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Public-Access Computer Systems News
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February 2, 1992 Volume 3, Number 3 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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CONTENTS
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Established Print Journal is Also Offered as Free E-Journal, 1
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Bioengineering Database on CD-ROM, 2
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Japanese R&D Information on CD-ROM, 2
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index on CD-ROM, 3
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PBS Releases Packaged Sets of Biblio-Link Programs, 3
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American Banker on CD-ROM, 4
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Compact Cambridge Announces Four New CD-ROMs, 4
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ESTABLISHED PRINT JOURNAL IS ALSO OFFERED AS FREE E-JOURNAL
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CATALYST, a refereed print journal that has been serving
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community college educators for more than twenty years, will be
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distributed as an electronic journal in addition to its print
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version. Subscriptions to the electronic version of the journal
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are now available free of charge via BITNET and the Internet,
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according to Dr. Darrel A. Clowes, editor of the journal and a
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member of the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
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University.
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The quarterly journal is published by the National Council on
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Community Services and Continuing Education, an affiliate council
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of the American Association of Community, Junior and Technical
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Colleges. The journal is being made available in its electronic
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form by the Scholarly Communications Project of Virginia Tech.
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Initiated in 1971, CATALYST is the second oldest continuously
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published journal in the community college field. It publishes
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practitioner-oriented articles on practices in
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continuing/community education as delivered by community
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colleges, including papers on research in the field. CATALYST
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currently is distributed in print form to dues-paying members of
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the Council, as a benefit of their membership, and to libraries
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and other non-members at subscription prices of $20 per year in
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the U.S., $25 outside the U.S.
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To subscribe to the electronic journal, send the command
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"SUBSCRIBE CATALYST First Name Last Name" by electronic mail to
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the address: LISTSERV@VTVM1 on BITNET and
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LISTSERV@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU on the Internet. Electronic subscribers
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will receive instructions on how to order a list of available
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articles, how to retrieve the full text of those articles, and how
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to cancel their subscriptions.
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Electronic subscribers, in addition to having access to past
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issues of the journal, will be sent the tables of contents of
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future issues as those issues are published; the subscribers then
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may order full text by electronic mail of any and all
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articles they wish to read. Currently, all articles
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from issue numbers 3 and 4 of volume 21 (1991) are
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available online. Consideration will be given to adding all
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articles from the remaining back issues to the archive.
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For further information, contact Lon Savage, SAVAGE@VTVM1.
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BIOENGINEERING DATABASE ON CD-ROM
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Ei/Engineering Information, Inc. will release Ei BioDisc, a CD-
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ROM database for bioengineering, in March 1992. The database
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will provide access to over one million records in genetic
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engineering, biomechanics, human rehabilitation engineering,
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biological materials, biochemical engineering, prosthetics,
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radiography, cybernetics, enzymes, food technology, biomedical
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equipment, computer-aided diagnosis, vision, speech and imaging
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technology, protein engineering, ergonomics, bionics, and medical
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technology. The citations are derived from a ten year
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retrospective of relevant records from Ei Compendex Plus
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supplemented with 500,000 merged biotechnology citations from
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MEDLINE.
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Offered on DIALOG OnDisc, Ei BioDisc will be updated quarterly.
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For information, contact Colby Kelly, Engineering Information,
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Inc., 345 E. 47th St., New York, NY 10017, or call 800/221-1044
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or 212/705-7635.
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JAPANESE R&D INFORMATION ON CD-ROM
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The JAPAN TECHNOLOGY database has been added to the list of
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DIALOG OnDisc CD-ROM products. The database contains citations
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and English-language abstracts of business, scientific, and
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technical articles from leading Japanese publications, including
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Japanese corporate journals not easily available through
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traditional sources.
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DIALOG OnDisc JAPAN TECHNOLOGY covers 1989 to the present and
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includes the backfile (1985-1987) on a single disc. Available in
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both DOS and Apple Macintosh versions, the annual license fee is
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$4,800 including a free password for up to $300 worth of online
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searching in File 582. Updates will be quarterly.
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For information, contact Dialog Marketing, 3460 Hillview Avenue,
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Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG.
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ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX ON CD-ROM
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The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) announces the
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availability of its Arts & Humanities Index on CD-ROM. The new
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compact discs include the January to April issue of the
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A&HCI/Compact Disc Edition, two annual cumulations from the years
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1990 and 1991, and a 1980-1989 cumulation.
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Coverage is multi-disciplinary and international in scope
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providing access to bibliographic records and cited references in
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over 1,100 arts and humanities journals per year.
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For information, contact CD-ROM Index Products Marketing Manager
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Barbara Nagy-Teti, at 800/336-4474, or 215-386-0100, ext. 1290.
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PBS RELEASES PACKAGED SETS OF BIBLIO-LINK PROGRAMS
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Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc. (PBS) announces it will
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begin repackaging its Biblio-Link programs in sets for Apple
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Macintosh and IBM personal computer and compatibles. Biblio-
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Links transfer records downloaded from online services, CD-ROM,
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and diskette data directly into PBS's Pro-Cite program.
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Two package variations will be available for the IBM. The first
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will include individual Biblio-Links to DOBIS, DROLS, MUMS,
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NOTIS, OCLC, SCORPIO, and USMARC. The second will include
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individual Biblio-Links to BRS, DIALOG, MEDLARS, SilverPlatter,
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and STN. The Macintosh package will include Macintosh Biblio-
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Links for BRS, DIALOG, and MEDLARS.
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Each package is $295. Individual Biblio-Links are available for
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$195 each. For information, call or write PBS at 313/996-1580,
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P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106.
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AMERICAN BANKER ON CD-ROM
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AMERICAN BANKER, a full-text newspaper database, is available on
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CD-ROM from DIALOG OnDisc. The database includes all articles
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from American Banker as well as the full text of regulations
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affecting the industry and articles and speeches by industry
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leaders.
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Three configurations are available: the complete file from 1982
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to the present on two discs, the current file (1990-1992) on one
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disc, or the backfile (1982-1989) on one disc. AMERICAN BANKER
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is updated quarterly, and it is available in DOS and Apple
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Macintosh versions.
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For information, call 800-3-DIALOG.
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COMPACT CAMBRIDGE ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW CD-ROMS
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Compact Cambridge is adding three CD-ROM aquatic databases to its
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Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA). These are
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Aqualine, Selected Water Resources Abstracts (SWRA), and Waterlit.
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It is also adding Human Nutrition to its CD-ROM medical library.
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Aqualine is produced in cooperation with the Water Research
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Centre of the U.K. and draws from over 100,000 worldwide
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abstracts and citations from the last 30 years.
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Selected Water Resources Abstracts includes more than 200,000
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abstracts from 1967 to the present compiled by the U.S.
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Department of the Interior, Geological Survey.
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Waterlit, a product of the South African Water Information
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Center, includes 150,000 citations from 1975 to present.
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Human Nutrition condenses nutrition-related citations from
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MEDLINE, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Cambridge
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Scientific Abstracts, and CAB Abstracts.
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All are updated quarterly. For information, contact Compact
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Cambridge, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301/961-6700.
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Copyright (C) 1992 by the University Libraries, University of
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Houston. 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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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied
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material. All commercial use requires permission.
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