Chronolog vol 11, issue 12 - Dec 1983 by Visible Legacy

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Volume 11, Issue 12

December 1983

ANNOUNCEMENTS DIALOG—A FORWARD LOOK By Roger K. Summit

As we approach the close of 1983, I would like to take this opportunity to focus on the new directions we at DIALOG are pursuing with regard to our products and services. To better understand our posture for the future I will first review some significant events which have transpired since our formation as a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation in 1981. These events have created the context for DIALOG'S future as a company and its current corporate relationship. In 1983, the Lockheed corporation was reorganized into four major groups. DIALOG was established as the largest of three companies within the new Information Systems Group. The establishment of the Information Systems Group was important for several reasons:

• Formal acknowledgement by Lockheed management that information systems and services are an important part of its future business. • Assurance of continuity of service. • Provision of formal machinery and resources for growth and development. For the first time in DIALOG'S history we possess all the necessary corporate elements for effective operation in the commercial marketplace. For the future, I would like to refer DIALOG'S Mission Statement which is:

To develop and provide services which utilize the information storage, manipulation, and communication capabilities of computer and telecommunications technologies in the provision of increasingly effective access, presentation, and dissemination of civilization's recorded knowledge. This statement emphasizes our commitment to utilize computer and communications technology to provide access to recorded knowledge, and to add further value by reformatting and/ or reprocessing it in useful ways. As a necessary consequence, we also assume responsibility for informing people of the benefits of such services and training them how best to utilize these services. In the context of our corporate setting and our stated mission, we are focusing our development in four specific areas: 1) continued database additions and enhancements, 2) system service features and efficiency, 3) new product developments, and 4) end user services. Continued Database Additions With some 180 databases and 80 million searchable records, a searcher can reasonably expect to solve almost any significant information retrieval need using the DIALOG service. Consequently our future direction is to be

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more selective in database additions. Whereas we added 43 databases in 1982, we added 21 in 1983. We will continue to experiment and test file types beyond our traditional bibliographic files, such as source documents (complete text), handbooks and directories, numeric and statistical files, and encyclopedias, to name a few. However, our primary direction will be to make the databases we have more easily accessible.

New System Service Features and Efficiency DIALOG now has some 50,000 customers throughout the world with interfaces to all major domestic packet-switched networks and leased-line connections to Japan and Great Britain.

DIALOG II. Accommodating levels of growth of 20-30 percent per year has been challenging and, in addition to using significant amounts of resources, has usually required a major annual

CONTENTS Announcements 231 DIALOG—A Forward Look 231 1983—The Year in Review. 234 It's Here: THE COMPUTER DATABASE 236 THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS <3c INDEX. 237 FAMILY RESOURCES 238 Coming Soon: DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS ONLINE 238 Coming Soon to DIALOG—Peterson's College Guides 239 For Your Review 239 Price Changes Effective January 1, 1984 240 Price Decrease of PTS ANNUAL REPORTS ABSTRACTS 241 Erratum 241 Christmas Comes But Once a Year. 241 U.S.B.E. Becomes DIALORDER Supplier 241 File 120 Discontinued 241 Now Available! Guide to COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY Online 241 What's New on the System? 242 Half Million Records Added to ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES SERVICES DIRECTORY 242 SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (File 37) Reloaded 242 FEDERAL RESEARCH IN PROGRESS A Second File.. 242 Improvements to Ring Data Provided by DIALOG 243 Manufacturing Technology Added to NTIS Codes 243 BHRA Adds Pipelines Abstracts 244 New Changes for ECONOMICS ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL 244 LIMIT/CIRC Capability Added to ULRICH'S INTERNATIONAL PERIODICALS DIRECTORY 244 Watch for It—PTS PROMT Reload 245

Eurolog 245 DIALOG European Training Schedule 245 BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING (FLUIDEX) Seminars 246 Down Under News Australian and New Zealand Training Schedule

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Tips on Technique Identifying Chemical Substances A Checklist

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User Education INSPEC Training Sessions

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Biblio Bits 248 MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX-Search Aids 248 New INSPEC User Aids-Free 249 CAB Serials Checklist 249 FEDERAL REGISTER User Aids Manual....249 New Publication from NTIS 249 RILM ABSTRACTS Thesaurus 250 Data Communications Attention Alaskans!! Access from Guam UNINET Access from Canada TELENET, TYMNET, and UNINET Telephone Numbers Documentation New Catalog of DIALOG Publications New Database Chapter Now Available IIIAZ DIALORDER Supplier Price Change Enclosed with This Issue Record of the Month

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computer upgrade. But this year, in addition to growth accommodations, two important systems developments are underway. The first is known i.iternally as DIALOG II. We have undertaken a major rewrite of DIALOG with the following objectives:

between users, between users and DIALOG personnel, and between users and participating database suppliers. In addition, it will provide for electronic delivery of PRINT and SDI output and electronic delivery of search and SDI output from one user to another user.

• Incorporation of users' suggestions • Greater processing efficiency • Greater flexibility for incorporating new features in the future • Provision for larger, consolidated databases • Provision for simplified multi-file searching • Provision for optional security password

It is my hope that someday soon offline prints through the U.S. mail will take their place in the DIALOG historical museum next to the IBM Datacell (the first mass-random access storage device used by DIALOG).

New features are being developed in a manner to be backward compatible (insofar as possible) and will be introduced incrementally as they become operational. You should start seeing these new features in early 1984.

The old 1930's adage, "a car in every garage," has been replaced by the new adage of the eighties, "a personal computer in every living room." With IBM and IBM-compatible PCs selling at 100 thousand units per month, we are witnessing perhaps the most dramatic phenomenon of the entire computer revolution.

