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OCLC FirstSearch Service Update
The ATLAS: ATLA Serials Database from the American Theological Library Association is now available on FirstSearch. The database currently contains the full text of 29 key journals in religion and theology covering 1946 to the present. Sixteen more journals will be added in the near future.

The CINAHL database on OCLC FirstSearch now includes full text in addition to indexing and display enhancements. Users will find a new Journal Subset limiter, new indexes for Access Method, Current Awareness Categories, Named Person and Original Study and an expanded full-record display.

Direct article access control is now available for FirstSearch administrators at the database level through their libraries' administrative module. Details are available in the document "FirstSearch direct article access: Linking from your library's web pages to the full text of journal articles in FirstSearch" at www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documentation/daa.htm.

The OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online service has added 122 new titles bringing the total number of journals to 3,300.

Dialog Eliminates Training Fees
Training classes are now free for Dialog users. More than 1,000 training classes are held at dozens of sites throughout the United States and Canada every year. More than 40 topics are available including searching basics for Dialog, DataStar and Profound. The classes are open to any current Dialog customer. To view the training schedule or to register online, go to training.dialog.com/sem_info/calendar.

LexisNexis Enhances Databases
LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions has announced a number of significant enhancements to its suite of products. Chief among the new features is providing users at colleges and universities with remote access to the LexisNexis suite of products (Academic Universe, Statistical Universe, Congressional Universe, State Capital Universe, Government Periodicals Universe and History Universe). Schools currently without proxy servers or remote access capability will get top priority in receiving this service.

In addition, more than 1,000 new titles were recently added to Academic Universe. New features include 400 full-text policy reports and white papers, 156 full-text and selected full-text journals and 482 international titles from the Global Newswire. Plans are under way to add 35 international legal publications by fall 2001.

Wilson Adds New Publisher Full Text Links Service
H.W. Wilson's new Publisher Full Text Links service provides seamless retrieval of full- text articles from select Academic Press journals. If the WilsonWeb user also subscribes to AP's IDEAL data server, there is no charge for the articles. Others will have the opportunity to purchase the full-text articles online. The first Wilson database to offer this service will be Applied Science & Technology Full Text. Other select Wilson databases will follow.

SilverPlatter Publishes Arts Collections Databases
SilverPlatter has released three new arts-related databases that BCR is able to offer at a 10 percent discount if ordered before September 30. The databases encompass a variety of international reference materials and provide extensive coverage in each discipline.

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) includes contemporary literature from 1973 to present and covers visual arts in fine and performing arts media in both European and American art from late antiquity to the present.
FILM Abstracts of Music Literature covers international music scholarship in all areas of music historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, performance practice and notation, dance and music therapy, to name just a few.
FIAF International FilmArchive is a complete source for global film scholarship and contains four databases, including the International Index to Film/TV Periodicals, Treasures from the Film Archives, Bibliography of FIAF Member Publications and International Directory of Film/TV Documents Collections.

For questions or to subscribe to any reference database, contact BCR's Jim Hensinger (jhensinger@bcr.org) or Karen Graham (kgraham@bcr.org).

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