Information Today back issues from April 1994:
DIALOG ERA simplifies copyright compliance. (Electronic Redistribution & Archiving service)
Apr 01, 1994; ... Dialog has just announced the newest addition to their many services, DIALOG ERA (Electronic Redistribution & Archiving), the first service to make it easy for customers to comply with copyright laws covering the reuse of information received from the Dialog service. Most ...
AT&T, Lotus offer business-to-business services. (Lotus Development Corp., joint contract to put Lotus Notes software on AT&T's public network)
Apr 01, 1994 ... AT&T and Lotus Development Corp. have signed a marketing and development agreement to make Lotus Notes software available to businesses on AT&T's public network. The new service, the AT&T Network Notes will provide businesses access to a client/server computing platform over the AT&T ...
ISI releases new chemical databases. (Institute for Scientific Information's on-line version of Index Chemicus)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) has developed an electronic version of Index Chemicus (IC), a current awareness source for information on the most important new organic compounds. The electronic format of Index Chemicus offers comprehensive coverage of novel organic ...
DataTimes adds European & U.S. newspapers. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... DataTimes has added 21 daily newspapers to its fast growing international electronic information network. The latest additions include, Investor's Business Daily, the Los Angeles-based national financial and business newspaper as well as the full-text of two English-language Eastern ...
Fryer's Site Guide now online. (Fryer's Site) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Falls Church, Virginia (March 1, 1994)--Fryer's Site Guide, the standard reference for Communications site planners, and Communications Data Services have announced that complete Fryer's Site Guide data are now available online. Fryer's customers can access all sites listed in the printed ...
New NLM database - HSTAR. (online database on National Library of Medicine's international online network) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... A new online database has been added to the National Library of Medicine's international online network. HSTAR (Health Services/Technology Assessment Research) now provides access to the published literature of health services research. HSTAR is unusual among NLM databases in ...
The UnCover Company enhances service. (UnCover Complete service for database retrieval) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... One-stop shopping for article delivery is now avaiable with the UnCover Company's latest service announcement--UnCover Complete. This new service provides users with two important capabilities: * Users may now order articles from back issues of any periodical title included in ...
OCLC will develop ILL reimbursement system. (OCLC Users Council lender reimbursement system) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... At the urging of the OCLC Users Council, OCLC will develop a lender reimbursement system to help reduce the administrative costs for libraries that charge or pay other libraries for interlibrary loans (ILL). Users Council delegates have unanimously passed the following ...
ASIS offers new publication. (American Society of Information Science) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The latest print offering from the American Society of Information Science (ASIS), Thesaurus of Information Science and Librarianship, examines related and peripheral fields, such as computer science, linguistics, and behavioral and cognitive sciences, as warranted by the strength of their ...
Too much? Too late? (search services and their lasting power) (Quint's Online) (Column)
Apr 01, 1994; ... The other night I got a call from a colleague who does research for free-lance writers. She had a client doing a piece on the database industry for a general business magazine. "Oh, boy," I thought, "Here comes another 'Gee-Whiz On-Ramp to the Golly-Gee Superhighway' article.' But ...
ISI releases new chemical databases. (Institute for Scientific Information)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) has developed an electronic version of Index Chemicus (IC), a current awareness source for information on the most important new organic compounds. The electronic format of Index Chemicus offers comprehensive coverage of novel organic ...
Information Access Company adds 750 ASAP titles to NEXIS. (Mead Data Central's NEXIS service)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Information Access Company has added more than 750 of its full-text sources to Mead Data Central's NEXIS service. The full-text equivalent of Trade & Industry ASAP, Magazine ASAP, Computer ASAP, and Health Periodicals Database was added to the NEXIS service on February 1, 1994 with ...
European firms instrumental in bringing images to users.
Apr 01, 1994; ... So we are entering a new information age, with super digital highways and where electronic information is available to all, right? Well, I'm not sure that is the conclusion you would reach looking at the latest batch of products from the professional online information industry, which ...