DIALNET. The second major systems development is in the area of telecommunications. Currently we are developing an extensive domestic private data communications network with initial nodes to be located in major cities. The network, named DIALNET, is planned for initial availability by mid-1984 and is intended to offer better response time and reliability, higher speed, and the capability for special services such as interfaces to internal corporate networks, overnight printing on local terminals, and automatic SDI output to terminals. New Product Developments Several new product and service developments are currently underway and should come to fruition by mid-1984. REPORT, with the current version of which many of you are already familiar, is now undergoing revision based on Beta-test feedback from users. Essentially it allows field values to be extracted through a series of menudriven prompts to provide user-specified reports. Source Data Files. Expect to see more source data files as this closes the service loop: citations/abstracts/primary source records. Besides the currently provided HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW and COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY, we have undertaken a major effort with Information Access Company to provide the text of many of the articles behind MAGAZINE INDEX and NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX. Electronic Mail. A major new service planned for availability to all DIALOG users in mid-1984 is electronic mail. This service will allow conferencing and message communication

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End User Services

The significance of this phenomenon has not gone unnoticed here at DIALOG. We have in planning - or operation a variety of activities designed to introduce the PC user to online information services and to facilitate their use. The introduction of KNOWLEDGE INDEX (KI for short) in December of 1982 is an example of this effort. It offers non-prime-time and weekend service at greatly reduced rates and uses simplified language to search selected subsets of DIALOG databases. Presently we are evaluating the development of a somewhat similar service for prime-time usage which would be charged at full price. This consideration of a prime-time service is the result of suggestions by our information specialist users who feel that such a service would substantially extend database accessibility. We have heard users comment that certain other PC-oriented services services are a mile wide and an inch deep whereas DIALOG is just the opposite. It has taken us ten years to build that mile of depth; now we intend to concentrate on building breadth through the addition of intelligence and decision support facilities. Monthly Newsletter of the DIALOG Information Retrieval Service, 3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Telephone: 800/227-1960, or 800/982-5838 in California. TELEX: 334499 (DIALOG). THE CONTENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION ARE NOT COPYRIGHTED AND MAY BE FREELY REPRODUCED.

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1983—THE YEAR IN REVIEW It's that time of year again - when one reflects on the accomplishments of the past twelve months and evaluates the trends and developments of DIALOG for a year. New Databases Added Twenty-one new databases will have been added to DIALOG by the end of 1983. These new files represent an addition of approximately 3,500,000 new records to the DIALOG system. Of course, many more records than this number were added with the regular updates to the 180+ databases already on the system. The complete list of new 1983 database additions follows: AMERICAN MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE (File 236) ARTHUR D. LITTLE/ONLINE (File 192) CHEMICAL EXPOSURE (File 138) COMPUTER DATABASE (File 275) CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ABSTRACTS (File 135) D&B - PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES (File 518) ECONOMIC LITERATURE INDEX (File 139) ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES INDEX (File 500) FAMILY RESOURCES (File 291) FEDERAL RESEARCH IN PROGRESS (File 265) HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW (File 122) INFORMATION SCIENCE ABSTRACTS (File 202) LC MARC (File 426) MENTAL HEALTH ABSTRACTS (File 86) MIDEAST FILE (File 249) MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX (File 248) PTS ANNUAL REPORTS ABSTRACTS (File 17) TRADEMARKSCAN (File 226) ULRICH'S INTERNATIONAL PERIODICALS DIRECTORY (File 480) UPI NEWS (Files 260, 261) WORLD AFFAIRS REPORT (File 167) In addition, three new ONTAP (ONline Training And Practice) files were added as well as a backfile for COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY and a file split for BIOSIS PREVIEWS. New ONTAP files added in 1983 are: ONTAP BIOSIS PREVIEWS (File 205) ONTAP CAB ABSTRACTS (File 250) ONTAP MAGAZINE INDEX (File 247)

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Several of the new files represent completely new kinds of information not before available on DIALOG: • HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW brings the complete text of journal articles direct to your terminal with searching capability on each and every word (except stop words) in the entire article. » TRADEMARKSCAN brings the world of trademark searching online for the first time anywhere. The capability of searching parts of words to retrieve similar marks, corrupted spellings, etc., presents a new venture in searching. • UPI NEWS gives the complete text of United Press International news stories. You not only locate when and where the event happened, but have access to the entire news story instantly. • LC MARC lists the latest book cataloging of the U.S. Library of Congress. • The MIDEAST FILE, THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX, and WORLD AFFAIRS REPORT offer specialized access to the literature of particular regions of the worldliterature that is both in English and in other languages of the regions represented. Chemical Substance File Reload The big news for the year was the major reload of the chemical substance files to include ring data. This major development makes chemical structure searching available at an economical price for the first time. The reload changes were made in all of the following files: CHEMNAME (File 301) CHEMSIS (Files 328, 329, 330, 331) CHEMZERO (File 300) ONTAP CHEMNAME (File 231) Other File Reloads Major reloaded versions of the following files were also prepared in 1983. These reloads introduced new searchable fields and in some cases new search capabilities. ABI/INFORM (File 15) CLAIMS/U.S. PATENTS (Files 23-25, 223-225) GPO MONTHLY CATALOG (File 66) SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (File 37)

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Major File Expansions Important additions were made to a number of files in 1983, among them are the following: • ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES expansion included the addition of over 2.3 million records beyond those which were part of the files when they first went up on the system. • MAGAZINE INDEX (File 47) added the backfiles for 1959-1970 and 1973-1975. With the promised addition of 1971-1972, this database will have close to 24 years of indexing of current magazine literature.

