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Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 5 Number 03
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 17:39:42 CDT
From: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>
Subject: Public-Access Computer Systems News 5, no. 3 (1994)
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Public-Access Computer Systems News
Volume 5, Number 3 (1994) ISSN 1050-6004
Editors: Linda Thompson (LIB1J@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU) and Ann Thornton
(AThornton@UH.EDU).
Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University
of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091.
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CONTENTS
Internet Book Shop Opens for Trade, 1
New ERIC Monographs, 1
Leading Immunology Journal to Go Online in 1995, 2
Antiquarian Bookshop on the Internet, 3
Chapman & Hall Purchases Online Journal of Current Clinical
Trials, 4
OCLC Electronic Journals Online to Offer Current Opinions
Journals, 5
INTERNET BOOK SHOP OPENS FOR TRADE
A new service has been set up to allow you to browse/buy books
online. It is totally free to users, and represents all of the
information that book publishers would normally put into their
catalogs.
So far, Blackwell Publishers (Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, MA) have
agreed to start the ball rolling, and their entire geography
catalog has been mounted for you to look at. There are 120 books
and journals dealing with ecology, pollution, land formations
etc. If you would like to check it out, then access via WWW to
URL : http://www.demon.co.uk/bookshop/
NEW ERIC MONOGRAPHS
Two new monographs which highlight current communications
technologies and how they are affecting curriculum, the economy,
and society have been published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on
Information & Technology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York. A brief overview of each monograph follows:
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o "An Educator's Guide to Electronic Networking: Creating
Virtual Communities" by Barbara Kurshan and Marcia
Harrington offers network novices an introduction to the
Internet and the benefits of network resources, a comparison
of 28 commercial and non-commercial service providers, and
an extensive glossary of more than 200 common networking
terms. This guide assists teachers and administrators in
making informed decisions prior to implementing network
technologies in their schools. 118 pp., 8.5" X 11", tables,
glossary, $10 plus $2 shipping.
o Christina Doyle's "Information Literacy in an Information
Society: A Concept for the Information Age," recognizes the
change in American society from an industrial economy to an
economy based in services and information. This monograph
encourages educators to prepare students for success in the
new working environment by teaching them to access,
evaluate, and use information from a variety of sources. 84
pp., 5.5"x 8", $8 plus $2 shipping.
If you would like to examine these publications, contact Sue
Wurster, Editing Specialist/Marketing Assistant,
swurster@ericir.syr.edu.
LEADING IMMUNOLOGY JOURNAL TO GO ONLINE IN 1995
Elsevier Science and OCLC will launch Immunology Today Online in
January 1995 on OCLC's Electronic Journals Online (EJO) system.
Immunology Today Online will join several other journals already
available through EJO, including the Online Journal of Current
Clinical Trials, Electronics Letters Online and the Online
Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing.
Immunology Today is the first of the high-profile science review
magazines published by Elsevier Trends Journals to become
available online. The launch is part of a series of strategic
initiatives in electronic publishing to be taken by Elsevier
Science.
Immunology Today Online will build on the strengths of Immunology
Today, the world's leading immunology review journal, offering
scientists and students instant desktop access to the world of
immunology through OCLC's highly intuitive graphical interface,
Guidon.
Immunology Today Online contains many new features complementary
to the print version. The features include:
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o Users will be able to access current and past articles of
interest with the browsable "Table of Contents" or
sophisticated search and retrieval facilities, and comment
on topics and controversies online.
o Full hypertext functionality allows users to move through
related articles at the click of a button.
o Hypertext links to abstracts of cited papers, from the
Excerpta Medica bibliographic database, will reduce time
spent finding primary papers for further reading.
o Articles from _Immunology Today_ will be supplemented with
news items and an online "Product Finder" that will enable
users to access relevant product information as they need
it.
o A "Bookstore" will provide information and ordering
procedures for new books and journals.
o Online "Job Trends" will list the latest vacancies for
immunologists around the world.
Selected subscribers to the print edition will be offered access
to Immunology Today Online for a full year in return for
providing detailed feedback to the publisher. OCLC's Electronic
Journals Online offers fast publication; a graphical user
interface that displays full-color figures, tables, and
equations; immediate access to timely information available
online seven days a week; access from the office, laboratory or
library; and optimal searching capabilities. Other features
include an extensive help system, toll-free telephone support and
comprehensive user documentation.
For more information contact Susan Gatell, Elsevier Trends
Journals, +44 223 315961, s.gatell@elsevier.co.uk; or Andrea
Keyhani, OCLC, +1 614 764 6474, andrea_keyhani@oclc.org.
ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSHOP ON THE INTERNET
Meyer Boswell Books, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has put
a catalogue of its books on the Internet. The bookshop, which
specializes exclusively in rare and scholarly law (including
constitutional law), has been in business since 1979, and is a
member of the American Association of Antiquarian Booksellers.
Its catalogue consists of the approximately 6,000 books presently
in its inventory, and is easily searchable by e-mail; orders for
the books may also be placed.
