+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News October 2, 1991 Volume 2, Number 9 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WILSON ANNOUNCES SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES H. W. Wilson Company announces that an initial subscription to any of its nineteen WILSONTAPE databases now includes four years of retrospective data plus monthly updates for current year. Additional retrospective data is also available. For further information, contact Becky Clarke, H. W. Wilson Company, 950 University Ave., Bronx, New York 10452, (800) 367-6770, ext. 2758. Wilson also has announced a new no-charge network and remote access policy that applies to all nineteen WILSONDISC databases. For school and academic libraries, no network or remote access fees will be assessed for faculty, staff, and student access at a single campus or school. For public libraries, the policy will apply to branches of a single public library. In addition, public library patrons may dial in from homes and offices with no restriction on the number of simultaneous users. Previously announced policies for corporate libraries and for access by patrons of non-associated institutions remain in effect. For further information, contact Michael Page, (800) 367-6770, ext. 2272. + Page 2 + ISI SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR CITATION DATABASES The Institute for Scientific Information has announced the October 1991 release of Version 3.0 search and retrieval software for its Science Citation Index Compact Disc Edition and the Social Sciences Citation Index Compact Disc Edition. Changes will provide users with streamlined start-ups; an increased number of on-screen messages; an indexed, more in-depth help system; and customized record formats for printing and saving to disk. The new release also includes the related records feature which links and displays bibliographic records that have references in common. When one record of interest is found, researchers are quickly led to additional records related to their searches. The display of shared references in Version 3.0 offers users the ability to review which of the references are shared between the original article retrieved and its related records. For further information, contact Barbara Nagy-Teti, Institute for Scientific Information, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, (800) 336- 4474. CLSI DEVELOPS ROBOTICS INTERFACE The new Bordeaux Public Library, France, opened the doors to its new eleven-floor library equipped with a CLSI online public access catalog and robotic shelving and retrieval of non- circulating materials. CLSI developed an interface to the automated system that directs the robot. After CLSI's online catalog module produces the search results, a request is sent to the robot via one of six personal computers. The PC assigns a number to each user's request, and item barcode numbers activate the robot to retrieve the items, usually completed within five minutes. The system informs the user that the items have been delivered by automatically listing the assigned number on an overhead sign. To shelve the materials, a PC scans the items' barcodes, and the robot returns the materials to the correct locations in the library. + Page 3 + PRO-CITE FOR THE MACINTOSH 2.0 Personal Bibliographic Software, Inc. has released Pro-Cite for the Macintosh, version 2.0. Pro-Cite is designed specifically for organizing and formatting bibliographic references automatically. The new version includes increased record capacity for storage of up to 100,000 records, an improved menu arrangement, superscript and subscript support, and the ability to output bibliographies in a file format read by nearly every word processor. Version 2.0 is available for $395; current users may upgrade for $95. For further information, contact Personal Bibliographic Software, P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4250, (313) 996-1580. SSCI CUMULATION ON CD-ROM The Institute for Scientific Information has announced plans to produce a new five-year cumulation of the Social Sciences Citation Index Compact Disc Edition (SSCI CDE) 1986-1990 in late November. Its print counterpart will be released in early 1992. The cumulation will index all the journals covered by the corresponding annuals, plus an additional 705 journal issues. The SSCI CDE 1981-1985 Cumulation was released in May 1990. For further information, contact Barbara Nagy-Teti, (800) 336-4474. ENVIRONMENTAL/SAFETY INFORMATION ON CD-ROM The Environmental/Safety Library on CD-ROM is being introduced by IHS Regulatory Products. Containing a comprehensive collection of laws and regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Department of Transportation, the CD-ROM provides users with access to important regulatory/compliance information. Documents can be located by part/section number, subject, date of publication, keyword in text or title, word lists, or table of contents browsing. Zoom and print features allow users to print exact duplicates of hardcopy originals. The database is updated every 60 days. For further information, contact Information Handling Services, Dept. 59, 15 Inverness Way East, Englewood, CO 80150, (800) 241-7824. + Page 4 + STAR SOFTWARE ON UNIX SYSTEMS STAR, the multi-user text management and information retrieval system produced by Cuadra Associates, is now available on computer systems running either the SCO or AT&T versions of UNIX V. STAR is designed to provide fast, sophisticated multi-user access to descriptive information of all kinds without any need for computer programming support on the part of the user. For information contact Cuadra Associates, 11835 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 855, Los Angeles, CA 90064, (213) 478-0066. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1991 by the University Libraries, University of Houston, University Park. All rights reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and libraries. 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