Another 'first' for OCLC - 'first.' (ArticleFirst and ContentsFirst databases)
Apr 01, 1994; ... Of all the major online information providers, none has evolved so far from its origins as OCLC. OCLC's competitors began with visions of becoming great commercial suppliers of online information; OCLC's first vision was a regional source of shared library cataloging data. Once its ...
Japanese company reports available on on Investext. (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... English-language profiles of thousands of Japanese companies are now available online through Investext. Prepared by Teikoku Databank, these reports offer easy access to previously hard-to-find Japanese business information. Approximately 3000 Japanese company profiles from Teikoku ...
Judges and courts on West's Legal Directory. (West Publishing) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... West Publishing has expanded the West's Legal Directory (WLD), a database available on WESTLAW. West's Legal Directory, which identifies lawyers and law firms by specialty areas, clients, professional affiliations, and a variety of other information, now features over 18,000 ...
Smart librarians: smart cards. (Computers In Libraries International conference, in London, England)
Apr 01, 1994; ... Winters in New York state are usually tough ones. Wind, rain, and snow that never seems to go away. 1994 has been the worst of them all for the past decade. Nevertheless I always look forward to February. February is my favorite month and always has been. It's packed with great personal ...
University of California system subscribes to RLIN and CitaDel. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The University of California is now making a group of RLG services and products available to MELVYL system users. The University of California's MELVYL system is one of the nation's best known and most highly respected online library catalogs. RLG's services are available to the entire ...
Pacific Bell to link schools and libraries to communications superhighway.
Apr 01, 1994 ... Pacific Bell is investing $100 million in California public schools and public libraries to start them rolling on the communications superhighway. "Most California public schools and libraries are at a technological standstill today," said Pacific Bell President Phill Quigley. "By ...
IAC offers 'super' upgrades for TOM and TOM junior databases. (Information Access Company, school databases) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Information Access Company now offers two new premium options for the TOM and TOM Junior databases. SuperTOM and SuperTOM Junior, offer substantial coverage to address students' current events and general reference needs. Features of SuperTOM and SuperTOM Junior include: ...
There's more to imaging than image. (computer imaging in the legal profession)
Apr 01, 1994 ... A long with voice recognition and the continued production of CD-ROM titles, plan to hear more about imaging. Its primary use today is in litigation support applications. But if you consider the technology, and everything that is in place to begin taking advantage of it, it requires no ...
INVESTEXT adds bond research to its online database. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Highly-specialized corporate and industry bond research reports are now available on Investext, The Investext Group's flagship database of investment research. These new additions greatly expand Investext's company coverage by providing hard-to-find financial data on public and private ...
Putting up overnight at the information highway motel. (defining the information highway)
Apr 01, 1994; ... Driving down the information highway, which is hard to find, poorly marked, and mostly still under construction, is a wearisome business. If I had more faith that the final destination was worth the trip, I wouldn't be so distracted by the passing landscape. As it is, all the things that ...
StereoSearch in registry file on STN International. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... StereoSearch, the ability to search for and retrieve chemical structures with specific three-dimensional spatial configurations, is now available in the CAS Registry file on STN International. This new capability enables searchers to search for and retrieve specific stereoisomers of a ...
New online information service distributes investment research reports. (Multex Systems' Multex Publisher online service for stockbrokers and clients)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Multex Systems, Inc., software and information vendor for financial firms, recently debuted Multex Publisher, an online service that will distribute Wall Street and independent financial research reports--complete with complex tables, graphics, and charts--between personal computers around ...
Current Contents CD-ROM version production now complete. (Institute for Scientific Information) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) now has available a CD-ROM version of Current Contents (CC). Current Contents on CD-ROM is a cumulative one-year rolling file, updated weekly. CC on CD-ROM will use OVID software from CD PLUS Technologies, Inc. "We are pleased to ...
The popular Merck manual TextStack on CD. (Keyboard Publishing Inc., CD-ROM version) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Keyboard Publishing has released The Merck Manual TextStack CD-ROM Edition, an electronic version of The Merck Manual, for Macintosh and for PC-compatibles with Windows. The Merck Manual TextStack includes all of the more than 2700 pages of text and over 600 tables, figures and ...
Document cloning software: the kiss of death for microfilm and microfiche?
