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- OCLC
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- OCLC is a major database used by librarians to find bibliographic
- information for materials in order to catalog library materials or
- to verify bibliographic information. In addition, OCLC provides
- librarians with the information of who owns the material which is
- important for interlibrary loan purposes. OCLC is now attempting
- to provide wider access to it's database to the public and is
- making available a number of commercial databases. The following
- is publicity information from OCLC about its services.
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- OCLC REFERENCE SERVICES DATABASE LIST
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- The FirstSearch Catalog
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- The FirstSearch Catalog is an online reference service with an end-
- user interface designed specifically for library patrons.
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- Database Database
- Producer
- Description
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- WorldCat
- OCLC
- WorldCat is the OCLC Online Union Catalog, the world's most compre-
- hensive bibliography, with more than 25 million records of
- information spanning 4,000 years of knowledge, now accessible by
- patrons with the FirstSearch Catalog. Updated daily.
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- GPO Monthly Catalog
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- The U.S. Government Printing Office Monthly Catalog of Publications
- is a database consisting of more than 350,000 records published by
- the GPO since July 1976. The Monthly Catalog has references to
- congressional committee reports and hearings, debates, documents
- from executive departments, and more. Updated monthly, records are
- from July 1976 to the present.
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- BIOSIS/FS
- Biological Abstracts Inc.
- The BIOSIS/FS database of biomedical and biological research
- information is a subset of BIOSIS Previews. Covering the most
- prestigious journals, it provides citations and abstracts on up-to-
- date developments in 96 major subject areas. Updated weekly,
- records are from the latest three years.
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- MiniGeoRef
- American Geological Institute
- MiniGeoRef covers recent additions to the GeoRef file, a database
- containing earth-science references and the index terms that
- describe them. More than 4,000 journals in 40 languages are
- regularly scanned, along with new books, maps, and reports.
- Updated monthly, records are from 1985 to the present.
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- Newspaper Abstracts
- UMI/Data Courier
- Newspaper Abstracts is a complete business and general reference
- resource. The database indexes and abstracts more than 25 national
- and regional newspapers, including the New York Times, Los Angeles
- Times, Washington Post, and USA Today. The Wall Street Journal
- (Eastern edition) is indexed beginning January 1, 1990. Updated
- weekly, records are from 1989 to the present.
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- Periodical Abstracts
- UMI/Data Courier
- The Periodical Abstracts database is a complete general reference
- resource, with indexing and abstracts for over 900 popular and
- academic periodicals. Included are transcripts of more than 30
- news-oriented television shows. Updated weekly, records are from
- 1987 to the present.
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- Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
- The H. W. Wilson Company
- Readers' Guide indexes a core list of popular magazines, central to
- any college, public library, or school collection. Updated
- monthly, records are from January 1983 to the present.
- Readers' Guide Abstracts The H. W. Wilson Company Readers' Guide
- Abstracts indexes a core list of popular magazines, central to any
- college, public library, or school collection. Updated monthly,
- records with abstracts are from January 1983 to the present.
- PAIS Decade Public Affairs Information Service PAIS Decade
- represents the last ten years of the PAIS (Public Affairs
- Information Service) database, which covers the spectrum of public
- policy/public affairs information most relevant to researchers,
- students, administrators, legislators, and business and financial
- decision-makers. Updated monthly, records are from the latest 10
- years.
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- Business Periodicals Index
- The H.W. Wilson Company
- Business Periodicals Index provides complete and accurate access to
- 345 of today's leading English-language business magazines.
- Updated monthly, records are from July 1982 to the present.
- Wilson Business Abstracts The H.W. Wilson Company Wilson
- Business Abstracts provides complete, accurate access to 345 of
- today's leading English-language business magazines. Updated
- monthly, records are from 1986, and abstracts are from June 1990 to
- the present.
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- Humanities Index
- The H.W. Wilson Company
- Long-regarded as the ideal single reference to periodical
- information in the diverse subject area of the humanities,
- Humanities Index is a wonderful complement to the monographic
- resources accessible via WorldCat (OCLC Online Union Catalog).
- Updated monthly, records are from February 1984 to the present.
- SocioAbs Sociological Abstracts Inc. This database is a subset
- of Sociological Abstracts. It contains records from 252 English-
- language journals, selected by Sociological Abstracts, Inc., on the
- basis of relevance to the traditional undergraduate
- sociology/social science curriculum. Included are journals such as
- AIDS and Public Policy Journal, Child Abuse and Neglect, Social
- Forces, and more. Updated five times a year, records are from 1963
- to the present with abstracts from 1974.
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- Biography Index
- The H.W. Wilson Company
- Biography Index cites more than 2,700 periodicals and more than
- 1,800 books, including individual and collective biographies, as
- well as juvenile literature. Updated monthly, records are from
- July 1984 to the present.
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- PsycFIRST
- American Psychological Association
- PsycFIRST on First Search will be the most recent three years from
- the PsycINFO database. PsycINFO covers scholarly literature in the
- following subject areas: experimental psychology (human, animal
- and comparative), communications, psychometrics, social processes,
- personality studies, developmental psychology, substance abuse, sex
- roles and psychosexual behavior, treatment & prevention,
- educational psychology, applied psychology, sport psychology and
- more. The database includes original research and journal
- articles, literature reviews, reports of surveys, case studies,
- theoretical discussions, bibliographies, and descriptions of tests
- and apparatus. Updated monthly, records are from the latest three
- years.
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- Business Organizations, Agencies and Publications Directory Gale Research, Inc.
- Business Organizations, Agencies, and Publications Directory is a
- unique guide to international business information sources. This
- database lists contact name, address, phone and FAX numbers, and a
- description of the organization's founding, membership, activities
- and services. Updated annually.
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- Next session I will demonstrate a simple search of WorldCat, OCLC's
- Online Union Catalog. The reference department of OCLC has
- provided passwords for the participants of Navigating the Internet
- an Interactive Workshop to use to search OCLC for free.
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- We may not have access to all of the above databases.
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- The OCLC address is: 132.174.100.2
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- Our authorization number is: 100077527
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- Our password is: fsearch
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- Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop
- Copyright (C) 1992 by Richard J. Smith, All Rights Reserved.
- Permission granted for individual usage.
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