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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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Volume 4, Number 5 (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 EXTENDS FIRSTSEARCH, EPIC, AND CURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS
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HOURS, 1
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ART INDEX AND ARTS & HUMANITIES SEARCH NOW ON FIRSTSEARCH AND
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EPIC, 2
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GUIDON INTERFACE IMPROVES INTERNET ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC
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JOURNAL, 3
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SPRINGER JOURNALS PREVIEW SERVICE, 3
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DYNAMIC INFORMATION IS ADDED AS DOCUMENT SUPPLIER FOR
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FIRSTSEARCH, 4
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SPLICER FOR WINDOWS, 4
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NEW BOOKLET ON OPEN SYSTEMS, 5
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KNOWLEDGE INDEX MOVES TO COMPUSERVE, 5
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LC SELECTS STAR, 5
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VTLS OFFERS ADA-SUPPORT WORKSTATION, 6
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OCLC EXTENDS FIRSTSEARCH, EPIC, AND CURRENT CLINICAL TRIALS HOURS
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The FirstSearch Catalog and the EPIC service, OCLC's online
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reference services, and the Online Journal of Current Clinical
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Trials are now available Sunday through Friday until midnight and
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on Saturday until 8 p.m. on both the OCLC Network and the
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Internet.
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The new hours are:
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Monday-Friday 6 a.m.-midnight (Eastern Time)
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Saturday 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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Sunday noon-midnight (Eastern Time)
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Later this year, OCLC plans to make the systems available 24
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hours a day.
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The FirstSearch Catalog is designed for library patrons, with an
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end-user interface that allows patrons to move easily through the
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online search process in just a few simple steps, without
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training or online searching experience.
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EPIC, a full-featured online reference system that provides
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subject access, and keyword and Boolean searching to a variety of
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databases, is used mostly by librarians and experienced
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searchers.
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The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials is a peer-reviewed
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medical journal, edited by the American Association for the
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Advancement of Science and distributed electronically by OCLC.
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For additional information contact Tam Dalrymple 614-761-5054
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or Nita Dean 614-761-5002.
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ART INDEX AND ARTS & HUMANITIES SEARCH NOW ON FIRSTSEARCH AND
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EPIC
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Students and scholars in the arts and humanities now have two of
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their most valuable resources available for online searching on
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OCLC's FirstSearch Catalog and EPIC service.
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Art Index, the H. W. Wilson database of 200 leading art
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publications from around the world, and Arts & Humanities Search,
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the online equivalent of the Institute for Scientific
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Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, have
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recently been added to FirstSearch and EPIC.
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The online version of Art Index provides convenient and detailed
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access to major periodicals, yearbooks, museum publications,
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bibliographies, and reviews in various languages dating from
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September 1984 to the present. It offers an international
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perspective on the arts, ranging from archeology, architecture,
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art history, computer graphics, crafts, industrial design,
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interior design, and photography to sculpture, television,
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textiles, and video. It also serves as a complete record of
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reproductions of works of art that appear in the publications
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indexed. It is updated monthly.
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Arts & Humanities Search indexes articles from over 1,100 of the
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world's leading arts and humanities journals and includes
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relevant articles from some 5,000 journals in the physical and
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social sciences. Its online coverage goes from 1980 to the
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present. It is updated weekly.
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Both FirstSearch and EPIC display the three-character OCLC
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symbols for the libraries that own the publications cited in each
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entry. The online citations in both Art Index and Arts &
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Humanities Search have been linked to serials records that have
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been authenticated by CONSER participants. The CONSER program
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includes 19 OCLC member libraries, the Library of Congress, and
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the National Library of Canada. The 500,000 authoritative CONSER
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records represent the most widely held titles among libraries.
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For additional information contact Tam Dalrymple 614-761-5054 or
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Nita Dean 614-761-5002.
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GUIDON INTERFACE IMPROVES INTERNET ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC JOURNAL
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With the release of GUIDON 1.1 software, subscribers to the
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Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials can now access
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the electronic journal's complete text and graphics through the
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Internet.
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GUIDON is a graphical user interface developed by OCLC for
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electronic journals. With GUIDON, subscribers view the full-text
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of articles with graphics and hypertext links to references,
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figures, equations, and tables. GUIDON also supports
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sophisticated Boolean searching and a document ordering
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capability. OCLC plans future releases of GUIDON that will
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support its searching and graphic capabilities on the X-Windows
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and Macintosh platforms.
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Two interfaces are available for viewing, displaying, and
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printing Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials documents.
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GUIDON, which is sent to all subscribers, runs in the Microsoft
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Windows environment on an 80286 or higher PC and provides
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typeset-quality displays and graphics. EPS, the OCLC Electronic
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Publishing Service, is a command-oriented ASCII user interface
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which runs on a terminal or PC with software emulating a VT100
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terminal. Both interfaces are now available via the Internet,
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the OCLC Network, and CompuServe.
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For additional information contact Andrea Keyhani 614-764-6474
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or Nita Dean 614-761-5002.
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SPRINGER JOURNALS PREVIEW SERVICE
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Springer-Verlag has announced that it will offer the tables of
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contents and BiblioAbstracts of 30 scientific journals via e-mail
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before publication of the new issue. This service is accessible
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as of March 1, 1993. Tables of contents are free of charge and
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BiblioAbstracts are available for an annual token fee.
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The files supplied are in ASCII format, structured in accordance
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with accepted standards. They can be read on any computer without
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further processing and can easily be integrated into local data
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bases.
