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New Databases on OCLC FirstSearch
Two databases have been added to the OCLC FirstSearch service Facts on File and
Ethnic NewsWatch.
- Facts on File is a full-text source of key news information from around the world
digested from more than 100 newspapers, periodicals, journals and government online
sources. Full text is available from 1980 to the present and is updated weekly. A
web-based version is available initially, as is Z39.50 access. A text-based interface
version will be available later. Facts on File is available via subscription pricing only.
- Ethnic Newswatch (ENW) is a comprehensive, general reference, full-text database of
newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in
America with international coverage. It has a collection of more than 400,000 full-text
articles from 200 publications. An average of 7,500 new articles is added monthly.
ENW has been growing since 1991, with archival material back to 1985. It is
available by subscription only.
FirstSearch Now Trilingual
OCLC has released French and Spanish language interfaces for the OCLC FirstSearch
services, the first non-English interfaces offered for FirstSearch. Users can choose an
English, French or Spanish interface and all screens appear in the language selected.
The content of the French and Spanish screens is identical to the English version. The
databases, however, are not translated.
EBSCO Not A FirstSearch Document Supplier
EBSCO Document Services no longer is participating as a document supplier for
articles cited in the OCLC FirstSearch service. If you have questions about articles
requested, please contact EBSCO directly at (800) 473-4362,
firstsearch@ebscodoc.com or by fax at (650) 259-5005.
New from OCLC ECO
In September, OCLC linked approximately 60 Electronic Collections Online articles,
indexed in the H.W. Wilson database Social Sciences Absracts, to records in that
database. FirstSearch web users with access to Social Sciences Abstracts and a
subscription to any of the linked ECO journals will be able to retrieve full-text articles
directly from records in Social Sciences Abstracts, which indexes international,
English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics,
politcal science and law.
SilverPlatter PsycLIT, ClinPsyc Discounts Dropped
As of September 1, new subscribers to SilverPlatter's PsycLIT or ClinPSYC databases
are no longer able to get a print discount. Current subscribers are able to receive the
discount for renewals expiring before December 31, but after January 1, 1999, renewal
orders also will not have a print discount. No early renewals will be taken.
The American Psychological Association (APA) also has eliminated print and PsycLIT
credits for PsycINFO subscribers. The APA portion of PsycINFO quotes will be the
regular flat fee multiplied by the institution's or consortium's number of site-equivalents.