• Direct dial access via WATS (Wide Area Telephone Service) was made available for users in the contiguous U.S. to provide a highly reliable alternative mode of access (at $18 per hour, except California). • A fourth TELENET access address (C 213 236) was installed to handle an increased number of users. • New UNINET access changes were made, resulting in an improvement of the service. UPDATES

• AQUALINE (File 116) added five more years of data for 1969-1973, thus giving 15 years of worldwide coverage on all aspects of water research.

Three UPDATE programs were scheduled for 1983: in Los Angeles, Boston and London. As usual, these programs draw experienced DIALOG users for a day and a half of interaction with other searchers, DIALOG staff, and database producer representatives.

• D&B - MILLION DOLLAR DIRECTORY (File 517) was reloaded to make a major addition (among many others) of searchable executive names for each of the companies listed.

DIALOG Days

• The MEDLINE (Files 152-154) annual file maintenance added 48 more cascaded descriptor code categories for ease in searching large, highly-posted subjects. The total number of cascaded descriptor code categories is now 91.

These popular sessions were regularly held worldwide this year. Monthly DIALOG Days were scheduled at each of the U.S. field offices and in London and Paris. For the first time DIALOG Days were also held in Australia in Sydney and Brisbane and in the U.S. in the city of Philadelphia. DIALOG Training Sessions

• Major additions to other databases include the following: INSPEC (Files 12-13)—addition of Section D on information technology.

DIALOG trainers traveled the world over and provided over 2,000 seminars in 1983. Seminars were offered at the introductory level, an advanced refresher level and for 13 different subject specialties.

NEWSEARCH (File 211) and TRADE & INDUSTRY INDEX (File 1*8)—addition of PR Newswire records.

System Output

NTIS (File 6)—addition of a new subject category on Manufacturing Technology (SH=41). BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING (File 9 6 ) addition of a new subfile: Pipelines Abstracts (SH=PL). EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

A new design for offline printouts was added to 1983 printouts. Free Search Time Up to $315 of free connect time was made available for introductory searching in files such as PATLAW, ADTRACK, MATHFILE, LIFE SCIENCES, TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY DIGEST, ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES, etc.

Telecommunications • Telecommunications access was extended via the addition of 1200-baud service to DIALNET (now used only in the U.K.) and improvements in the means of access.

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IT'S HERE: THE COMPUTER DATABASE Where can I find descriptions and evaluations of mainframe and microcomputer software? We manufacture computers, track the competition?

How can we

When will cellular radio be available in Los Angeles? Who makes the best portable microcomputer? This month THE COMPUTER DATABASE, File 275, will be available to answer these questions and many more. In fact, if you need information on almost any aspect of computers, telecommunications, or electronics, sign onto DIALOG and try using File 275. The database is produced by Management Contents of Northbrook, Illinois, producers of the MANAGEMENT CONTENTS (File 75) business database. Over 530 journals, newsletters, tabloids, proceedings, and meeting transactions will be indexed and abstracted cover-to-cover. Business books and self-study courses from over a dozen book publishers will also be covered. You will be able to order article photocopies (if MC does not have a royalty agreement with the publisher, an original article tear sheet will be provided) and the books and courses from Management Contents on DIALORDER through .ORDER MGMT. THE COMPUTER DATABASE coverage is extensive and comprehensive, ranging from detailed information on products, companies, and people to highly technical information on programming, circuit design, and new technologies. Table of Contents. A new and interesting feature of THE COMPUTER DATABASE is its full text display of the Table of Contents page of each of the journals covered. You can browse through the Contents page of a particular issue before you select an abstract to read or you can simply use the page to discover the subject coverage of a new computer journal. It is searchable in the Special Feature field using SF=TC. The Table of Contents of a particular journal can be searched with the journal name, e.g., SELECT SF=TC AND JN=INFOWORLD. A further extension of the search can be made by adding the date: SF=TC AND JN=INFOWORLD AND PD=830808 for the Table of Contents of the August 8, 1983 issue of InfoWorld magazine.

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Record Content. The bibliographic record includes 35 searchable fields to accommodate the wide variety of information covered in the literature. You may access specifically by programming languages, operating systems, named persons, product names, and company names, among others. A LIMIT feature allows you to limit a search to only those articles which include a fully published program. Especially useful are the modifiers in these fields, describing the types of programs, the titles and roles of named persons, or the locations and industry types of named companies. To cope with the problem of standardizing company names, the D-U-N-S速 number, a unique number assigned to a particular company by Dun's Marketing Services, is included when available and is searchable.

Following is an example of a typical record from THE COMPUTER DATABASE: 100979 MMC83A0039 Addresses Bank-Switched Memory. CP/M Update Has Help Feature Lewis, G. Mini-Micro Systems, Vol.16, No.l, Jan 1983, P. 39-40. 1983 Country of Publication: U.S.A. Language: English ISSN: 0364-9342 Availability: Available from Management Contents through on-line ordering or toll-free at our 800 number. Document Type: Journal Article Type: Product Announcement ; Photographs CP/M 3.0, dubbed CP/M Plus, is the latest update of Digital's 8-bit microcomputer operat-ng system. Major enhancements of the new package are the capability to address several 64K-byte banks of memory on Z80 and 8085-based systems and a help facility which aids users with explanations of system commands. These changes were the result of input from CP/M 2.2 users. Other changes are hashed directory access, least recently used record buffering, multi-sector 1/0, and an error-trapping routine. The help function appears quite similar to that of CP+ of Taurus Software Corp., as well as Epic's Supervyz. An evaluation copy price has been set at $350. Operating System: CP/M; CP/M Plus; CP+ Company Name: Digital Research Inc. New Product Pacific Grove CA Computer Industry; Taurus Software Corp. San Francisco CA Software Publishers Named Person: Elgie, Harold R. Marketing Director Digital Research Inc. Spokesman; Simpson, John President Taurus Software Corp. Spokesman Descriptors: Operating Systems; Enhancements; Help Files; Bank-Switching Memory; Comparison; Buffering

