+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 6, Number 5 (1995) ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Linda Thompson (LTHOMPSON@UH.EDU) and Ann Thornton (ATHORNTON@UH.EDU). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS New CD-ROM for Women's Studies, 1 Internet Cataloging Project Database Now Available, 2 UMI Enhances Technical Support and Database Search Help, 3 OCLC Awards 1995 Research Grants, 3 DRA Expands Internet Provision Capabilities and WWW Presence, 4 Discounts Available on OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD, 5 Library Corporation Releases BiblioFile ITS for Windows, 5 OCLC Prism Service Will Soon Be Available 24 Hours, Five Days a Week, 6 Reference Manager For the Macintosh Now Compatible with Microsoft Word 6, 6 Cataloging & Classification Quarterly Establishes a WWW Home Page, 7 NEW CD-ROM FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES G.K. Hall & Co. announces the publication of Women's Studies on Disc, the only CD-ROM containing current, topical coverage of periodical literature devoted to issues in women's studies. Women's Studies on Disc cumulates five annual volumes of G.K. Hall's highly regarded Women's Studies Index, providing instant access to a broad range of articles drawn from popular magazines and scholarly sources. Women's Studies on Disc provides instant access to a multitude of subjects in the field of women's studies, including feminist art and literature, gender issues in education, women in business, violence against women, family life, health care, popular culture, and more. Some of the journals covered in Women's Studies on Disc include Essence, Journal of Marriage and Family, Ms. Magazine, Women's Review of Books, and Women's Studies Quarterly. + Page 2 + Women's Studies on Disc contains approximately 40,000 entries from nearly 100 journal titles published between 1988 and 1993. Coverage is international in scope, with emphasis on American publications. Entries cover scholarly articles, book reviews, film reviews, obituaries, popular material, and more. Extensive indexing plus keyword/Boolean searching allow the user to search a topic with ease. The product uses G.K. Hall & Co.'s CD Searcher software for access to the database. With Configurize capabilities, the interface can be edited and modified to suit requirements at individual stations or within user groups, such as control print capabilities, set special defaults, or design customized help screens. The CD includes a site license for a local area network at no additional charge. Women's Studies on Disc requires an IBM-compatible computer with 640K RAM, a CD-ROM drive, and MS-DOS Extensions 2.0 or higher. The purchase price is $495.00. For more information, contact Doug Rose (212) 702-6789. INTERNET CATALOGING PROJECT DATABASE NOW AVAILABLE A searchable catalog of Internet resources--InterCat--will be available at URL http://www.oclc.org:6990 from now through March 31, 1996. The InterCat catalog is an experimental, proof-of- concept database created through the OCLC Internet Cataloging project, which is funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, office of library programs. The InterCat catalog comprises nearly 1,000 bibliographic records for selected Internet resources. Using a Web browser, users can search the database, view retrieval lists, display records, and follow "hot links" to the described resources. The database was implemented by the OCLC office of research using OCLC SiteSearch and WebZ software. Records in the database have been created by librarians, most of whom are associated with the 181 institutions worldwide that are participating in the OCLC Internet Cataloging project. Participants in the project identify, select, and catalog resources using widely accepted professional standards and practices for information description. Records in the catalog were created in accordance with Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2d ed., revised (AACR2R) using the USMARC format. Each record contains electronic location and access information in a tagged field--856--which enables access to remote Internet resources. The records are suitable for inclusion in local, regional, and national bibliographic catalogs, thus integrating the description and access of Internet resources within existing library systems. + Page 3 + Additional information is available from Erik Jul at (614) 764- 4364 or erik_jul@oclc.org, or from the project's home page at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/catproj/catcall.htm. UMI ENHANCES TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND DATABASE SEARCH HELP UMI has enhanced support and service for customers who need technical assistance or help searching the company's electronic databases. Help is available for all ProQuest CD-ROM, online, and magnetic tape databases as well as the new ProQuest Direct system. The enhanced service offers extended hours, faster response, and several options for contacting UMI's technical support representatives. UMI's Electronic Technical Support and Search Assistance is available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST. From the U.S. and Canada call (800) 889-3358. From the UK call (0800) 896844 ext. 2513. From Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean call (313) 761-4700 ext. 2513. The FAX number is (313) 662-4554, a BBS is available at (313) 668-4727, and the e-mail is tsupport@umi.com. UMI Technical Support --IPI (England) is available Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (UK time). From Europe, the Middle East, Africa, or Australia call (44) 1-883-744-123, fax (44) 1-883-744- 027, dial up the BBS at (313) 668-4727, or send e-mail to umi@ipiumi.demon.co.uk. Calls are handled in order of receipt. Voice messages will be returned within one hour, during normal business hours. After- hours calls will be returned on the morning of the next business day. Messages sent via e-mail or the UMI bulletin board system will receive a response within 24 hours or the next business day. For more information, contact Thomas Pack at (800) 626-2823, ext. 223. OCLC AWARDS 1995 RESEARCH GRANTS The OCLC Office of Research has awarded four Library and Information Science Research Grants to university researchers for 1995. The grant recipients and their projects are as follows: o Dr. Rebecca Green, assistant professor University of Maryland at College Park, "A Relational Thesaurus: Modeling Semantic Relationships Using Frames." o Dr. Stephen P. Harter, professor, Indiana University, "The Impact of Electronic Journals on Scholarly Communication: A Citation Study." + Page 4 + o Dr. Xia Lin, assistant professor, University of Kentucky, "Graphical Table of Contents for Electronic Documents." o Dr. James H. Sweetland, associate professor, and Dr. Judith J. Senkevitch, assistant professor, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, "Analyzing the Viability of Using Peer Group Holdings as an Evaluation Tool." The OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grant program awards grants of up to $10,000 to help foster quality research by faculty in schools of library and information science. Projects are generally completed within one year, and findings are published in the Annual Review of OCLC Research and in the public domain. Application materials for 1996 will be available this November. For more information, contact the Office of Research at (614) 