+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News January 17, 1992 Volume 3, Number 1 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 Adds EBSCO Databases to Information Gateway, 1 New Release of Science Citation Index CD-ROM Planned, 1 New PACS Review Editorial Board Members Appointed, 2 R. R. Bowker Announces LIBRARY REFERENCE PLUS, 3 DATA RESEARCH ADDS EBSCO DATABASES TO INFORMATION GATEWAY Data Research Associates, Inc. has signed an agreement with EBSCO Publishing to provide EBSCO's Magazine Article Summaries and Academic Abstracts through the Data Research Information Gateway. The EBSCO indexes are tape loaded into the library's DRA system, where they are searched using familiar OPAC commands. Magazine Article Summaries covers articles appearing in the New York Times and 371 general interest periodicals selected for use by school and public libraries based on EBSCO Subscription Services' statistics. Academic Abstracts covers articles appearing in the New York Times and 757 periodicals most commonly found in academic libraries according to EBSCO Subscription Services' statistics. 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. NEW RELEASE OF SCIENCE CITATION INDEX CD-ROM PLANNED The Institute for Scientific Information has announced that it will release a new version of its Science Citation Index Compact Disc Edition (SCI CDE). The new edition will add English- language author abstracts, which are available for 83% of the indexed articles, to the database. The new release is scheduled for July 1992. + Page 2 + Demonstration disks for the new release are available at no cost. To order the demonstration disks, call (800) 336-4474 in the U.S. and Canada or 44-895-270016 in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. For further information, contact Barbara Nagy-Teti, Institute for Scientific Information, 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. NEW PACS REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED The Editorial Board of The Public-Access Computer Systems Review has recently been expanded. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review is an electronic journal about end-user computer systems in libraries that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other networks. The following individuals now serve on the Board: Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin George H. Brett II, University of North Carolina General Administration Steve Cisler, Apple Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Charles Hildreth, READ Ltd. Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation, University of California David R. McDonald, Tufts University R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information Peggy Seiden, Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington Peter Stone, University of Sussex John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University The Public-Access Computer Systems Review announced a new section of the journal, Refereed Articles, in November 1991. Articles in this section are peer reviewed by Editorial Board members. Authors now have the option of submitting a paper to either the Refereed Articles section or the Communications section (papers for this section are selected by the Editor-in-Chief and the Associate Editor, Communications). For further information, contact Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Editor- in-Chief, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review, University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091, (713) 749-4241, or BITNET: LIB3@UHUPVM1. + Page 3 + R. R. BOWKER ANNOUNCES LIBRARY REFERENCE PLUS R. R. Bowker has released a new CD-ROM product, LIBRARY REFERENCE PLUS. This product includes the American Library Directory; American Book Trade Directory; Publishers, Distributors and Wholesalers of the United States; The Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac; Literary Market Place; and International Literary Market Place. Both field-oriented and full-text searching are supported; 69 access points are provided. For further information, contact: Tracey George, R. R. Bowker, 121 Chanlon Road, New Providence, NJ 07974, (908) 655-2811. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------