Uses. THE COMPUTER DATABASE was designed to answer the questions of business and computer professionals about hardware, software, peripherals, and services, and to provide information on such rapidly growing high-tech fields as robotics, satellite communications, cable television, and videotex, as well as electronic systems and applications, instrumentation, and measurement. Included are rigorous product evaluations (not just descriptions), comparisons, and best-buys, and information on: the financial stability of computer corporations; project planning and control software for microcomputers; low-cost printers, monitors, or adapters for graphics; electronic spreadsheets. Because the D-U-N-S number and a controlled vocabulary for significant company names will be used, information about computer, telecom-

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munications, and electronics firms is within easy reach. Many important trade tabloids and newsletters are covered. The announcements, feature articles, commentaries, and editorials contained in these publications yield detailed company profiles. You will find information on announcements and evaluations of a company's products, discussions of product development and marketing strategies, interviews with high-level executives, sales and earnings announcements and projections, and personnel changes. Details. THE COMPUTER DATABASE contains approximately 30,000 records dating back to January 1983 and will be updated every two weeks. Each biweekly update will contain approximately 2,500 records. The price for searching is $85 per connect hour, $.35 per full record TYPEd or DISPLAYed online, and $.45 per full record PRINTed offline. THE COMPUTER DATABASE (File 275) will be added to the DIALINDEX (File 411) category COMPSCI. A word of caution when using DIALINDEX: because this is a new file, the number of postings shown when using DIALINDEX may be low, even though the relevancy of these postings may be high. A Bluesheet for THE COMPUTER DATABASE is enclosed with this issue of the CHRONOLOG. File 275 will be available on the Classroom Instruction Program.

THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX A new file on literature of the Middle East will appear this month as THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX (File 2*8). The database is produced by Northumberland Press and corresponds to the printed publication of the same name. It is a multidisciplinary file that covers the news and literature of the Middle East from 1980 to the present. Particular fields of interest are anthropology, archaeology, art, business, current affairs, drama, language, literature, music, religion and philosophy as they relate historically, politically, or sociologically to the region. Over 1,500 journals are scanned regularly, covering editorials, government documents, NTIS reports, speeches, statements, interviews, doctoral dissertations, statistics, current books, and book reviews. All items are from Englishlanguage sources.

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Record Content. All journal article records in THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS <3c INDEX include an abstract, with bibliographic citations only for other types of records. Items are indexed with a controlled vocabulary (see Biblio Bits section for details on ordering the Thesaurus). There are special fields for Named People (/NA) and for geographic location (GL=). The geographic range extends from Egypt on the West to Iran in the East, from Turkey in the North to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states in the South. Following is an example of a record from File 248: 308953 Small US Firms Think Big on Middle East Trade Allen, Robin MIDDLE EAST ECONOMIC DIGEST 24:13-14 Mr 28 '80 Document Type: ABSTRACTS Journal Announcement: 3/3 To expand the base of U.S. firms operating in the Middle East, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce's Commercial Action Group for the Near East is sponsoring a series of workshops for smaller firms. The International Trade Administration has been established and a greater allocation of funds has been made. The U.S. Congress is considering ways to alleviate the effects of export disincentives. Except for Iran, it has been shown that politics has little effect on trade prospects. Saudi Arabia is the most promising market. Other countries where increased trade is likely include Libya, Iraq, U.A.E., and Syria. Topics discussed at the workshops are transportation, Arab business methods, and ways to operate within the framework of the U.S. anti-boycott legislation. The main pitfalls to U.S. business in the Middle East are the tax reform act, the foreign corrupt practices act, and the decline in funds available from the U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment Corp. Named People: Planagan, Albert; Hodges, Luther; Chafee, John; al-Hegalen, Faisal Descriptors: Arab World; Business and industry; Business opportunities; Iraq; Libya; Saudi Arabia; Syria; United Arab Emirates; UNITED STATES; U.S.; Arab World

Uses. THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX is a reference work for students, reisearchers, governments, politicians, and business and industry decision makers. It is a major source of current information about activities and developments in the Arab world and other countries of the region. It provides background information on the peoples of the region, economic status, sociological patterns, and the influence of religion on events. You can locate articles on the petroleum industry, Arab banking activities, international trade, the status of women, the settlement of nomads, the Soviet influence, and religious and family life. Details. THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX will begin with approximately 25,000 records from 1980 to the present. It will be updated quarterly with about 4,000 records. The price for searching is $55 per connect hour and $.25 per full record PRINTed offline. It will be added to the DIALINDEX categories for social science (SOCSCI) and public affairs (PUBAFF). A Bluesheet for File 248 is enclosed with this issue of the CHRONOLOG.

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THE MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX will be available on the Classroom Instruction Program.