764-6061 or bhawk@oclc.org. DRA EXPANDS INTERNET PROVISION CAPABILITIES AND WWW PRESENCE Data Research Associates announced that it has joined Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX), a trade publication of Public Data Internetwork service providers promoting and encouraging development of the public data communications internetworking services industry in both national and international markets. In conjunction with joining CIX, the company said that it will soon expand its Internet-provision capabilities through broad- bandwidth connections to the CIX router and other network access points. In addition, the company announced that it is releasing the beta version of its World Wide Web server, DRA Web, and that it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium, an industry consortium run by the Laboratory for Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DRA intends to connect its Open DRA Net network to the CIX router in Santa Clara, California, using a T3 telecommunications circuit. DRA Web allows public, academic, school, and corporate libraries to provide access to their catalogs and other resources via the World Wide Web and provides the libraries themselves with Web access to the many index, abstract, cataloging, and research databases available on Open DRA Net. The DRA Web product is publicly accessible on the World Wide Web at DRA's home page: http://www.dra.com. For more information, contact Joe Bonwich at (800) 325-0888. + Page 5 + DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE ON OCLC/AMIGOS COLLECTION ANALYSIS CD A new edition of CACD has recently become available. Version 2.1 (1984-1994) includes 2.1 million records in the database; contains four new languages--Bengali, Catalan, Yiddish, and Urda; and Peer Group 14 consists of 2,325 institutions. Discounts on OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD are available now. If purchased for the first time by November 1, the Standard Version (priced at $4,400) can be purchased for $3,900. The Standard Plus Versions, containing one to four User-Defined Peer Groups, may also be purchased at significant discounts up to $700. For those who have already purchased the OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD and want to renew their subscription, there is also a discount. If renewed by November 1, the Standard Version 2.1 (priced at $1,600) can be renewed for $1,500, and libraries can receive an additional 10% off the already discounted price when one User-Defined Peer Group is added to any current CACD subscription. The Standard Plus Version can be renewed at discounts up to $200. For more information, contact Alisha Page at (800) 843-8482. LIBRARY CORPORATION RELEASES BIBLIOFILE ITS FOR WINDOWS The Library Consortium has released the first full production version of BiblioFile ITS for Windows, a new Integrated Technical Services tool. ITS is the first in a series of Windows-based library automation products to be offered by The Library Corporation. BiblioFile ITS for Windows is designed to handle all functions from order consideration to shelving. It includes many features never before combined into one tool: a powerful MARC editor, authority verification, access to an unlimited pool of MARC resources, and the Cataloger's Reference Shelf, a comprehensive collection of cataloging reference works. ITS for Windows can be used with BiblioFile databases (currently containing a total of more than 10 million records) or with imported databases. Technical services librarians who would like to try ITS for Windows may request a FREE trial by calling (800) 325-7759 or by sending e-mail to info@bibfile.com. + Page 6 + OCLC PRISM SERVICE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS, FIVE DAYS A WEEK Beginning this month, the OCLC PRISM service is available 24 hours a day, five days a week, giving libraries an additional 34 hours each week to use the online cataloging and resource sharing system. PRISM will be available around the clock on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 23 hours on Thursday, and 14 hours on Sunday. The increased PRISM availability will impact OCLC users worldwide. The OCLC PRISM service will be available from noon Sunday, U.S. Eastern Time, to 2:00 a.m. the following Sunday. The system will be unavailable from 2:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. Thursdays, U.S. Eastern Time, for system maintenance. During the one-hour downtime Thursdays, OCLC operations staff will create a backup image of the Online Union Catalog and related files. Sunday downtime will be used for backups, software installations, testing and other system maintenance. For more information, contact Nita Dean at (614) 761-5002 or nita_dean@oclc.org. REFERENCE MANAGER FOR THE MACINTOSH NOW COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT WORD 6 Research Information Systems announced that Reference Manager for the Macintosh is now compatible with Microsoft Word 6 for the Macintosh. Reference Manager supports references cited in the main text document, tables within the main text document, and footnotes. References cited within other sections of the document (such as footers, headers, subdocuments, etc.) will not be included when a bibliography and/or final manuscript is generated. Reference Manager is Research Information Systems' bibliographic database management program used by researchers and scientists worldwide. Reference Manager can be used with a word processor to generate properly formatted manuscripts and bibliographies for publication. Reference Manager databases can be created by entering references from the keyboard or by downloading from many online, CD-ROM, and diskette-based information services, including MEDLINE, World Patent Index, Chemical Abstracts, Reference Update, and Current Contents on Diskette. For more information, call (800) 722-1227, or (619) 438-5526 (outside the U.S. and Canada). + Page 7 + CATALOGING & CLASSIFICATION QUARTERLY ESTABLISHES A WWW HOME PAGE The journal Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, published by The Haworth Press, Inc., has entered the world of electronic network publishing in tandem with print publication. The new CCQ home page provides network users with tables of contents, abstracts, editorials, professional news, and "Call for Papers" for current and upcoming issues of the journal's print counterpart. In creating the CCQ home page, Haworth aims to take advantage of the features of the Web. The current and even future tables of contents with abstracts will be available, allowing readers to quickly find out results of important research in the field even before the print version has come out, as Haworth will make available complete articles that have passed through the process of peer-review but are not yet in print. The URL for the CCQ home page is: http://stirner.library.pitt.edu/~haworth/ccq.html/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter that is distributed on Internet and other computer networks. There is no subscription fee. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1995 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights Reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by academic computer centers, computer conferences, individual scholars, and libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use requires permission. -----------------------------------------------------------------