Apr 01, 1994; ... I have never been an avid user of microform, simply because of the inconvenience. I fiddled with microfiche and microfilm only when I was in dire straits and had no alternative. I know that they represented the only viable solution for keeping back issues of important newspapers and ...
European company info provider opens U.S. office. (Bureau van Dijk's Electronic Publishing division, New York, New York) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Bureau van Dijk, one of Europe's leading suppliers of company information on CD-ROM, has opened the U.S. office of their Electronic Publishing division, in New York. The objective of the new company, Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing, Inc., is to market and sell the full range of ...
InteLex releases PAST MASTERS series on CD-ROM. (full-text humanities databases) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... InteLex Corporation has published the PAST MASTERS series--full-text humanities databases--on custom-created CD-ROMs for IBM PC and Macintosh computers. The company used CD-Recordable media as a vehicle for full-text publishing. InteLex offers any combination in the series merged into ...
ERIC's current index to journals in education is now on CD-ROM. (CIJE database) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... CIJE, in its 25th year, is now available on CD-ROM. The complete database plus quarterly updates is being offered by Oryx Press for $199 per year. This new research tool, designed to install in DOS or Windows formats, is searchable by menu or by free-text. With the April 1994 update, ...
Third edition of info-mac CD-ROM. (Pacific HiTech's InfoMac III CD-ROM shareware disc for the Mactintosh) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Pacific HiTech, Inc. has released Info-Mac III CD-ROM, the third edition of its popular Macintosh shareware disc. Featuring a new, easy-to-use interface and containing almost 600MB of all-new content, this latest edition of the popular Info-Mac CD is now indexed for instant access. ...
SilverPlatter ships four new databases. (CD-ROM databases) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Announced last fall, four of SilverPlatter's newest CD-ROM titles are now available. SilverPlatter is currently shipping subscriptions to Findex, Zoological Record, USP DI Volumes I and II, and Intelligent Technologies. Findex includes over 15,000 summaries of currently ...
Philips starts production of first IDE/ATAPI-compatible drive. (CD-ROM drive) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Just months after the release of an industry proposal to expand the current IDE interface definition to include standard support of CD-ROM drives, Philips has announced that it will be first to manufacture a compatible drive. The CM207 fully supports the new IDE/ATAPI interface ...
Chadwyck-Healy releases The Economist on CD. (weekly magazine) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Economist, a weekly news magazine offering a global editorial perspective on world events, is now available on CD-ROM. The complete text of The Economist is included on the CD-ROM to permit users an in-depth study of world politics and current affairs; events occurring in business, ...
American Psychiatric electronic library previews at Intermedia. (International Conference and Exposition on Multimedia and CD-ROM)
Apr 01, 1994 ... A single CD-ROM that features all the major English-language psychiatric journals and textbooks was previewed last month at Intermedia, the International Conference and Exposition on Multimedia and CD-ROM. The American Psychiatric Press Inc. demonstrated the forthcoming Windows and ...
Windows version of books in Print Plus. (Microsoft Windows' Books in Print Plus from Bowker-Reed Reference Electronic Publishing) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... A Microsoft Windows version of Books in Print Plus will be available late this year (1994). Books in Print Plus for Windows will make R.R. Bowker's CD-ROM Plus product line accessible to millions of Windows users worldwide. Users will benefit from such familiar Windows features as pull ...
Business. (SilverPlatter Information's 'The Worldwide Directory of Market Research Reports, Studies and Surveys; The Investext Group's 'The Research Bank - Global Edition') (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Findex: The Worldwide Directory of Market Research Reports, Studies and Surveys, published by SilverPlatter Information, Inc. Provides more than 15,000 summaries of currently available market research results from more than 600 publishers, including consumer and product studies, surveys ...
Computer Applications. (Pacific HiTech's Info-Mac III shareware for the Macintosh) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Info-Mac III, published by Pacific HiTech, Inc. The third edition in a series of shareware programs for Macintosh computers, it offers ...
Computer Science. (SilverPlatter Information's Intelligent Technologies computer science CD-ROM database) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Intelligent Technologies, published by SilverPlatter Information, Inc. Contains over 80,000 records with abstracts of technical literature, applications, overviews, case studies, product information, industry trends, conferences, workshops, ...
