+ Page 1 + ---------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News September 6, 1990 Volume 1, Number 9 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------- NOTIS LINKS LIBRARY HOLDINGS WITH LOCALLY-MOUNTED DATABASE RECORDS NOTIS Systems, Inc. has announced the successful completion of the beta test of Release 1.1 of its Multiple Database Access System (MDAS). MDAS allows NOTIS system users to search locally- mounted databases with the same commands that they use to search the online catalog. In the new release, a user can search a locally-mounted database, then display local location, call number, order status, and holdings information for linked records in the OPAC. For example, a user could retrieve a citation for a journal article, then display information from the OPAC about the journal the article is published in. MDAS Release 1.1 also allows users to print formatted citations from locally-mounted databases along with the linked information from the OPAC, and it offers redesigned screen displays. MDAS currently supports the following databases: Compendex Plus, Current Contents, ERIC, H. W. Wilson indexes, Information Access Company indexes, MEDLINE, and PsychINFO. For more information, contact Stuart Miller, NOTIS Systems, Inc., 1007 Church Street, Evanston, IL 60201-3622 (708-866-0171). DISCLIT: AMERICAN AUTHORS CD-ROM OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and G. K. Hall & Co. have released the DiscLit: American Authors CD-ROM. DiscLit: American Authors contains the full-text of 143 volumes of the Twayne's United States Authors Series plus over 127,000 pertinent bibliographic records from the OCLC Online Union Catalog. Twayne's United States Authors Series provides biographical information about American authors and critical analysis of their works. + Page 2 + For further information, contact: G. K. Hall & Co., 70 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 (800-343-2806) or OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017-0702 (800-848-5878). SPIRES CONSORTIUM TO HOLD 1990 FALL WORKSHOP The SPIRES Consortium's 1990 Fall Workshop will focus on SPIRES applications in libraries and archives. Presentations will be made on a variety of library-related topics, including "Mainframe Database Management for Public Service Librarians," "Recent Enhancements to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's INFOTRAX Integrated Library System," "SPIRES FOLIO Versus BRS/SEARCH and BASIS," "Using SPIRES to Manage a Data Archive," "Using SPIRES to Redefine What is Meant by an Integrated Library System," and "WATMEDIA: A Union Catalogue of Media Resources." The conference will be held at Memorial University of Newfoundland from 10/3/90-10/5/90. A preconference on "Creating and Managing a Machine-Readable Data Archive" will be held on 10/2/90. For more information, contact Slavko Manojlovich, Queen Elizabeth II Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3Y1 (709-737-7470 or SLAVKO@KEAN.UCS.MUN.CA). ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1990 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All rights reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computerized bulletin board/conference systems, individual scholars, and libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collections at no cost. This message must appear on copied material. All commercial use requires permission. ----------------------------------------------------------------