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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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June 24, 1991 Volume 2, Number 5 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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BOWKER DATABASES AVAILABLE VIA TAPE DELIVERY
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Bowker Electronic Publishing has announced the availability of
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major Bowker directory, bibliographic, abstracting and indexing
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databases, including Books in Print, Ulrich's Periodicals
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Directory, and the American Library Directory via customized tape
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delivery for loading on mainframe computer systems. Customized
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options are available, enabling users to select configurations
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suitable for their current needs. For example, a user may lease
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the sci-tech portion only of Books in Print. A choice of
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monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly update options are available.
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Tapes can be interfaced with major library vendor systems or work
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with local mainframe delivery systems and common retrieval
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software. Individualized pricing is based on data and access.
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For information and options call Wendy Lyons, Manager of Tape
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Services, Bowker Electronic Publishing, 121 Chanlon Road, New
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Providence, NJ 07974, 1-800-323-3288.
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UMI ANNOUNCES NEW CD-ROM PRODUCTS
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University Microfilms International (UMI) has added USA Today to
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its ProQuest collection of full-text daily newspapers on CD-ROM.
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The new product will include full-text access of articles
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published in USA Today since 1988. Current subscriptions for the
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USA Today CD-ROM product includes the current year of data and
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one-year backfile. Also included is the search software,
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documentation, user aids, and a toll-free help line. Current
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subscribers to USA Today on microfilm can add the CD-ROM version
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for $750 annually.
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American Banker is also being offered on CD-ROM through UMI.
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Currently available in hard copy, online, microfiche and
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microfilm formats, the CD-ROM product will allow access to
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complete articles in the newspaper from 1985 forward.
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UMI software for these products allows users to search topics by
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word, phrase, author, or issue. For information contact a UMI
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Serials Sales Representative: University Microfilms
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International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, 1-800-
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521-0600.
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CD-ROM WORKSTATIONS INSTALLED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY LIBRARIES
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A total of 115 CD-ROM workstations were installed in 83 branches
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of the County of Los Angeles Public Library by UMI. Each
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workstation was equipped with UMI's Periodical Abstracts Ondisc
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and Newspaper Abstracts Ondisc. For information about this
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project contact Jonathan James, UMI, 1-800-521-0600, ext. 2210 to
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arrange a convenient time to speak with Phyllis Young, Collection
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Development Coordinator for the County of Los Angeles Public
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Library.
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OFFERS WILSON DATABASES VIA BRS/ONSITE
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BRS/OnSite has reached an agreement with the University of
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Illinois to offer six databases from the H.W. Wilson Company at
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the school's campuses in Champaign/Urbana and Chicago. The
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agreement makes the databases available in a pre-loaded format
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for use by faculty and students on both campuses, and is the
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first installation of the Wilson databases for BRS/OnSite. For
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information contact Wayne Jackson, Maxwell Online, 8000 Westpark
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Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or call 703-442-0900.
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FREE DATABASE OF THE MONTH FROM BRS
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Maxwell Online, Inc. has announced its Database of the Month
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program for its BRS Information Technologies division beginning
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in June. Current subscribers of BRS Information Technology's
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Search Service, Colleague, and After Dark will be able to search
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the selected monthly database for one hour without charge. The
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first three databases scheduled are: June 1991 - Alcohol and
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Alcohol Problems Science Database (ETOH); July 1991 - Adis Drug
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News (ADND); and August 1991 - PAIS International.
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Telecommunication and documentation charges will apply for the
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program, which is currently scheduled through 1992.
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Announcements of future databases of the month will be made in
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BRS Information Technologies' newsletter and via online messages.
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NEW RELEASES FROM COMPACT CAMBRIDGE
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Compact Cambridge has enhanced its MEDLINE CD-ROM by adding the
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"Reference Update" service to each monthly update disc at no
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additional charge beginning in August. Reference Update contains
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the full citations from the tables of contents of 1,100 core
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biomedical journals adding up to 16,000 unique citations each
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month. Each update disc will be cumulative until the articles
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are abstracted and published in MEDLINE itself, at which time
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duplicate listings will be eliminated.
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Also announced is an online connection linking users of MEDLINE
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Compact Cambridge CD-ROM with NLM's MEDLARS system. The option
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is being added in June at no additional charge. The connection
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allows CD-ROM users to make the translation to the MEDLARS
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command structure automatically to capture the most recent
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citations or to search backfiles to 1966.
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In addition, Cambridge has expanded its Aquatic Library of CD-ROM
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research databases to include three new products. Aqualine,
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produced in cooperation with the Water Research Centre of the
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U.K., will provide 100,000 citations and abstracts, covering a
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30-year period, from the worldwide literature on every aspect of
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water, wastewater, and the aquatic environment. The USGS'
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Selected Water Resources Abstracts includes more than 200,000
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abstracts from 1967 to the present. Waterlit offers an
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industrial perspective in more than 150,000 citations dating from
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1975. All are searchable using the core software created by
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Compact Cambridge.
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For information contact Compact Cambridge at 7200 Wisconsin Ave.,
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Bethesda, MD 20814, 301-961-6750.
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WILSON BUSINESS ABSTRACTS
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The H.W. Wilson Company has released its Wilson Business
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Abstracts available via CD-ROM, online, and magnetic tape. WBA
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provides full abstracts of articles in the 345 magazines indexed
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in Business Periodicals Index. The new database will be
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demonstrated during the ALA Conference in Atlanta. For
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information and a trial disc contact Michael Page, H.W. Wilson
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Company, 950 University Ave., Bronx, NY 10452, 1-800-367-6770,
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ext. 2272.
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INFOTRAC 2000 DATABASES AVAILABLE THROUGH CLSI
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Under an agreement between CLSI, Inc. and Information Access
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Company (IAC), ten IAC databases will be available to CLSI member
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libraries under the InfoTrac 2000 Database Licensing Program.
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CLSI member libraries can load the Information Access databases
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onto their local systems, then make them available to library
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patrons through their online catalogs. CLSI is the eleventh
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library automation company to join the InfoTrac 2000 Database
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Licensing Program. For information contact Todd Miller, IAC, 362
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Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, 415-378-5279.
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DEMONSTRATION VIDEO AVAILABLE FREE
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A free videotape describing the General Business File database on
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InfoTrac CD-ROM is available to public and academic libraries
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from Information Access Company. The General Business File links
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article citations and abstracts from business, trade, and
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management journals and newspapers with company directory
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information, newswire reports, and company and industry research
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reports. The 17-minute color video is available from IAC at 1-
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800-227-8431.
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NEW JOURNAL ON HYPERMEDIA
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The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education has
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announced the publication of the Journal of Educational
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MultiMedia and HyperMedia premiering with the Fall 1991 issue.
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The journal is designed to provide a multi-disciplinary forum to
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present and discuss research and applications on multimedia and
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hypermedia. The Journal seeks articles in the form of research
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papers, experimental studies, book/courseware reviews, courseware
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experiences, or case studies. Individual subscriptions are $40
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from AACE, POB 2966, Charlottesville, VA 22902; 804-973-3987.
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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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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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