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             Public-Access Computer Systems News

February 2, 1992  Volume 3, Number 3               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

Established Print Journal is Also Offered as Free E-Journal, 1
Bioengineering Database on CD-ROM, 2
Japanese R&D Information on CD-ROM, 2
Arts & Humanities Citation Index on CD-ROM, 3
PBS Releases Packaged Sets of Biblio-Link Programs, 3
American Banker on CD-ROM, 4
Compact Cambridge Announces Four New CD-ROMs, 4


ESTABLISHED PRINT JOURNAL IS ALSO OFFERED AS FREE E-JOURNAL

CATALYST, a refereed print journal that has been serving
community college educators for more than twenty years, will be
distributed as an electronic journal in addition to its print
version.  Subscriptions to the electronic version of the journal
are now available free of charge via BITNET and the Internet,
according to Dr. Darrel A. Clowes, editor of the journal and a
member of the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.

The quarterly journal is published by the National Council on
Community Services and Continuing Education, an affiliate council
of the American Association of Community, Junior and Technical
Colleges.  The journal is being made available in its electronic
form by the Scholarly Communications Project of Virginia Tech.

Initiated in 1971, CATALYST is the second oldest continuously
published journal in the community college field.  It publishes
practitioner-oriented articles on practices in
continuing/community education as delivered by community
colleges, including papers on research in the field.  CATALYST
currently is distributed in print form to dues-paying members of
the Council, as a benefit of their membership, and to libraries
and other non-members at subscription prices of $20 per year in
the U.S., $25 outside the U.S.

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To subscribe to the electronic journal, send the command
"SUBSCRIBE CATALYST First Name Last Name" by electronic mail to
the address: LISTSERV@VTVM1 on BITNET and
[email protected] on the Internet.  Electronic subscribers
will receive instructions on how to order a list of available
articles, how to retrieve the full text of those articles, and how
to cancel their subscriptions.

Electronic subscribers, in addition to having access to past
issues of the journal, will be sent the tables of contents of
future issues as those issues are published; the subscribers then
may order full text by electronic mail of any and all
articles they wish to read.  Currently, all articles
from issue numbers 3 and 4 of volume 21 (1991) are
available online.  Consideration will be given to adding all
articles from the remaining back issues to the archive.

For further information, contact Lon Savage, SAVAGE@VTVM1.


BIOENGINEERING DATABASE ON CD-ROM

Ei/Engineering Information, Inc. will release Ei BioDisc, a CD-
ROM database for bioengineering, in March 1992.  The database
will provide access to over one million records in genetic
engineering, biomechanics, human rehabilitation engineering,
biological materials, biochemical engineering, prosthetics,
radiography, cybernetics, enzymes, food technology, biomedical
equipment, computer-aided diagnosis, vision, speech and imaging
technology, protein engineering, ergonomics, bionics, and medical
technology.  The citations are derived from a ten year
retrospective of relevant records from Ei Compendex Plus
supplemented with 500,000 merged biotechnology citations from
MEDLINE.

Offered on DIALOG OnDisc, Ei BioDisc will be updated quarterly.
For information, contact Colby Kelly, Engineering Information,
Inc., 345 E. 47th St., New York, NY 10017, or call 800/221-1044
or 212/705-7635.


JAPANESE R&D INFORMATION ON CD-ROM

The JAPAN TECHNOLOGY database has been added to the list of
DIALOG OnDisc CD-ROM products.  The database contains citations
and English-language abstracts of business, scientific, and
technical articles from leading Japanese publications, including
Japanese corporate journals not easily available through
traditional sources.

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DIALOG OnDisc JAPAN TECHNOLOGY covers 1989 to the present and
includes the backfile (1985-1987) on a single disc.  Available in
both DOS and Apple Macintosh versions, the annual license fee is
$4,800 including a free password for up to $300 worth of online
searching in File 582.  Updates will be quarterly.

For information, contact Dialog Marketing, 3460 Hillview Avenue,
Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG.


ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX ON CD-ROM

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) announces the
availability of its Arts & Humanities Index on CD-ROM.  The new
compact discs include the January to April issue of the
A&HCI/Compact Disc Edition, two annual cumulations from the years
1990 and 1991, and a 1980-1989 cumulation.

Coverage is multi-disciplinary and international in scope
providing access to bibliographic records and cited references in
over 1,100 arts and humanities journals per year.

For information, contact CD-ROM Index Products Marketing Manager
Barbara Nagy-Teti, at 800/336-4474, or 215-386-0100, ext. 1290.


PBS RELEASES PACKAGED SETS OF BIBLIO-LINK PROGRAMS

Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc. (PBS) announces it will
begin repackaging its Biblio-Link programs in sets for Apple
Macintosh and IBM personal computer and compatibles.  Biblio-
Links transfer records downloaded from online services, CD-ROM,
and diskette data directly into PBS's Pro-Cite program.

Two package variations will be available for the IBM.  The first
will include individual Biblio-Links to DOBIS, DROLS, MUMS,
NOTIS, OCLC, SCORPIO, and USMARC.  The second will include
individual Biblio-Links to BRS, DIALOG, MEDLARS, SilverPlatter,
and STN.  The Macintosh package will include Macintosh Biblio-
Links for BRS, DIALOG, and MEDLARS.

Each package is $295.  Individual Biblio-Links are available for
$195 each.  For information, call or write PBS at 313/996-1580,
P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.

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AMERICAN BANKER ON CD-ROM

AMERICAN BANKER, a full-text newspaper database, is available on
CD-ROM from DIALOG OnDisc.  The database includes all articles
from American Banker as well as the full text of regulations
affecting the industry and articles and speeches by industry
leaders.

Three configurations are available: the complete file from 1982
to the present on two discs, the current file (1990-1992) on one
disc, or the backfile (1982-1989) on one disc.  AMERICAN BANKER
is updated quarterly, and it is available in DOS and Apple
Macintosh versions.

For information, call 800-3-DIALOG.


COMPACT CAMBRIDGE ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW CD-ROMS

Compact Cambridge is adding three CD-ROM aquatic databases to its
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA).  These are
Aqualine, Selected Water Resources Abstracts (SWRA), and Waterlit.
It is also adding Human Nutrition to its CD-ROM medical library.

Aqualine is produced in cooperation with the Water Research
Centre of the U.K. and draws from over 100,000 worldwide
abstracts and citations from the last 30 years.

Selected Water Resources Abstracts includes more than 200,000
abstracts from 1967 to the present compiled by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Geological Survey.

Waterlit, a product of the South African Water Information
Center, includes 150,000 citations from 1975 to present.

Human Nutrition condenses nutrition-related citations from
MEDLINE, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts, and CAB Abstracts.

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All are updated quarterly.  For information, contact Compact
Cambridge, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301/961-6700.

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