+ Page 1 + ---------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News July 5, 1990 Volume 1, Number 7 ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1) and Dana Rooks. Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ---------------------------------------------------------------- IAC EXPANDS CD-ROM DATABASES Information Access Company has announced the addition of six new databases bringing the total IAC CD-ROM databases to twenty. Scheduled for inclusion on InfoTrac in the fall of 1990 will be: Business Index - indexes 800 business, management, trade and regional journals and newspapers with abstracts from 150 management and computer journals. Company ProFile - financial and directory information for 90,000 private and public companies with text of current news releases on these companies. Business and Company ProFile - combines the preceding two databases into a single source. Investext - Company and industry analysts' reports on 8000 U.S. and 2000 foreign companies and industries in 50 SIC groups. General BusinessFile - integrates the information in Business Index, Company ProFile, and Investext. The Expanded Academic Index will add approximately 600 journals to the 400 titles in the current Academic Index. Coverage will include scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and general sciences. The expanded index will be available in January, 1991. Also scheduled for January, 1991 is the next release of InfoTrac software. New features will include key word searching and a simple AND capability. For more advanced searching capabilities, InfoTrac 2000 will be offered as an option. The InfoTrac 2000 will be command-based searching based on the NISO/ISO Common Command Standard and will require an 80286/386 PC workstation with hard disk, two CD-ROM drives, and a color VGA monitor. For information contact: Arta Zygielbaum, IAC, 362 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, 800-227-8431. + Page 2 + UTLAS AND NLC STUDY INFORMATION RETRIEVAL PROJECT The National Library of Canada and Utlas International Canada will undertake a feasibility study of issues related to the use of information retrieval standards based on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. The study, to be completed in July, 1990, will develop objectives for information retrieval in support of standardized union catalog access, investigate OSI information retrieval protocol issues, and develop a plan for a pilot project to implement an information retrieval protocol. The primary aim of the project is to support more effective resource sharing in Canada. For information contact: Eileen Jennings, Utlas, 416-923- 0890 or Richard Carver, NLC, 613-996-7375. DECADE OF NEWS AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM The updated edition of Facts on File News Digest CD-ROM provides the full text of every article that appeared in the print version of the News Digest from 1980-1989. A new feature of this latest edition is proximity searching. Other special features include keyword searching, browsing capabilities, 500 detailed maps with an enlarge feature, date- limited searching, and customized printout settings. Versions are available for IBM and compatibles and Macintosh computers. For a free demo disk contact: Mike Davis, Facts on File, Inc., 460 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, 212-683-2244, ext. 223. ISI UPGRADES CURRENT CONTENTS ON DISKETTE The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) will release an upgraded version of its Current Contents on Diskette journal awareness system in mid-summer. The service provides weekly access to the latest contents listings from leading scientific journals. The upgrade will incorporate the new KeyWords Plus enhancement which adds descriptors drawn from the references cited in each article. Other enhancements include customization for individual users at multiple-user facilities, an improved reprint request function, and upgrade file manager support. The database is produced in six multidisciplinary editions: Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Clinical Medicine; Engineering, Technology & Applied Sciences; Life Sciences; Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences; and Social & Behavioral Sciences. For information contact ISI, Customer Services Department, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, 800-336-4474. + Page 3 + PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT InteLex Corporation's PAST MASTERS series combines classic texts in philosophy, literature, and the sciences with Folio Corporation's text management software, VIEWS. The initial releases in the series include electronic editions of major works of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume; Thomas Hobbes; John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, and Henry Sidgwick. Texts are bundled with Folio VIEWS search and retrieval software in IBM compatible formats. Folio VIEWS puts the full text of the database and an index of every word it contains into a single file which is as much as 50% smaller than the original text file. The software provides access to the database in a single, consistent environment with a variety of ways to search, select, and output the information. Minimum system requirements are an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 and compatibles, 512 KB RAM, one hard drive, and one floppy drive. For information contact: InteLex Corporation, Rt. 2, Box 383, Pittsboro, NC 27312, 919-542-4411. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1990 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All rights reserved. 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