History. (Quanta Press' USA Wars: World War II with Blitz Quiz history CD-ROM database) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... USA Wars: World War II with Blitz Quiz, published by Quanta Press. Contains text and images pertaining to the United States' participation in the Second World War from 1938 to ...
Medicine. (Keyboard Publishing's Merck Manual TextStack on human diseases and conditions) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Merck Manual TextStack, published by Keyboard Publishing, Inc. Provides the contents, including text and graphics, of The Merck Manual, 16th Edition that offers information on virtually every human ...
Psychiatry & psychology. (The American Psychiatric Press' American Psychiatric Electronic Library CD-ROM database) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... American Psychiatric Electronic Library, published by The American Psychiatric Press Inc. Provides the text from major English-language ...
Philosophy. (InteLex's Past Masters CD-ROM database) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Past Masters, published by InteLex Corporation. A collection of databases containing texts in Western philosophy, religion, and political theory, available as a complete set or as selected by the user (current selections, with more to be added, include works of ...
Science and technology. (Institute for Scientific Information's Current Contents science and technology CD-ROM database) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Current Contents, published by Institute for Scientific Information. A CD-ROM version of the publisher's printed work and initially encompassing Life Sciences; Clinical Medicine; Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; and Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences, it provides a ...
Zoology. (SilverPlatter Information's Zoological Record CD-ROM database) (New CD-ROMs this month.) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Zoological Record, published by SilverPlatter Information, Inc. Bibliographic references from approximately 6500 serials covering all areas of zoology including biochemistry, ecology, ...
Elsevier Science plans release of EMBASE on CD-ROM. (Elsevier Science, Secondary Publishing Division's CD-ROM databases EMBASE and EMBASE Alert) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Elsevier Science, Secondary Publishing Division plans a Spring 1994 launch of two new CD-ROM products: EMBASE and EMBASE Alert. EMBASE, available from both CD Plus Technologies and SilverPlatter Information, Inc., will contain the complete contents of EMBASE, the Excerpta ...
Ei and Materials Information announce joint publication. (Engineering Information, to develop Advanced Materials CD-ROM database on Dialog OnDisc) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Engineering Information (Ei) and Materials Information have joined forces to create a CD-ROM database, Advanced Materials, on Dialog OnDisc. Covering over nine years of research in materials engineering and related fields, Advanced Materials contains over 300,000 abstracts for some 2500 ...
Plextor publishes informative CD-ROM drive buyer's guide. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Plextor has published a free booklet entitled, "15 Questions to Ask Before Purchasing a CD-ROM Drive." The booklet is designed to provide an objective guide through the myriad choices confronting CD-ROM drive buyers. The booklet provides a detailed discussion of why CD-ROM ...
Full-Image investment research on disc. (The Investext Group's The Research Bank-Global Edition, a CD-ROM investment research database) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Investment research reports authored by top analysts around the globe are now available on CD-ROM in original, full-image format through The Research Bank--Global Edition. New from The Investext Group, this major release provides a convenient option for accessing the investment research ...
Online Intros CD-ROM tower that can be reconfigured & upgraded. (Online Computer Systems' tower) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... A CD-ROM drive tower that users may easily reconfigure--adding and removing drives, as needed--is now available from Online Computer Systems Inc. In application, the tower provides users of stand-alone and networked IBM-compatible personal computers access to huge amounts of ...
Compton's NewMedia takes aggressive stance on encyclopedia pricing. (Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia for Windows and Macintosh) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Compton's NewMedia has revealed new pricing for the 1994 version of its flagship product, Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia for Windows and Macintosh. The company announced the new aggressive retail price of $149.95. The encyclopedias previously had a suggested retail price of $395. ...
New High performance T4800CT multimedia-ready notebook from Toshiba. (Toshiba America Information Systems' portable computer T4800CT) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Computer Systems Division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) has made available one of the first notebook computers implementing the new 75MHz SL Enhanced IntelDX4 processor and an unprecedented 500MB hard disk drive. The T4800CT system includes built-in audio, ...