FAMILY RESOURCES Find family-related information fast in FAMILY RESOURCES, available this month as File 291. The database is cooperatively produced by the National Council on Family Relations and the Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature Project of the University of Minnesota. The database provides comprehensive coverage of the psychological and sociological literature related to the family. It includes a wide variety of types of materials, among which are journal articles, books, instructional materials, audiovisuals, government documents, newsletters, information on organizations, reports, directories to family study and/or community resource centers, etc. The subject coverage of FAMILY RESOURCES ranges from historical works on family life in pre-literate societies to futuristic studies of the family. Included are studies concerning family law, social services to families (day care, foster care, social work, adoption services), family relationships (extended, nuclear, siblings, parent-child, etc.), stages in the family life cycle (early marriage, later years and aging, etc.), mate selection, various aspects of marriage and divorce, sexual attitudes and behavior, counseling and education. There is no single printed counterpart to this database. If the topic has anything to do with family life, try File 291, FAMILY RESOURCES. Record Content. The many types of items indexed in this database require differences in record content. Journal and book reference records in FAMILY RESOURCES include bibliographic information about each publication and a short abstract (for most records). Journal articles do not have abstracts. Three unusual components of the file are: 1) the Human Resource Bank, a file of hundreds of qualified professionals throughout the U.S. who are willing to act as links between family specialists and anyone seeking information relating to the family field; 2) the Idea Bank, a file of "works in progress", work planned, or just ideas involving any aspect of the family; and 3) Family Study Centers, a directory of agencies concerned with family life research. These various types of records are searchable specifically using the Document Type (DT=) coding. Following is an example of a record from FAMILY RESOURCES:

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0001666 RELATIONSHIP OF INCOME AND CHILDLESSNESS KUNZ PR; BRINKERHOFF MB; HUNDLEY V 8RIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, PR0V0, UT 84602 SOCIAL BIOLOGY., 1973, 20, 2, 139-142. Publication Year: 1973 Type: JOURNAL ARTICLES (JA) Subject Headings: CHILDLESSNESS (061C)

Uses. FAMILY RESOURCES is designed for educators, students, researchers, social service agency personnel, the clergy, the media, public and private family-related organizations, libraries, health professionals, businesses, and granting agencies. The file can be used to locate all types of published materials on a family-related topic in one place. It can be used as a directory to find agencies specializing in family research. The index of audiovisual materials allows specification of filmstrips, video cassettes, etc. The Human Resource Bank will locate key individuals in the field. Details. FAMILY RESOURCES will begin with almost 50,000 records from 1970 to the present. (Journal articles are dated from 1973 to the present.) It will be updated monthly with 500-1,000 records per update. (Journal article records will be updated biannually with about 1,500 records). The price for searching will be $57 per connect hour and $.25 per full record TYPEd or DISPLAYed online or PRINTed offline. A Bluesheet for FAMILY RESOURCES is enclosed with this issue of the CHRONOLOG. FAMILY RESOURCES will be added to the psychology (PSYCH) and social sciences (SOCSCI) categories of DIALINDEX (File 411). It will be available on the Classroom Instruction Program.

COMING SOON: DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS ONLINE In January, abstracts will be added to File 35, COMPREHENSIVE DISSERTATION INDEX, and the name of the file will change to DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS ONLINE to reflect its new image. Abstracts will be added for most records from 1980 to the present. The addition of the abstracts will significantly enhance the information currently contained in File 35 by providing a summary of the content of each dissertation, information which currently is found only in the print versions of Dissertation Abstracts International. For the first time, keyword searches conducted online will scan not only the title, but also the body of the abstract for words contained in

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the searcher's input. This will enable the searcher to conduct a more thorough search faster and more efficiently than was previously possible. Such complete-text searching can utilize additional search elements separately or in combination with text terms. These added elements are the subject, the degree granting institution, and the date of the degree. Citations for each dissertation will continue to include the following elements: Title, Author, Degree Awarded, Degree Date, Number of Pages, Degree Granting Institution, a reference to the abstract in the print version of Dissertation Abstracts International and the University Microfilms order number. The abstract which accompanies this existing information will consist of approximately 350 words describing the original research project upon which the dissertation is based. Approximately 2,500 new abstracts will be added to the file monthly, providing the most up-to-date dissertation coverage available. In addition to the inclusion of abstracts, DIALOG will be reloading the full content of File 35 to eliminate several errors which have been noticed over the years. Thus, when the new DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS ONLINE becomes available in January, it will provide a complete index to more than 800,000 dissertations dating back to 1861. Watch for another announcement in January with complete details on the reload and other special features of the new File 35, DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS ONLINE.

COMING SOON TO DIALOGPETERSON'S COLLEGE GUIDES

data, expenses, financial aid programs, athletics, and degree programs. Data will be coded so that one can answer such questions as: • Which colleges offer entomology?

a degree program

• What Midwestern colleges have the highest acceptance rate per number of applicants? • How many colleges in the Miami, Florida area offer BA degree programs in communications? • How many state-supported institutions offer a degree program in Classics? • Which are the major colleges for the study of the Chinese language? It will all be easily accessible in PETERSON'S COLLEGE DATABASE. Watch the CHRONOLOG for a further announcement on the availability of this file.

FOR YOUR REVIEW . . . Remember reading about a new DIALOG feature or database but forget the details? Can't locate an item in the CHRONOLOG because the issue was missing—or back issues are in another location? You can locate any item appearing in the CHRONOLOG from 1981 to date through File 410, CHRONOLOG NEWSLETTER. And, to give you a chance to discover its usefulness for yourself we are offering the CHRONOLOG NEWSLETTER as the free file for December. Up to one-half hour of connect time is available for free searching during this month.

Next year PETERSON'S COLLEGE DATABASE will become available on DIALOG as File 214. The database includes information from the well-known Peterson's Guide to Four-Year Colleges and Guide to Two-Year Colleges. The Guides list colleges and universities with twoand four-year degree programs from the United States (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico), the U.S. territories of Guam and the Virgin Islands, Canada, and a few colleges in other countries that have degree programs accredited by recognized U.S. accrediting institutions.

