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Public-Access Computer Systems News
June 28, 1990 Volume 1, Number 6 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.
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NEW CD-ROM DATABASES FROM DIALOG
Dialog Information Services, Inc. has announced six new CD-ROM
products: (1) OnDisc AEROSPACE DATABASE, which provides
international coverage of scientific and technical literature
related to aerospace engineering (available Fall 1990); (2)
OnDisc Ei CHEMDISC, which covers technology issues for chemical
engineers (available now); (3) OnDisc KIRK-OTHMER, which contains
the full-text of the third edition of the Kirk-Othmer
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (available summer 1990); (4)
OnDisc L.A. Times, which provides the full-text of all three
daily versions of the Los Angeles Times plus stories unique to
the Orange County, San Diego, Chatsworth, and Ventura editions
(available late summer 1990); (5) OnDisc METADEX COLLECTION,
which combines the METADEX, MATERIALS BUSINESS FILE, and
ENGINEERED MATERIALS ABSTRACTS databases to cover the areas of
metals, polymers, and ceramics (available Fall 1990); and (6)
OnDisc SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, which provides the full-text of the
San Jose Mercury News (available Fall 1990).
For more information contact: Marketing Department, Dialog
Information Services, Inc., 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
94304 (800) 334-2564.
GEAC SYSTEM WILL BE LINKED TO CD-ROM OPAC
Geac Computer Corporation and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Libraries have announced a cooperative project to link
MIT's Geac Series 8000 system with microcomputer-based
Marcive/PAC CD-ROM online catalogs. This interface will permit
bibliographic and item status information to be downloaded from
the Geac system to the Marcive CD-ROM OPAC units. The software
modules that will be developed will also be available for use
with Geac Series 9000 systems.
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INCREASED OPTIONS FOR LOCALLY MOUNTED DATABASES
All databases from the Information Access Company, such as
GENERAL PERIODICALS INDEX, can now be licensed for local use and
loaded into NOTIS Systems, Inc.'s Multiple Database Access
component. For further information, contact Arta Zygielbaum,
Information Access Company, 362 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA
94404 (415) 378-5200.
Using the WILSONTAPE service, INLEX, Inc. customers can now
license databases from the H. W. Wilson company to load into
their INLEX systems. For further information, contact: Pat
Barkalow Eby, INLEX, Inc., P.O. Box 1349, Monterey, CA 93942
(408) 646-8600.
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