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