Compton's NewMedia establishes Entertainment, Information divisions. (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Compton's NewMedia, a developer, distributor, and publisher of interactive titles, has formed two new divisions. Compton's Information and Compton's Entertainment have been established to address the increasingly disparate development and marketing needs as Compton's expands its multimedia ...
'World Class Bundle' from Pioneer. (Pioneer New Media Technologies' CD-ROM database system) (Product Announcement) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Pioneer New Media Technologies, Inc. has begun marketing the "World Class Bundle," a system comprised of the DRM-602X six-disc CD-ROM changer and a collection of basic reference materials on compact disc. The system is designed to become the backbone of reference stations in classrooms ...
Intermedia '94 - we got the picture; still the most important multimedia show.
Apr 01, 1994; ... These days everyone and his uncle is launching a multimedia journal, offering a multimedia conference with an exhibition, or producing a Dinosaurs database. It seems as though everyone is trying to ride the multimedia wave. But some players rise above the rest, and the ...
Rancho releases new multimedia CD-ROM adapter. (Rancho Technology's RTKCDC-108 Multimedia Connection kit and the RT1000C-8 adapter)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Rancho Technology, Inc., has started shipping a Multimedia CD-ROM SCSI host adapter, the RT1000C-8 and a Multimedia CD-ROM Connection kit, the RTKCDC-108. This kit includes an RT1000C-8 host adapter cable and software. They support both programmed I/O and memory-mapped modes. This dual ...
Learning CD-ROMs from SilverPlatter. (SilverPatter Education's Multimedia Accelerated Learning CD-ROMs for physicians and dentists) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
Apr 01, 1994 ... SilverPlatter Education has released four new Multimedia Accelerated Learning CD-ROMs for dentists and physicians. Each CD-ROM combines quality graphics, images, animation, and sound to deliver a high level of interactive education. The content of this collection is authored by ...
The information superhighway: of the people, by the people but ... for the people?
Apr 01, 1994; ... Beyond the glowing promises in speeches and frequent feature articles in the mass media about the Information Superhighway and its big players--the telephone, cable, TV, and computer companies--another constituency has grave concerns about gaps in access and service. They see a different ...
What you will see at the National Online Meeting. (in May, 1994, New York, New York)
Apr 01, 1994; ... The largest, most comprehensive conference and exhibition of its kind in North America, the National Online Meeting, now in its fifteenth year, has become the preeminent forum where those concerned with changes in the information industry meet, discuss, and formulate strategies for future ...
OCLC to test Internet access to PRISM.
Apr 01, 1994 ... OCLC will begin providing Internet access to the PRISM service for cataloging and interlibrary loan on a trial basis for one year. "We believe that, over time, some significant transition from the OCLC network to the Internet and NREN is likely," said K. Wayne Smith, OCLC ...
IIA gets ten year free access commitment. (agreement with International Online Services, Internet access)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The IIA has reached an agreement with International Online Services (IOS), whereby IOS has agreed to provide the IIA with unlimited free bandwidth for the next ten years. This allows the IIA to continue offering unlimited free access to anyone who wants to use the Internet. IOS ...
MFJ Task Force logs onto Internet. (regional Bell firms connect with Internet server)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The MFJ Task Force, an ad hoc committee of the seven regional Bell companies, has joined millions of other users on the Internet through the launch of their own Internet server, called "bell.com," to access information on regulatory and social policy issues affecting the Bell companies' ...
WLN links library systems to the Internet. (WLN Internet Services) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... Three additional library systems have chosen WLN as their provider of full-service leased line connections to the Internet. WLN has installed TCP/IP Internet connections at the Timberland Regional Library, Olympia, Washington; the Fort Vancouver Regional Library, Vancouver, Washington; and ...
GES to connect hospitals and medical colleges nationwide. (Global Enterprise Services Inc., Internet connection) (Brief Article)
Apr 01, 1994 ... The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is working with Global Enterprise Services, Inc. (GES) to build a national network connecting hospitals and medical colleges to the Internet. Among other benefits, this network will allow medical students applying to residency ...