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In Reference...
(November 1999 Action for Libraries newsletter)
OCLC New FirstSearch Updated
OCLC continues to add new features to the New FirstSearch Service released in August
of this year. Now available are the ability to limit searches to full text, full-text linking
across databases and full-text icon displays in brief results list for all linked databases.
Searching features have been enhanced, and the Administrative Module offers additional
internal controls for your library. Many features are already in place or scheduled to be
in place by November. For more information go to
www.oclc.org/oclc/fs_new/features.htm.
OCLC also has published a New FirstSearch Database Implementation Schedule that
details when the New FirstSearch databases are available. Sixty-four databases are
currently accessible, with a further 22 available in November. Information on specific
database availability can be found at features_db.htm.
OCLC has decided to discontinue per-search access to the GeoRef database on December
18, 1999, rather than on December 30, to ensure the complete removal of the database
prior to December 31, and to allow libraries to plan ahead. Libraries that currently have
or are interested in subscribing to the GeoRef database should contact at BCR.
H.W. Wilson Announces New Databases
The H.W. Wilson Company has added the following new databases to its catalogue:
Applied Science & Technology Full Text
Art Abstracts Full Text
Art Index Retrospective
Current Biography Illustrated
Famous First Facts
Library Literature Full Text
OmniFile Full Text Mega
Short Story Index
Wilson Biographies Plus
Wilson Biographies Illustrated
Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated
H.W. Wilson Announces New Pricing
A new pricing structure for many H.W. Wilson
databases has been implemented on all new orders and is effective in November on all
renewals. Price increases range between 5 percent and 15 percent and affect the
following Wilson databases:
- Applied Science & Technology Abstracts, Art Abstracts, Business Abstracts Full
Text, Business Abstracts, Education Abstracts Full Text, General Science
Abstracts Full Text, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts Full Text,
Wilson OnmiFile Full Text Mega Edition, Wison OmniFile V Full Text, Social
Sciences Abstracts Full Text and Social Sciences Abstracts - 5 percent increase.
- Biography Index, Biological & Agricultural Index, Book Review Digest,
Cumulative Book Index, Essay and General Literature Index, Index to Legal
Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature - 10 percent increase.
- Applied Science & Technology Index, Business Periodicals Index, Education
Index, General Science Index, Humanities Index, Readers' Guide to Periodical
Literature and Social Sciences Index - 15 percent increase.
For questions or to subscribe to any reference database -- CD-ROM, online or Internet-
accessible -- contact BCR's Jim Hensinger or Karen Graham.
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