes for IBM and 100%
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compatibles, and 3-1/2" high-density diskettes for Macintosh
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microcomputers. Customers receive weekly data diskettes, search
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and retrieval software, and a User Guide. Both single-station
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and network editions are offered.
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For information, write to the Institute for Scientific
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Information, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, or call
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1-800-336-4474.
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CROSS-CULTURAL CD
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SilverPlatter has introduced Cross-Cultural CD, a series of 10
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topical, full-text databases compiled from the Human Relations
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Area Files Archive. Two databases will be published each year
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for the next five years on five CDs. Volume 1, Human Sexuality
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and Marriage is now available. Part I of Volume 2, Family is
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also available with Crime and Social Problems to be published as
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the remainder of the second volume at a later date. Additional
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volumes planned are: Volume 3, Old Age and Death and Dying;
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Volume 4, Childhood and Adolescence and Socialization and
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Education; and Volume 5, Religious Beliefs and Religious
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Practices. Each database will contain from 6,000 to 12,000 pages
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of text, citations to source documents, and summaries on each of
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the 60 societies from around the world included in the HRAF
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Archive.
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For information, contact SilverPlatter, One Newton Executive
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Park, Newton Lower Falls, MA 02162-1449, or call (617) 969-2332.
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Copyright (C) 1991 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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