Whether you search the CHRONOLOG NEWSLETTER for highlights of this past year or for historical reviews, you'll find it to be a speedy means of refreshing your memory. Equivalent to DIALOG'S monthly newsletter, File 410 gives the complete text of CHRONOLOG articles. It provides detailed information on all aspects of the DIALOG service—databases, new features, services, training, prices, upcoming events, searching tips, and much more. Keeping up with the CHRONOLOG can help you to avoid false starts, out-of-date information, and duplication of effort by answering questions such as:

Descriptions of each college included in the file will include general information about the governing body of the institution, a profile of students, freshman and transfer admissions

• Wasn't one of the files I search regularly just reloaded? • When and where were the DIALOG Updates held last year?

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PRICE CHANGES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1984 Effective January 1, 198*1, the following new prices will be in effect for database searching:

Database BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX (File 88) BIOSIS PREVIEWS (Files 5, 55) BIOSIS PREVIEWS (File 255) CLAIMS/UNITERM (Files 223-225) COMPENDEX (File 8) COMPREHENSIVE DISSERTATION IND (File 35) CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ABSTRACTS (File 135) DISCLOSURE II (File 100) ECONOMICS ABSTRACTS INT'L (File 90) Ei ENGINEERING MEETINGS (File 165) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS (File 114) EM BASE (Excerpta Medica) (Files 72, 73, 172) FOODS ADLIBRA (File 79) GEOARCHIVE (File 58) GEOREF (File 89) INSPEC (Files 12, 13) LANGUAGE & LANGUAGE BEHAV ABS (File 36) LEGAL RESOURCE INDEX™ (File 150) MAGAZINE INDEX™ (File 47) MATHFILE (File 239) MENTAL HEALTH ABSTRACTS (File 86) NATIONAL NEWSPAPER INDEX™ (File 111) NEWSEARCH™ (File 211) NTIS (File 6) PTS ANNUAL REPORTS ABSTRACTS (File 17) PTS F&S INDEXES (Files 18, 98) PTS FORECASTS (Files 81, 83) PTS PROMT (File 16) PTS TIME SERIES (Files 82, 84) SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (File 37) TRADE AND INDUSTRY INDEX™ (File 148) WORLD ALUMINUM ABSTRACTS (File 33) ZOOLOGICAL RECORD (File 185)

Connect Time/Hour $57 66 66 300 99 72 96 60 78 99 48 78 63 75 84 90 66 90 84 63 66 84 120 45 114 114 114 114 114 60 84 72 78

Offline Price/PRINT Fmt 5 Fmt 2 $.45 .38 .19 .50 .47 .25 .25 11.00 .30 .47 .45 .33 .15 .30 .30 .43 .30 .20 .20 .38 .20 .20 .20 .17 .68 .33 .33 .58 .40 .30 .20 .20 .20

$.45 .152 .19 .15 .383 .25 .125 5.50 .15 .47 .45 .165 .15 .30 .30 .43 .30 .20 .20 .38 .10 .20 .20 .085 .68 .33 .33 .58 .40 .30 .20 .10 .20

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Online Price/TYPE,DISP F m t 5 Fmt 2 $.35 .28 .14 .25 .35 .05 .15 7.00 .25 .35 .45 .20 .10 .15 .30 .32 .25 .10 .10 .23 .10 .10 — .10 .58 .28 .28 .48 .35 .20 .10 .10 .10

$.35 .115 .14 — .308 .05 .075 3.50 .125 .35 .45 .10 .10 .15 .30 .32 .25 .10 .10 .23 .05 .10 — .05 .58 .28 .28 .48 .35 .20 .10 .05 .10

The price for other formats can be viewed online using the ?RATESn command (where n is the file number). These prices are subject to standard discounts of up to $15 per hour based on volume and other contract terms and conditions.

FOR YOUR REVIEW (cont'd) • Was the contact person for a database supplier recently changed? • Did DIALOG announce a price change for any of the telecommunications networks this year? • What new databases were introduced in October? • How has a file evolved over the years in terms of changes and enhancements? • Isn't there a new searchable field in that file?

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Didn't put the new information on your Bluesheet? Catch up with DIALOG news this month and in the future with the CHRONOLOG NEWSLETTER! Remember, the online version of the CHRONOLOG is available for searching about the 20th of each month, so you can check in advance to see what new databases are to be announced and what the free time file will be.

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PRICE DECREASE ON PTS ANNUAL REPORTS ABSTRACTS

U.S.B.E. BECOMES DIALORDER SUPPLIER

In the table of new prices effective January 1, 1984, you will note a price reduction has been made for PTS ANNUAL REPORTS ABSTRACTS, File 17. The price per connect hour for searching has been reduced $6 per hour. Full records PRINTed offline or TYPEd or DISPLAYed online have been reduced by $.17 and $.22 respectively. The new prices are:

The Universal Serials & Book Exchange, Inc. (USBE) becomes a DIALORDER Supplier beginning this month. The U.S.B.E. is a non-profit membership-based clearinghouse which receives and redistributes periodicals by members and others. All documents are provided in their original form as U.S.B.E. stocks only original documents. Orders are accepted from anywhere in the world; payment may be made by UNESCO book coupon.

Per connect hour = $11* Per full record PRINTed = $.68 Per full record TYPEd = .58

Review the details on the enclosed USBE Yellowsheet in regards to membership, prices and conditions for fulfillment of orders.

ERRATUM There was an error in the November CHRONOLOG. The price per full record PRINTed offline from MANAGEMENT CONTENTS (File 75) will be $.43 beginning December 1, 1983.

CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR . . . and the computer gets a holiday too! Following is the schedule for DIALOG access over the holiday period from December 24th though January 1st. DIALOG System Access: December 2* - Hours as usual December 25 - Closed (Merry Christmas!) December 26-30 - Hours as usual December 31 - Hours as usual January 1 - Closed (Happy New Year!) Users in the Far East, Australia and New Zealand should be aware that DIALOG will be available later than normal on the Mondays of December 26 and January 2, i.e., not until 5:00 p.m. in Japan and not until 6:00 p.m. in Australia and New Zealand.

