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Public-Access Computer Systems News
October 2, 1991 Volume 2, Number 9 ISSN 1050-6004
Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
(LIB3@UHUPVM1).
Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries,
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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WILSON ANNOUNCES SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES
H. W. Wilson Company announces that an initial subscription to
any of its nineteen WILSONTAPE databases now includes four years
of retrospective data plus monthly updates for current year.
Additional retrospective data is also available. For further
information, contact Becky Clarke, H. W. Wilson Company, 950
University Ave., Bronx, New York 10452, (800) 367-6770, ext.
2758.
Wilson also has announced a new no-charge network and remote
access policy that applies to all nineteen WILSONDISC databases.
For school and academic libraries, no network or remote access
fees will be assessed for faculty, staff, and student access at a
single campus or school. For public libraries, the policy will
apply to branches of a single public library. In addition,
public library patrons may dial in from homes and offices with no
restriction on the number of simultaneous users. Previously
announced policies for corporate libraries and for access by
patrons of non-associated institutions remain in effect. For
further information, contact Michael Page, (800) 367-6770, ext.
2272.
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ISI SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR CITATION DATABASES
The Institute for Scientific Information has announced the
October 1991 release of Version 3.0 search and retrieval software
for its Science Citation Index Compact Disc Edition and the
Social Sciences Citation Index Compact Disc Edition. Changes
will provide users with streamlined start-ups; an increased
number of on-screen messages; an indexed, more in-depth help
system; and customized record formats for printing and saving to
disk.
The new release also includes the related records feature which
links and displays bibliographic records that have references in
common. When one record of interest is found, researchers are
quickly led to additional records related to their searches. The
display of shared references in Version 3.0 offers users the
ability to review which of the references are shared between the
original article retrieved and its related records. For further
information, contact Barbara Nagy-Teti, Institute for Scientific
Information, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, (800) 336-
4474.
CLSI DEVELOPS ROBOTICS INTERFACE
The new Bordeaux Public Library, France, opened the doors to its
new eleven-floor library equipped with a CLSI online public
access catalog and robotic shelving and retrieval of non-
circulating materials. CLSI developed an interface to the
automated system that directs the robot.
After CLSI's online catalog module produces the search results, a
request is sent to the robot via one of six personal computers.
The PC assigns a number to each user's request, and item barcode
numbers activate the robot to retrieve the items, usually
completed within five minutes. The system informs the user that
the items have been delivered by automatically listing the
assigned number on an overhead sign. To shelve the materials, a
PC scans the items' barcodes, and the robot returns the materials
to the correct locations in the library.
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PRO-CITE FOR THE MACINTOSH 2.0
Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc. has released Pro-Cite for
the Macintosh, version 2.0. Pro-Cite is designed specifically
for organizing and formatting bibliographic references
automatically. The new version includes increased record
capacity for storage of up to 100,000 records, an improved menu
arrangement, superscript and subscript support, and the ability
to output bibliographies in a file format read by nearly every
word processor. Version 2.0 is available for $395; current users
may upgrade for $95. For further information, contact Personal
Bibliographic Software, P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4250,
(313) 996-1580.
SSCI CUMULATION ON CD-ROM
The Institute for Scientific Information has announced plans to
produce a new five-year cumulation of the Social Sciences
Citation Index Compact Disc Edition (SSCI CDE) 1986-1990 in late
November. Its print counterpart will be released in early 1992.
The cumulation will index all the journals covered by the
corresponding annuals, plus an additional 705 journal issues.
The SSCI CDE 1981-1985 Cumulation was released in May 1990. For
further information, contact Barbara Nagy-Teti, (800) 336-4474.
ENVIRONMENTAL/SAFETY INFORMATION ON CD-ROM
The Environmental/Safety Library on CD-ROM is being introduced by
IHS Regulatory Products. Containing a comprehensive collection
of laws and regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Department of
Transportation, the CD-ROM provides users with access to
important regulatory/compliance information. Documents can be
located by part/section number, subject, date of publication,
keyword in text or title, word lists, or table of contents
browsing. Zoom and print features allow users to print exact
duplicates of hardcopy originals. The database is updated every
60 days. For further information, contact Information Handling
Services, Dept. 59, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80150,
(800) 241-7824.
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STAR SOFTWARE ON UNIX SYSTEMS
STAR, the multi-user text management and information retrieval
system produced by Cuadra Associates, is now available on
computer systems running either the SCO or AT&T versions of UNIX
V. STAR is designed to provide fast, sophisticated multi-user
access to descriptive information of all kinds without any need
for computer programming support on the part of the user. For
information contact Cuadra Associates, 11835 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Suite 855, Los Angeles, CA 90064, (213) 478-0066.
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