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Public-Access Computer Systems News
January 17, 1992 Volume 3, Number 1 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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CONTENTS
Data Research Adds EBSCO Databases to Information Gateway, 1
New Release of Science Citation Index CD-ROM Planned, 1
New PACS Review Editorial Board Members Appointed, 2
R. R. Bowker Announces LIBRARY REFERENCE PLUS, 3
DATA RESEARCH ADDS EBSCO DATABASES TO INFORMATION GATEWAY
Data Research Associates, Inc. has signed an agreement with EBSCO
Publishing to provide EBSCO's Magazine Article Summaries and
Academic Abstracts through the Data Research Information Gateway.
The EBSCO indexes are tape loaded into the library's DRA system,
where they are searched using familiar OPAC commands.
Magazine Article Summaries covers articles appearing in the New
York Times and 371 general interest periodicals selected for use
by school and public libraries based on EBSCO Subscription
Services' statistics.
Academic Abstracts covers articles appearing in the New York
Times and 757 periodicals most commonly found in academic
libraries according to EBSCO Subscription Services' statistics.
For further information, contact Joe Bonwich, Data Research
Associates, Inc., 1276 North Warson Road, P.O. Box 8495, St.
Louis, MO 63132-1806, (800) 325-0888.
NEW RELEASE OF SCIENCE CITATION INDEX CD-ROM PLANNED
The Institute for Scientific Information has announced that it
will release a new version of its Science Citation Index Compact
Disc Edition (SCI CDE). The new edition will add English-
language author abstracts, which are available for 83% of the
indexed articles, to the database. The new release is scheduled
for July 1992.
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Demonstration disks for the new release are available at no cost.
To order the demonstration disks, call (800) 336-4474 in the U.S.
and Canada or 44-895-270016 in Europe, Africa, and the Middle
East. For further information, contact Barbara Nagy-Teti,
Institute for Scientific Information, 3501 Market Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
NEW PACS REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED
The Editorial Board of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review
has recently been expanded. The Public-Access Computer Systems
Review is an electronic journal about end-user computer systems
in libraries that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other
networks. The following individuals now serve on the Board:
Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin
George H. Brett II, University of North Carolina
General Administration
Steve Cisler, Apple
Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath
Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz
Charles Hildreth, READ Ltd.
Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland
Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation,
University of California
David R. McDonald, Tufts University
R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
Peggy Seiden, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington
Peter Stone, University of Sussex
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University
The Public-Access Computer Systems Review announced a new section
of the journal, Refereed Articles, in November 1991. Articles in
this section are peer reviewed by Editorial Board members.
Authors now have the option of submitting a paper to either the
Refereed Articles section or the Communications section (papers
for this section are selected by the Editor-in-Chief and the
Associate Editor, Communications).
For further information, contact Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Editor-
in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, University
Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091, (713)
749-4241, or BITNET: LIB3@UHUPVM1.
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R. R. BOWKER ANNOUNCES LIBRARY REFERENCE PLUS
R. R. Bowker has released a new CD-ROM product, LIBRARY REFERENCE
PLUS. This product includes the American Library Directory;
American Book Trade Directory; Publishers, Distributors and
Wholesalers of the United States; The Bowker Annual Library and
Book Trade Almanac; Literary Market Place; and International
Literary Market Place. Both field-oriented and full-text
searching are supported; 69 access points are provided.
For further information, contact: Tracey George, R. R. Bowker,
121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974, (908) 655-2811.
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