+ Page 1 + ---------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News May 13, 1991 Volume 2, Number 4 ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ---------------------------------------------------------------- DIALOG ONDISC ADDS NEW PRODUCTS Dialog Information Services, Inc. has expanded its DIALOG OnDisc family of CD-ROM products with three new additions. DIALOG OnDisc FEDERAL REGISTER contains the complete text of the printed Federal Register from 1988 to the present. The Federal Register is a daily publication of all U.S. federal government regulations including executive orders and administrative regulations. The OnDisc FEDERAL REGISTER will be updated quarterly. Annual licensing fees are $2,500. GRANTS DATABASE, corresponding to the printed Directory of Research Grants and Directory of Biomedical and Health Care Grants, provides details on over 8,900 available grants offered by federal, state, and local governments; commercial organizations; associations; and private foundations. Each entry includes a full description of the grant, qualifications, money available, and renewability. Updates are provided bimonthly and annual subscriptions are $850. PHILOSOPHER'S INDEX provides indexing and abstracts from philosophy books, contributions to anthologies, and over 300 journals of philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. Coverage is from 1940 to the present for U.S. materials and 1967 to the present for non-U.S. references. The perpetual license price is $1,500 with an annual renewal cost of $495. Updated quarterly. For more information, contact Dialog Marketing at 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG. + Page 2+ DIALOG CD-ROM PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR APPLE MACINTOSH Dialog Information Services has announced the release of DIALOG OnDisc software for the Apple Macintosh computer. All 27 titles available in the DIALOG OnDisc CD-ROM products, except TRADEMARKSCAN-FEDERAL, can now be used with the Macintosh. The software for the Macintosh contains several features not included in the current DOS version. The search history can be viewed and search steps deleted at any point. Searchers can also highlight words or phrases within a record and then search those words or phrases without re-keying. In addition, records can be sorted by two fields as is possible with DIALOG online. Finally, the size of type that displays on the monitor can be changed within the program. Equipment specifications include a Mac Plus, or greater, with a hard disk; system version 6.0.2 or later and Finder version 6.1 or later; at least 1 MB of RAM and 1 MB of free space on the hard disk; Apple CD-ROM SC, Pioneer CD-Changer, or other Macintosh- compatible CD-ROM drive that conforms to the ISO 9660 standard. No price change to the current DIALOG OnDisc product line is involved. Specify DOS or Macintosh version on the order form, in order to receive the appropriate manual and software. For more information contact Dialog Marketing, 3460 Hillview Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, or call 800-3-DIALOG. MERIDIAN DATA RELEASES CD NET CD-ROM SERVER SOFTWARE Meridian Data, Inc. has announced a software package that integrates multiple CD-ROM drives into a standard local area network (LAN). Called CD Net Software, the product is available for use on Novell Netware and NetBIOS-based network applications. The CD Net Software can transform a standard personal computer with one or more CD-ROM drives into a CD-ROM server for a network. To facilitate integration and operation, the CD Net Server then acts as a self-contained node so it can connect directly to the network as a workstation. CD Net Software allows CD-ROM network access by mini computers and Macintoshes through the use of PC Host Servers, such as hardware systems from Gandalf Data and Virtual Microsystems, and software systems such as pcAnywhere. + Page 3 + To enhance performance, the CD Net Software incorporates data caching capabilities that increase the access speeds of the CD- ROM drives on a network. Using sophisticated "read ahead" algorithms, the CD Net Software anticipates requests for CD-ROM- based information. This allows the end user to retrieve information at faster access times than a single-user CD-ROM drive. The software's multi-tasking capability permits simultaneous access on multiple CD-ROM drives. In addition, CD Net Software includes CD-ROM application administration and application menuing software tools. This allows the user and network administrator to create their own custom menus. Price begins at $499.95 with additional network licensing available. Meridian Data sells its products through distributors, VARs and direct sales. For more information, Meridian Data, Inc., 5615 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, 408/438-3100. UMI ADDS ATLANTA CONSTITUTION/JOURNAL University Microfilms International has signed an agreement with the Atlanta Constitution/Journal to make the full text of the newspaper available on CD-ROM in an ASCII (text only) format. The new CD-ROM product will allow access to the newspaper from 1985 forward. Details on pricing and coverage will be announced later. For more information, University Microfilms International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, 800/521-0600. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ON CD-ROM Compact Cambridge will publish a CD-ROM edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) this fall. The new product will allow users to search the full text of any article, case record, report, editorial, letter to the editor or book review published in the last five years, or browse material on a topical basis. For information, contact Michael Miyazaki, Compact Cambridge, 7200 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814, 301/961-6761. + Page 4 + STAR SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON 386 AND 486 Cuadra Associates has adapted its STAR text management and information retrieval applications to run on 386 and 486 systems. Cuadra has also dropped the price for entry-level STAR software packages to $2,000 and eliminated all links between price and hardware platform used. STAR's ability to run on 386 and 486 systems, make it suitable for work environments with only a few users, as well as for larger PC- and UNIX-oriented environments, where multiple users need to share access to the same databases. Further information available from Cuadra Associates, 11835 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 855, Los Angeles, CA 90064, 213/478-0066. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1991 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------