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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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Volume 4, Number 7 (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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RLG RECEIVES $62,000 AWARD FROM NEH FOR AMERICAN LITERARY
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MATERIALS PROJECT, 1
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RLG PROJECT ADDS 7,000 RECORDS FOR OLDER PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL
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TO RLIN AMC FILE, 2
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UCSB TO CREATE FIRST Z39.50 LINK TO MELVYL, 3
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28 NEW CAMBRIDGE DATABASES ON MAGNETIC TAPE, 3
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PAIS INTERNATIONAL: 1993 JOURNALS INDEXED LIST AVAILABLE, 4
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DYNIX PRESENTS "EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION" AWARD, 5
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KSU EXPANDS ACCESS WITH INFOSHARE, 5
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BIOSIS PREVIEWS AND BIP AVAILABLE WITH NOTIS, 5
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AIDSLINE NOW AVAILABLE VIA PAPERCHASE, 6
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BIBLIOFILE PAC/DRA INTERFACE AVAILABLE, 7
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RLG RECEIVES $62,000 AWARD FROM NEH FOR AMERICAN LITERARY
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MATERIALS PROJECT
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The Research Libraries Group (RLG) has been awarded $62,000 by
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the National Endowment for the Humanities to begin developing a
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national database on RLIN of information about primary literary
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materials in American literature--correspondence, manuscripts,
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typescripts, and ephemera--often critical to research but
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difficult or impossible to locate.
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Dubbed Research Resources in American Literature (RRAL), the
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one-year pilot project began on March 1, 1993, and involves four
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RLG members: the Beinecke Library at Yale University, Dartmouth
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College Library, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at
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the University of Texas at Austin, and the Houghton Library at
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Harvard College where the RRAL project's editorial office is
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located.
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The four participants will first identify research materials
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relating to an initial list of 125 American authors and develop
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methodologies to survey, describe, and catalog them in RLIN.
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Later in the year, some 25 institutions with important
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collections related to American literature will be surveyed on
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the materials they hold for these authors. The pilot project
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will allow a more accurate estimate of the effort that would be
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required to expand into a nationwide project.
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The RRAL project will have a liaison with both the National Union
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Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) and the Modern
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Language Association (MLA) to avoid duplication of effort and
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ensure the project is responsive to the needs of scholars.
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For more information, contact La Vonne Galle,
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bl.lfg@rlg.stanford.edu.
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RLG PROJECT ADDS 7,000 RECORDS FOR OLDER PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL
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TO RLIN AMC FILE
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Approximately 7,000 cataloging records have been added to the
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RLIN Archives and Manuscripts Control (AMC) file as the result of
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a two-year cooperative retrospective conversion project organized
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by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and funded by a $200,000
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grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
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project brings to over 380,000 the number of records in the RLIN
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AMC file describing unique, primary source materials.
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The records, converted into machine-readable form from older
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printed cataloging records, were added by ten RLG member
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institutions participating in the project. The ten were chosen
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for their important collections in humanistic and scholarly
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research. Subjects of interest include the antebellum South and
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the Civil War, the rise of industrialism and trade unions, the
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settlement of the Old West, immigrants and immigration, the
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evolution of modern computing, Shakespeare, and French history.
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The other participating institutions were the American
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Antiquarian Society, Cornell University, the Hagley Museum and
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Library, Louisiana State University, the State Historical Society
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of Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota, the University of
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Pennsylvania, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at
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Yale University, and the Virginia State Library and Archives.
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All the participants followed national standards in the creation
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of the records, conforming to the MARC AMC format; following
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cataloging rules set out in Archives, Personal Papers, and
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Manuscripts; and forming headings according to the 1988 revision
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of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd edition (AACR 2) or
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the Library of Congress Name and Subject authority files.
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Additional access points were also derived from standardized
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thesauri.
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For more information, contact La Vonne Galle,
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bl.lfg@rlg.stanford.edu.