FILE 120 DISCONTINUED The U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIRECTORY (File 120) will be discontinued as a database as of January 1st, 1984. As of that date, all documentation for the file should be discarded.

NOW AVAILABLE! GUIDE TO COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ONLINE A new self-instructional guide covering basic DIALOG search procedures and use of COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY (Files 19*, 195) has just been published. The Guide to COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY Online has been especially designed for those in government contracting and purchasing to meet their specialized needs. The Guide to COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY Online may be ordered online via DIALORDER using File 200, the DIALOG PUBLICATIONS file. The purchase price is $25. See the DIALOG Yellowsheet for instructions on ordering via DIALORDER. Note: This special publication will not be sent to standing order customers.

Customer Services Assistance (Palo Alto): December 24-25 - Closed for assistance December 26-30 - 10:00AM to 7:00PM (EST) December 31 & January 1 - Closed for assistance January 2 - 10:00AM to 6:00PM (EST) January 3 - resume regular hours: Monday-Friday 9:00AM to 8:00PM (EST)

Did You Know That . . . The oldest birthdates listed in BIOGRAPHY MASTER INDEX (File 88) are: 1601577 Shub-Ad 30007BC-; Index to Women (Faxon),(Inklom) 856124 Imhotep 2980BC-2950BC; Asimov's Bio. Enc. of 1976,(AsBiEn)

Science

• •:• and Technology,Rev.ed.

Happy Holidays!

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WHAT'S NEW ON THE SYSTEM? HALF MILLION RECORDS ADDED TO ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES SERVICES DIRECTORY The ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES - SERVICES DIRECTORY (Files 508 and 509) will be increased in size by half a million records during the month of December, including entirely new sections of data on transportation, veterinary medicine, and landscape architecture. A list of the new Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) categories added to the EYP - SERVICES DIRECTORY is included in the revised pages 3-4 of the File 508-509 Bluesheet which is enclosed with this issue of the CHRONOLOG. Please annotate page one of your ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES - SERVICES DIRECTORY Bluesheet to show the following: File 508: SIC Codes 0700-0799, 4000-4999, 7000-7299 File 509: SIC Codes 7300-7999 In the types of services coverage section, add: • • • • • • • •

Veterinary Services Landscape Services Pet Services Transportation Services Freight Moving Companies Telephone and Telegraph Companies Radio and Television Stations Utilities

There are no changes or additions for page two of the Bluesheet as the searching capabilities remain the same for all the added records.

number of new fields have been added or changed in the Additional Indexes. Also, in a c cordance with our efforts at standardization, the Corporate Source field has been moved from the Basic Index and is now searchable in the additional indexes by the prefix CS=. Country of Publication and Publisher fields have been added to the additional indexes and are searchable throughout the file. Now searchable throughout the entire file are the Language and CODEN fields. The following table lists the new and revised fields and their suffixes or prefixes. Field Name Section Heading Text Sociological Abstracts Accession Number Availability Information Country of Publication Corporate Source Descriptor Code Meeting Name Meeting Series Publisher

Old

New

—

/SH AN=

— — /CS — — MS= —

AV= CP= CS= DC= CT= CT= PU=

Standardized Section Heading Codes. Of particular importance is the standardization of the Section Heading Code field to four digits throughout the entire time span of the database, thereby enabling truncation and hierarchical searching not possible in the old format. The code is cascaded to the first two digits for quick response in hierarchical searching.

Sorting. Online .SORT and offline PRINT sort capabilities are now available by Author (AU), Corporate Source (CS), Meeting Name and Series (CT), Journal Name (ON), Publication Year (PY), and Title (TI). LIMITs. A LIMIT capability has been added for English or non-English citations (/ENG or /NONENG) and for separating out citations with or without abstracts (/ABS or /NOABS).

Update Reload. The semiannual reload of Files 508 and 509 to add to or make changes to the existing records was accomplished at the same time as the huge addition of new data.

All changes and new features are listed on the revised File 37 Bluesheet for SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS included in this issue of the CHRONOLOG.

SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS (FILE 37) RELOADED

FEDERAL RESEARCH IN PROGRESS - A SECOND FILE

File 37, SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS, has been reloaded with the addition of several new features. A Section Heading Text field has been added to the Basic Index, and a large

By early 1984 a second FEDERAL RESEARCH IN PROGRESS file will be available on DIALOG as File 266. This file will have coverage slightly expanded over that of File

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265. Included will be U.S. Department of Energy records that are not included in File 265. The new File 266, however, will be accessible only to DIALOG customers within the United States because of restrictions imposed on access by the U.S. Department of Energy. Data contained in individual records in the new File 266 will be the same as that in File 265; thus no changes need to be made to the Bluesheet other than to insert the addition of the new file number with its geographic restrictions. The price for File 265 and the update frequency will also be the same. File 266 will not be available on the Classroom Instruction Program.

announce that during the month of October the CHEMNAME file was reloaded with correct information for all of these substances with unknown points of attachment. The other chemical substance files will obtain the corrected ring data as they are updated. This change provides a new level of recall for the DIALOG-generated ring data that is unequalled in any other search system. It is not necessary to request specifically that indefinite structures with unknown points of attachment be included in your DIALOG search; they are included for you automatically.

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY ADDED TO NTIS CODES

IMPROVEMENTS TO RING DATA PROVIDED BY DIALOG

NTIS, File 6, includes the capability to search NTIS category codes using the prefix SH=. The NTIS codes, begun in 1970, provide an effective means for searching broad subject areas.