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To receive a Help file which describes both how to search and how
to order, send an e-mail message to rare-lawbooks@netcom.com. In
the subject field put the word help, and likewise in the message
field put the same word. Your message will thus read:
To: rare-lawbooks@netcom.com
Subject: help
Message: help
For those who would care to dive right in, here is an example of
a basic but powerful search for every book we have in stock by or
about Blackstone:
To: rare-lawbooks@netcom.com
Subject: search
Message: search Blackstone
Here is another example, this time of a basic subject search:
To: rare-lawbooks@netcom.com
Subject: search
Message: search constitutional law
After you have sent your e-mail message, we will send you an
e-mail reply; this usually takes a few minutes (depending where
you are). In the case of a search, you will receive back a list
of those books which satisfy your search.
Please also feel free to call or write:
Meyer Boswell Books, Inc.
2141 Mission Street
San Francisco CA 94110
415 255-6400
FAX 415 255-6499
CHAPMAN & HALL PURCHASES ONLINE JOURNAL OF CURRENT CLINICAL
TRIALS
Chapman & Hall has purchased the Online Journal of Current
Clinical Trials from the American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS). Based in London since 1830, Chapman & Hall
has become a major international scientific, technical and
medical (STM) publisher owned by the International Thomson
Publishing Group. Chapman & Hall established a North American
presence in 1992 to develop books, journals and electronic
products in science and medicine. Editorial, marketing and
promotion responsibilities for the Online Journal of Current
Clinical Trials will be executed from the New York office of
Chapman & Hall.
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The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials is distributed
through the OCLC Electronic Journals Online service, which
provides full-text searching, hypertext linking capabilities,
related document linking, and access 23 hours each day to the
journal via dial access or through the Internet. OCLC's Guidon
interface software presents the full text of the journal,
including figures, tables, and equations, in a quality that
rivals the typeset page.
The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials is the first
electronic product in Chapman & Hall's expanding journals program
that includes American Journal of Therapeutics, Journal of
Wilderness Medicine, Microcirculation, and Magnetic Resonance
Imaging in Physics, Biology, and Medicine. Chapman & Hall plans
to pursue more electronic publishing opportunities in the future.
For subscription inquiries, call Dean Smith at 212-564-1060, ext.
232. For editorial and production issues, call James Geronimo at
212-564-1060, ext. 225. Chapman & Hall can be reached by fax at
212-564-1505.
For additional information, contact Nita Dean, 614-761-5002,
nita_dean@oclc.org; or Dean Smith, 212-564-1060,
ojcct@chaphall.com.
OCLC ELECTRONIC JOURNALS ONLINE TO OFFER CURRENT OPINIONS
JOURNALS
Six Current Opinions journals in the biological sciences and 24
Current Opinions journals in clinical medicine will be available
electronically through the OCLC Electronic Journals Online
service. The Current Opinions journals, from the Current Science
Group, will be organized in two "clusters" for electronic
delivery. Current Opinions in Biology, from Current Biology
Ltd., and Current Opinions in Medicine, from Current Science
Ltd., will be available in early 1995.
The Current Opinions journals were developed out of the
recognition that it is increasingly difficult for specialists and
researchers to keep up to date with the expanding volume of
information published in their respective subject areas. Current
Opinions in Biology and Current Opinions in Medicine keep
subscribers current by providing: the views of experts on the
latest advances in a clear and readable form; selections,
annotated by experts, of the most interesting papers from the
great wealth of original publications; and comprehensive
bibliographic listings from several hundred journals.
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With the OCLC Electronic Journals Online service, the Current
Opinions journals will be available to readers just 48 hours
after acceptance. With a single subscription, subscribers can
browse the contents of journals, or search the entire collection
by a variety of indexes, Boolean operators, wildcard and
proximity indicators. The Current Opinions journals also offer
unlimited SDIs, and links to the MEDLINE database from the
FirstSearch service, an OCLC online reference service.
Subscribers to the electronic journal clusters access the
journals with Guidon, Windows-based software developed by OCLC
that combines intuitive, full-text browsing or searching with
sophisticated color and halftone graphical images and equations
in the same typeset quality presentation that one would expect to
have in scholarly print publications.
Institutions can subscribe to either journal cluster directly
from OCLC, or through OCLC's regional networks. Subscriptions
for the Current Opinions in Medicine and Current Opinions in
Biology electronic journal clusters will be offered at
substantial cost savings over the print versions.
Current Opinions in Biology includes the following journal
titles:
Biotechnology Immunology
Cell Biology Neurobiology
Genetics and Development Structural Biology
Current Opinions in Medicine includes the following journal
titles:
Anaesthesiology Obstetrics & Gynecology
Cardiology Oncology
Cosmetic Dentistry Ophthalmology
Critical Care Orthopedics
Dermatology Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery
Endocrinology & Diabetes Pediatrics
Gastroenterology Periodontology
Hematology Psychiatry
Infectious Diseases Pulmonary Medicine
Lipidology Rheumatology
Nephrology & Hypertension Surgical Infections
Neurology Urology
For more information on the Current Opinions electronic journal
clusters, call 800-848 -5878, ext. 6251, in the United States.
Asia Pacific users should call 614-764-6189. OCLC Europe can be
reached at +44-21-456-4656.
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