+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News February 24, 1992 Volume 3, Number 4 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Data Research Links Disparate Systems With Z39.50, 1 Three More Wilson Indexes Available on FirstSearch and EPIC, 2 OCLC Serials Union Lists Available on CD-ROM, 2 PAIS Database Available on OCLC Reference Services, 3 DATA RESEARCH LINKS DISPARATE SYSTEMS WITH Z39.50 Data Research Associates, Inc. has connected a DEC VAXStation 3100 running VMS 5.4 and prototype DRA software to two systems: (1) a DECSystem 5810 running ULTRIX 4.2 at the University of California, Berkeley, and (2) an IBM 3090 running MVS/ESA and the MELVYL software at the University of California's Division of Library Automation. In each case, a MARC record was successfully retrieved from the server system. DRA President Michael J. Mellinger said: "While many vendors have made widely varying claims concerning Z39.50, this represents what is to the best of our knowledge the first connection using this protocol of a commercially available system with a disparate system." 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. + Page 2 + THREE MORE WILSON INDEXES AVAILABLE ON FIRSTSEARCH AND EPIC Business Periodicals Index, Wilson Business Abstracts, and Humanities Index have been added to OCLC's EPIC and FirstSearch Catalog systems. Business Periodicals Index (July 1982-) and Wilson Business Abstracts (July 1990-) provide citations and abstracts for 345 of the leading English-language business magazines. Humanities Index (February 1984-) contains citations from nearly 350 journals and magazines. Readers' Guide Abstracts and Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature were mounted on FirstSearch and EPIC in December. The following Wilson indexes will be added to FirstSearch and EPIC later this year: Applied Science & Technology Index, Art Index, Bibliographic Index, Biography Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Book Review Digest, Cumulative Book Index, Education Index, General Science Index, Index to Legal Periodicals, Library Literature, and Social Sciences Index. The FirstSearch Catalog enhances the Wilson databases by attaching holdings symbols of libraries that subscribe to the journal to each citation retrieved. For further information, contact: Nancy Campbell, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017, (614) 761-5170. OCLC SERIALS UNION LISTS AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM The 9,868 libraries that have serials union lists on the OCLC Online System can now receive their lists on CD-ROM as well as on paper, microfiche, or tape. The Serials Union List serves as the public access catalog of serials holdings for library groups. The CD-ROM version gives librarians and library users various levels of searching sophistication and up to five scoping levels (e.g., searching within their department, library, city, state, or regional group). It also offers an optional link to the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Subsystem so that users can place ILL requests which librarians process through the OCLC system. For further information, contact: Nancy Campbell, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017, (614) 761-5170. + Page 3 + PAIS DATABASE AVAILABLE ON OCLC REFERENCE SERVICES PAIS, the Public Affairs Information Service database, is now available on OCLC's online reference services, the FirstSearch Catalog and EPIC. The complete index is available on EPIC and the last 10 years, PAIS Decade, is available on FirstSearch. The Public Affairs Information Service indexes over 1,400 periodicals, specialized journals, books, agency reports, and statistics. Its scope is the public policy aspects of business, economics, government, public administration, law, international relations, and other social sciences. The PAIS file on EPIC contains over 340,000 records. PAIS editors describe the contents of indexed items, providing abstract-like contents notes for most of the records. PAIS includes documents in six languages--English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Documents in non-English languages are indexed with English-language terms and mini-abstracts in English. For further information, contact: Nancy Campbell, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017, (614) 761-5170. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1992 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All rights reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and libraries. 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