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UCSB TO CREATE FIRST Z39.50 LINK TO MELVYL
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One of the first Z39.50 links between different library systems
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will be implemented at the University of California-Santa Barbara
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by the fall of 1993 with the installation of PACLink from NOTIS
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Systems Inc. Patrons currently use two different terminals, one
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to access UCSB's catalog and one to access MELVYL. After PACLink
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is installed, patrons will need to use only one terminal and the
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NOTIS interface to access both catalogs. NOTIS screens and
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commands will be used to access resources available at UCSB as
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well as throughout the UC system via MELVYL.
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PACLink, together with PACLoan, form a complete collection
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sharing system. PACLink is a client/server application using the
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Z39.50 protocol to seamlessly search remote online catalogs using
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the same user interface as the home catalog. PACLoan allows
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patrons to initiate interlibrary loan requests, and enables ILL
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staff at both libraries to track the request and gather
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statistics. These products can be used together or separately.
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For additional information, contact Linda Sullivan, NOTIS, 708-
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866-4917.
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28 NEW CAMBRIDGE DATABASES ON MAGNETIC TAPE
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Cambridge Scientific Abstracts has introduced a new line of
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affordable magnetic tape databases for users of local area
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networks. The new Cambridge databases offer libraries unlimited
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access to vast amounts of data, along with faster search results-
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-all at a fixed cost and using the customer's existing hardware
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and software.
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Cambridge has expanded and restructured its database library to
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create 28 new, discipline-specific magnetic tape options. The
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new choices are grouped by subject area: Environment & Pollution
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(six databases), Engineering & Computer Science (eight databases
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published jointly with Engineering Information Inc.), Aquatic
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Sciences, Marine Biology & Oceanography (three databases), and
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Biomedical Sciences (nine databases). To create this new series
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of magnetic tape offerings, Cambridge has drawn on over 2.5
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million abstracts and citations from its 41 abstract journals,
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often combining these resources to create new configurations of
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greater value to researchers. For example, the Cambridge
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Pollution Database (one of the six databases in the area of
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environment and pollution) includes not only the Pollution
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Abstracts database available online from several vendors, but
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also CSA's Toxicology Abstracts and Environmental Impact
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Statements databases. Cambridge regularly scans more than 6,500
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print journals, conference proceedings, reports, books, patents,
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and other sources to collect citations for its databases.
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Sample tapes are available for no-obligation trials. For a
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catalog or other information, contact Tina Long, Magnetic Tape
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Services Dept., Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, 7200 Wisconsin
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Ave., Bethesda MD 20814-4823; 301-961-6737; or e-mail: MCI Mail
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ID# CAMSCI.
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PAIS INTERNATIONAL: 1993 JOURNALS INDEXED LIST AVAILABLE
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PAIS has available a new free publication PAIS International:
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1993 Journals Indexed List. This publication is a listing of all
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journals from which material was taken for indexing in 1992 PAIS
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International publications and services including: PAIS
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International in Print; PAIS International Online with Data-Star,
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DIALOG, and OCLC; PAIS on CD-ROM, and PAIS International on
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SilverPlatter. For journals cited, this list includes:
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abbreviated journal name, full journal name, publication
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frequency, subscription rate, ISSN, publisher address,
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distributor address, and informative notes such as title changes
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or publication cessation information. Current subscribers to
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PAIS International in Print will find this list printed in the
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front of the 1992 annual volume mailed in March 1993.
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This publication will be distributed at conferences at which PAIS
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exhibits. Copies can be requested by writing to PAIS--Public
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Affairs Information Service, 521 West 43rd St., New York NY
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10036-4396, Attention: Mrs. Saladin.
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DYNIX PRESENTS "EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION" AWARD
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The recipient of the 1993 Dynix "Excellence in Information" award
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is the Portland Public School District's Educational Media
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Department for its creation of "PL Super Service: Topical
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Bibliographies", a program to develop and distribute topical
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bibliographies from its professional library. Developed by
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Samuel R. Skopp and Connie Stanton, the program generates on-
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demand bibliographies by searching the Dynix Scholar system and
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ERIC. The bibliographies are created using Pro-Cite and Biblio-
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Link software.