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For details send an e-mail message containing the word "help" to
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svjps@dhdspri6.bitnet or contact Springer-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG,
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New Technologies/Product Development, P.O. Box 10 52 80, W-6900
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Heidelberg, Germany; e-mail: springer@dhdspri6.bitnet; fax: +49
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6221 487 648
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DYNAMIC INFORMATION IS ADDED AS DOCUMENT SUPPLIER FOR FIRSTSEARCH
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Dynamic Information, based in Burlingame, Calif., has joined UMI
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Article Clearinghouse as a document supplier for users of the
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OCLC FirstSearch Catalog. This second FirstSearch Document
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Ordering supplier initially will provide access to serial
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articles found in the ArticleFirst database, which contains
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bibliographic citations from the table of contents page of more
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than 11,000 journals in science, technology, medicine, social
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science, business, the humanities, and popular culture. The
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document ordering option will later be expanded to include
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other FirstSearch databases. According to Dynamic Information,
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97 percent of the titles contained in the ArticleFirst database
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will be available.
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Documents may be delivered by regular mail, overnight mail, or
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fax. Users can use existing deposit accounts or set up accounts
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for document purchases, or they can use credit cards. Prices
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displayed on the online order form are set by the supplier and
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include processing, delivery, and copyright and royalty fees.
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OCLC's document ordering system features a help screen
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to guide users. The help screen includes information about
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suppliers and toll-free telephone numbers to call for more
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information. Also, ArticleFirst displays libraries' holdings so
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users can check to make sure they don't purchase information
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already housed in their home libraries.
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For additional information contact Nita Dean 614-761-5002 or
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Daviess Menefee 614-764-4358.
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SPLICER FOR WINDOWS
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Research Information Systems introduces Splicer for Windows, the
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first of its products for Microsoft Windows. Splicer for Windows
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is a true Windows implementation of the retrieval portion of
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Reference Manager bibliographic management software. Splicer for
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Windows allows the user to access Reference Manager, search for
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references and "cut and paste" the reference identifiers into the
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text of a Windows word processing document. Splicer for Windows
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uses a new GUI and is compatible with any Reference Manager
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version 5.0 database. With the introduction of Splicer for
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Windows, users now have the flexibility of using a true Windows
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interface with their Windows word processor.
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For additional information contact Research Information Systems,
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2355 Camino Vida Roble, Carlsbad CA 92009; 800-722-1227 or 619-
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438-5526; fax: 619-438-5573.
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NEW BOOKLET ON OPEN SYSTEMS
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A new booklet, "Open Systems and Your Library", provides a brief,
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but thorough, overview of emerging technologies and standards
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such as client/server architecture and the Z39.50 protocol, and
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illustrates how they can expand patron usage and streamline
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library activities.
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Available free from NOTIS Systems, Inc., the booklet was written
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by Gary Lee Phillips. To obtain a copy of the booklet, contact
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NOTIS, 1007 Church St., Evanston IL 60201; 708-866-0150.
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KNOWLEDGE INDEX MOVES TO COMPUSERVE
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Dialog Information Services, Inc. has announced a strategic
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partnership between Dialog and CompuServe, Inc. This new
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alliance includes a transfer of the Knowledge Index service to
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the CompuServe Information Service, effective April 1, 1993.
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CompuServe will provide customer support for Knowledge Index,
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while Dialog will continue to provide technical maintenance.
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Knowledge Index includes over 100 Dialog databases. As part of
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the CompuServe Information Service, Knowledge Index will continue
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to provide reduced price after-hours access to some of the most
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popular databases. In addition, existing Knowledge Index users
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will have access to CompuServe's more than 1,700 services.
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For additional information, contact Sales Dept., Dialog
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Information Services, Inc., 3460 Hillview, Palo Alto CA 94304;
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800-334-2564 or 415-858-3785; fax: 415-858-7069; or CompuServe
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Information Service, Inc., 800-438-3690.
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LC SELECTS STAR
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The Library of Congress has awarded a $134,950 contract to Cuadra
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Associates for a new integrated library system to be used in its
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Congressional Research Service (CRS). The system will be based
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on Cuadra/STAR software a product of the company. STAR was
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selected for the integrated library system through a competitive
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procurement process in which offers were solicited from 64
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vendors of library systems and software. As part of the
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contract, Cuadra Associates will convert 97,000 records presently
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in several formats. These and other records currently in manual
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form only will be merged to establish the basic catalog database
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for the CRS integrated library system.
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CRS will use STAR in an environment consisting of multi-vendor
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IBM PC-AT and Compaq/386 compatible machines, all of which will
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be connected to a token ring network. The STAR software will run
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on a UNIX multiprocessor that may eventually support up to 130
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simultaneous users. STAR is scheduled to be installed in early
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1993.
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For additional information, contact Carlos A. Cuadra or Judith
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Wanger, Cuadra Associates, Inc., 11835 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite
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855, Los Angeles CA 90064; 310-478-0066; fax: 310-477-1078.
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VTLS OFFERS ADA-SUPPORT WORKSTATION
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To help libraries comply with Title III of the Americans with
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Disabilities Act (ADA), VTLS Inc. has developed an option that
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gives users who are visually impaired equal access to the VTLS
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integrated library system. Configured with special VGA and voice
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synthesizer boards, the ADA-support workstation permits screen
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enlargement as well as voice output.
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The ADA-support interface works with any data communications
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package, but looks best when used with the VTLS Intelligent
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Workstation. The interface comes with a mouse which can be used
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to choose one of three modes of screen enlargement: full screen,
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in place, single line (ruler view), and single line at the bottom
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of the screen (dual view). Further enlargement or reduction is
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possible with another click of the mouse. One click of all three
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mouse buttons together reverses the polarity of white letters
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against a black background to black letters against a white
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background. For users who are totally blind, the interface
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features a voice board that has been customized to read aloud
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specific parts of the screen.
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For additional information, contact Gail Gulbenkian, 703-231-
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3605.
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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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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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