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Issue No. 4 April 1991
Subject Databases Loaded Onto Library Online Catalog
ABIIINFORM is Now Available
Having the Library's catalog at your fingertips is only the beginning. Two major databases are now being added to the library system. ABI/INFORM (1985 - present) and INSPEC (1989 - present) will greatly expand access to the material available in many subjects.
ABI/INFORM indexes 764 business and management journals and is updated monthly. Topics covered include accounting, data processing, human resources, real estate, international trade, advertising, law, sales, telecommunications, financial management, information management, banking, health care, insurance marketing, and taxation. This database will eventually be supported by BPO (Business Periodicals Ondisc), which is a full-text image system containing articles from nearly 300 of the journals indexed in ABI/INFORM.
ABI/INFORM is now available for public use through the Library Online Catalog. To search this database, select "connect to other databases" from the main menu. Then choose ABI/INFORM from the database menu. A complete list of journal titles indexed in this database can be viewed online, along with a thesaurus of subject terms used. Both of these can be found in the 'Library News' on the campus network. To get there, log on to your network account, type "news" at the "$" prompt, and scroll down to 'Library News.' From there you can browse the list, get a printout, or download the file to disk.
INSPEC, the secondmajordatabase, is updated quarterly and indexes more than 4,000 serial publications, including conference proceedings (1988-present). There are plans to include IEEE Standards in the future. This database covers physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and information technology. Our INSPEC loading program is undergoing final adjustments, and the database should be available to our users in the near future.
Following the move to campus, additional databases will be loaded directly onto the Library Online Catalog. One of these will be Periodical Abstracts, a bibliographic database of articles from 450 periodicals on the arts, consumer issues, literary reviews, business, current events, politics, commentary, education, lifestyles, computers, health, science, and more.
Collection Spotlight -- the CD-ROM Network
In addition to ABI/INFORM, INSPEC, and Periodical Abstracts available online via the library catalog, more than twenty additional databases will be accessed by means of a CD-ROM network. These databases will permit access to the wide-ranging literature of the University's programs. Some of the CD-ROM titles that have been selected are:
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Applied Science and Technology Index
-- Updated quarterly, this is an index of 335 English-language periodicals in applied science and technology, including chemistry, computer technology, energy, and other subjects.
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Biological Abstracts
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Bibliographic ci rations and abs tracts of current research reportedin biological and biomedical literature. Approximately 250,000 records are indexed annually.
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Mathsci
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Includes Mathematical Reviewsand over 50,000 entries from current math-ematical publications, covering mathematics and related fields such as statistics, computer science and engineering.
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Core Medline
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A quarterly index to over· 560 medical and biologically-oriented journals, searchable by author, title, subject, CAS Registry no., IS SN, keyword, year of publication, and journal title.
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General Science Index
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An index to 111English-language science periodicals covering astronomy, biology, botany,chemistry, genetics, math, and physics.
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Science and Technology Reference Set
-- Reference data covering physical, earth, and life sciences, and engineering. Included are 7 ,000 articles from the McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology as well as some 99,000 terms and over 100,000 definitions from the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Science & Technical Terms.
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--A full-text database of US patents.Each entry includes a description of the drawings, some background, and a summary of the invention, examples, and claims.
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Business Dateline
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The full text of manyregional business information sources, including over 180 journals, newspapers, and business wire services. Monthly updates sup
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Computer Library
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The full text of 37computer publications, including PC Magazine, PC Week, Lotus Magazine, Digital Review, MacUser, PC Tech Journal, Government Computer News, A+, Microsoft Systems Journal, and Communications of the ACM. In addition, this database provides abstracts from 95 other publications, updated monthly.
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Peterson's Gradline
--More than 26,000profiles of graduate and professional programs in 300 disciplines offered by 1,400 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Faculty & specialities, degree levels, specific concentrations, facilities, and financial aid are updated annually.
Reading Room News
Due to the lack of available meeting rooms, the Reading Room has been frequently occupied for meetings and seminars. Because this has been a problem, the booking of such activites is now limited to the morning hours as much as possible. Therefore, you can be fairly sure that the Reading Room will be available for research uses in the afternoons . .
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Textbooks and Other Reserve Items
While we realize that not all faculty are here yet, we would like to ask that each department provide the Library with your lists of needed textbooks and reserve items. As soon as pos-sible, please send your list to Ruth Miller, Collection Development, x1769, or send your list via e-mail to LBCOLL. Thanks to those of you who have sent these lists already.