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Dynix's "Excellence in Information" award was initiated to
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acknowledge efforts by Dynix clients to keep their patrons
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educated and informed.
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KSU EXPANDS ACCESS WITH INFOSHARE
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Kansas State University will install NOTIS System's InfoShare,
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the first commercially available database server to fully
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integrate the Z39.50 communication protocol, in its central
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library and four branches. InfoShare uses the Z39.50 information
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retrieval protocol and runs under the TCP/IP standard on the
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Internet.
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After the KSU libraries implement InfoShare, patrons will be able
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to perform multiple searches through a single terminal interface
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that can access the OPAC and other databases. Faculty and
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students will be able to access these resources via the campus
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network from a variety of locations.
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For additional information, contact Linda Sullivan, NOTIS, 708-
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866-4917.
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BIOSIS PREVIEWS AND BIP AVAILABLE WITH NOTIS
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Libraries can expand patron searches with two additional
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databases now supported by the NOTIS Systems database access
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systems. Access to BIOSIS Previews, the world's most
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comprehensive bibliographic database for the life science
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community, and Books in Print, an online source of available
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books, is now available with NOTIS InfoShare and Multiple
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Database Access System (MDAS).
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InfoShare is a Z39.50-compliant server that allows NOTIS and non-
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NOTIS sites to load databases, including full-text, on a UNIX-
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based platform. Databases are delivered pre-indexed, making the
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loading process simple. MDAS, which is also designed according
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to the client/server architecture, enables libraries to load
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abstract and citation databases on the same hardware platform as
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the NOTIS OPAC.
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For additional information, contact Linda Sullivan, NOTIS, 708-
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866-4917.
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AIDSLINE NOW AVAILABLE VIA PAPERCHASE
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AIDSLINE, the National Library of Medicine's database of
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clinical, research, and health care policy information on AIDS,
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is now available via PaperChase. AIDSLINE contains 77,000
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references selected from 4,000 sources. References found in
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AIDSLINE are taken from a variety of NLM databases, including
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MEDLINE, Health Planning and Administration (HEALTH), CANCERLIT,
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CATLINE, and AVLINE. Also included are meeting abstracts from
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the Fifth through the Eighth International Conferences on AIDS,
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the 90th and the 91st Symposia on Nonhuman Primate Models for
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AIDS, and, when appropriate, the 1990 and 1991 annual meetings of
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the American Society for Microbiology.
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PaperChase combines all references from all years of MEDLINE,
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HEALTH, and AIDSLINE into a single database. Duplicate
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references are shown to the searcher only once. Searching the
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three databases simultaneously offers savings in both time and
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costs. The search may be limited to a single database if needed.
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PaperChase is a service of Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, a major
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teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School. Designed by
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physicians, PaperChase allows the searcher access to MEDLINE,
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HEALTH, and AIDSLINE without the need to know either Medical
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Subject Headings or a search language. PaperChase offers a
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variety of options to hospitals, departments, and individuals who
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wish to set up accounts. There is no subscription fee or minimum
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monthly charge.
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For additional information, contact Rick Lawson, Director of User
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Services, PaperChase, 800-722-2075 or 617-278-3900.
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BIBLIOFILE PAC/DRA INTERFACE AVAILABLE
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The Library Corporation has installed an interface that links its
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BiblioFile Public Access Catalog with Data Research Associates'
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circulation system. The new interface allows patrons to view an
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item's circulation status from within the BiblioFile PAC. The
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Beta test site is a branch of the Queens Borough Public Library
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in Jamaica NY.
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For additional information, contact Thomas Loy, 800-624-0559.
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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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Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by academic computer
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centers, computer conferences, individual scholars, and
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This
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message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use
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