+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News February 2, 1992 Volume 3, Number 3 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 Established Print Journal is Also Offered as Free E-Journal, 1 Bioengineering Database on CD-ROM, 2 Japanese R&D Information on CD-ROM, 2 Arts & Humanities Citation Index on CD-ROM, 3 PBS Releases Packaged Sets of Biblio-Link Programs, 3 American Banker on CD-ROM, 4 Compact Cambridge Announces Four New CD-ROMs, 4 ESTABLISHED PRINT JOURNAL IS ALSO OFFERED AS FREE E-JOURNAL CATALYST, a refereed print journal that has been serving community college educators for more than twenty years, will be distributed as an electronic journal in addition to its print version. Subscriptions to the electronic version of the journal are now available free of charge via BITNET and the Internet, according to Dr. Darrel A. Clowes, editor of the journal and a member of the faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The quarterly journal is published by the National Council on Community Services and Continuing Education, an affiliate council of the American Association of Community, Junior and Technical Colleges. The journal is being made available in its electronic form by the Scholarly Communications Project of Virginia Tech. Initiated in 1971, CATALYST is the second oldest continuously published journal in the community college field. It publishes practitioner-oriented articles on practices in continuing/community education as delivered by community colleges, including papers on research in the field. CATALYST currently is distributed in print form to dues-paying members of the Council, as a benefit of their membership, and to libraries and other non-members at subscription prices of $20 per year in the U.S., $25 outside the U.S. + Page 2 + To subscribe to the electronic journal, send the command "SUBSCRIBE CATALYST First Name Last Name" by electronic mail to the address: LISTSERV@VTVM1 on BITNET and LISTSERV@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU on the Internet. Electronic subscribers will receive instructions on how to order a list of available articles, how to retrieve the full text of those articles, and how to cancel their subscriptions. Electronic subscribers, in addition to having access to past issues of the journal, will be sent the tables of contents of future issues as those issues are published; the subscribers then may order full text by electronic mail of any and all articles they wish to read. Currently, all articles from issue numbers 3 and 4 of volume 21 (1991) are available online. Consideration will be given to adding all articles from the remaining back issues to the archive. For further information, contact Lon Savage, SAVAGE@VTVM1. BIOENGINEERING DATABASE ON CD-ROM Ei/Engineering Information, Inc. will release Ei BioDisc, a CD- ROM database for bioengineering, in March 1992. The database will provide access to over one million records in genetic engineering, biomechanics, human rehabilitation engineering, biological materials, biochemical engineering, prosthetics, radiography, cybernetics, enzymes, food technology, biomedical equipment, computer-aided diagnosis, vision, speech and imaging technology, protein engineering, ergonomics, bionics, and medical technology. The citations are derived from a ten year retrospective of relevant records from Ei Compendex Plus supplemented with 500,000 merged biotechnology citations from MEDLINE. Offered on DIALOG OnDisc, Ei BioDisc will be updated quarterly. For information, contact Colby Kelly, Engineering Information, Inc., 345 E. 47th St., New York, NY 10017, or call 800/221-1044 or 212/705-7635. JAPANESE R&D INFORMATION ON CD-ROM The JAPAN TECHNOLOGY database has been added to the list of DIALOG OnDisc CD-ROM products. The database contains citations and English-language abstracts of business, scientific, and technical articles from leading Japanese publications, including Japanese corporate journals not easily available through traditional sources. + Page 3 + DIALOG OnDisc JAPAN TECHNOLOGY covers 1989 to the present and includes the backfile (1985-1987) on a single disc. Available in both DOS and Apple Macintosh versions, the annual license fee is $4,800 including a free password for up to $300 worth of online searching in File 582. Updates will be quarterly. For information, contact Dialog Marketing, 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG. ARTS & HUMANITIES CITATION INDEX ON CD-ROM The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) announces the availability of its Arts & Humanities Index on CD-ROM. The new compact discs include the January to April issue of the A&HCI/Compact Disc Edition, two annual cumulations from the years 1990 and 1991, and a 1980-1989 cumulation. Coverage is multi-disciplinary and international in scope providing access to bibliographic records and cited references in over 1,100 arts and humanities journals per year. For information, contact CD-ROM Index Products Marketing Manager Barbara Nagy-Teti, at 800/336-4474, or 215-386-0100, ext. 1290. PBS RELEASES PACKAGED SETS OF BIBLIO-LINK PROGRAMS Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc. (PBS) announces it will begin repackaging its Biblio-Link programs in sets for Apple Macintosh and IBM personal computer and compatibles. Biblio- Links transfer records downloaded from online services, CD-ROM, and diskette data directly into PBS's Pro-Cite program. Two package variations will be available for the IBM. The first will include individual Biblio-Links to DOBIS, DROLS, MUMS, NOTIS, OCLC, SCORPIO, and USMARC. The second will include individual Biblio-Links to BRS, DIALOG, MEDLARS, SilverPlatter, and STN. The Macintosh package will include Macintosh Biblio- Links for BRS, DIALOG, and MEDLARS. Each package is $295. Individual Biblio-Links are available for $195 each. For information, call or write PBS at 313/996-1580, P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. + Page 4 + AMERICAN BANKER ON CD-ROM AMERICAN BANKER, a full-text newspaper database, is available on CD-ROM from DIALOG OnDisc. The database includes all articles from American Banker as well as the full text of regulations affecting the industry and articles and speeches by industry leaders. Three configurations are available: the complete file from 1982 to the present on two discs, the current file (1990-1992) on one disc, or the backfile (1982-1989) on one disc. AMERICAN BANKER is updated quarterly, and it is available in DOS and Apple Macintosh versions. For information, call 800-3-DIALOG. COMPACT CAMBRIDGE ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW CD-ROMS Compact Cambridge is adding three CD-ROM aquatic databases to its Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA). These are Aqualine, Selected Water Resources Abstracts (SWRA), and Waterlit. It is also adding Human Nutrition to its CD-ROM medical library. Aqualine is produced in cooperation with the Water Research Centre of the U.K. and draws from over 100,000 worldwide abstracts and citations from the last 30 years. Selected Water Resources Abstracts includes more than 200,000 abstracts from 1967 to the present compiled by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Waterlit, a product of the South African Water Information Center, includes 150,000 citations from 1975 to present. Human Nutrition condenses nutrition-related citations from MEDLINE, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and CAB Abstracts. + Page 5 + All are updated quarterly. For information, contact Compact Cambridge, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301/961-6700. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied material. All commercial use requires permission. -----------------------------------------------------------------