Over the past several months we have had articles in the CHRONOLOG describing the ring data generated by DIALOG for enhancing the chemical substance files, CHEMNAME (File 301), CHEMSIS (Files 328-331), and CHEMZERO (File 300). Many of you have had the opportunity to use this ring data and apply it to your own chemical information needs. Much of the comment we have received from the user community is most gratifying and indicates that the data has been widely used.

Beginning with the June 1983 update (UD=8312), a new category, 41 Manufacturing Technology, has been added for searching. The text words from the category and subcategory titles may be searched directly in the Basic Index either unsuffixed or using the suffix /SH. The numeric codes are searchable using the SH= prefix. The complete category is shown below.

Searching for Unknown Points of AttachmentOne comment from customers has been that the ring data would be even more useful if it were correctly generated for those substances with unknown points of attachment. In the CHEMNAME file there are several thousand substances that contain ring information but also have unknown points of attachment among the atoms in the substance. In the past, these substances have been provided with correct molecular formulas but the ring information generated by DIALOG has understated the number of rings present. An example of such a substance is shown in the corrected record below. 1,2-Benzenediol (9CI), methylenebisPyrocatechol (8CI), methylenediRING SYSTEM DATA:

(02) (nr=01; sr=6; ar= fr=C6.01; ir=46-150-18) Upon identification of this problem, DIALOG Chemical Information staff undertook a research effort in order to determine how the proper ring data could be generated for these chemical substances. We are pleased to

SH= 41

/SH Manufacturing Technology A Computer Aided Design (CAD) B Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) C

Robotics and Robots

D E

Productivity Manufacturing, Planning, Processing and Control Joining Quality Control and Reliability Plant Design and Maintenance Job Environment Tooling, Machinery, and Tools Engineering Materials Tribology Optics and Lasers Computer Software Domestic Commerce, Marketing, and Economics Research Program Administration and Technology Transfer General

F G H I J K L M N O P GE

The codes in this new category are already included in the new revised database documentation chapter for NTIS that was mailed last month.

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BHRA ADDS PIPELINES ABSTRACTS The British Hydromechanics Research Association, producer of BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING ABSTRACTS (FLUIDEX), File 96, has announced the addition of a new subfile entitled Pipelines Abstracts beginning with the November 1983 update. The subfile code is SF=PL. Pipelines Abstracts provides summaries of scientific and technical literature relating to pipes and pipeline technology. It is of primary interest to the oil, gas and water pipeline industries. Each year over 1,000 periodicals from worldwide sources are scanned for items of interest. Major topics include the Hydraulics of Pipes, Pipeline Components and Pipe Materials, Planning and Design, Construction, Pipeline Operation and Maintenance. With this addition, BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING now includes the following subfiles: Civil Engineering Hydraulics Industrial Aerodynamics Fluid Flow Measurements Fluid Power Fluid Sealing International Dredging Abs (73-81) Pipelines Pumps and Other Fluid Machinery Solid-Liquid Transport Tribology World Ports and Harbors Abs (83+)

SF=CH SF=A SF=FM SF=FP SF=FS SF=DA SF=PL SF=PA SF^SL SF=T SF=PH

NEW CHANGES FOR ECONOMICS ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL Several changes have been implemented for DIALOG File 90, ECONOMIC ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL. Citations in File 90, previously consisting of all upper-case letters, now have a mixed upper- and lower-case format for enhanced readability. The database supplier for this file has recently provided us with tapes containing the full backfile, and DIALOG will reload the entire file. Finally, a new field containing a catalog order number has been added, but will not be searchable. DIALOG users should make a note of changes on their File 90 Bluesheet.

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LIMIT/CIRC CAPABILITY ADDED TO ULRICH'S INTERNATIONAL PERIODICALS DIRECTORY

A new feature has been added to File 480, ULRICH'S INTERNATIONAL PERIODICALS DIRECTORY, which allows searchers to limit to records with the periodical circulation figures. This capability, performed with LIMITn/CIRC, is especially useful when performing a long descending sort on circulation figures. Previously, a descending sort would place all records without circulation numbers at the beginning, making it difficult for searchers to know where to begin typing or printing out records from the sorted set. The new LIMITn/CIRC command eliminates this problem â&#x20AC;˘ by allowing users to exclude those records which contain no circulation figures. Procedures. LIMIT your final set to /CIRC first, then .SORT it in descending order, then TYPE or PRINT the results. ? BEGIN 480 3nov83 16:34:02 User3476 $3.04 0.022 Hrs File301 1 Descriptor $0.18 Telenet $3.22 Estimated Total Cost File480:Ulrichs Periodicals Directory-Sept 83 (Copr. R. R. Bowker & Co. 1983) Set Items Description ? SELECT MICROCOMPUTER? 1 180 MICROCOMPUTER? ? LIMIT 1/CIRC 2 72 1/CIRC ? .SORT 2/1-72/CI.D 3 72 2/1-72/CI.D ? TYPE 3/5/1-3 3/5/1 0057646 (UI) Personal Computing Ed. Robert J. Lydon Publisher: Hayden Publishing Co., Inc. 50 Essex St., Rochelle Park, NJ 07662, Subscr. to: Box 2942. Boulder, CO 80322, Tel. 201-843-0550 m Status: Active 1977 IC Frequency: Monthly Circ. 225,000 Price: US.$18 United States (US) ISSN: 0192-5490 Dewey Decimal No.: 001.6; 621.381 reprint service avail, from UMI Special Features: Advertising. Book Reviews Abstracting and Indexing Services: LAMP; Microcomp.Ind. Subject Headings: COMPUTERS-PERSONAL COMPUTERS (00006294); COMPUTERS-MICROCOMPUTERS (00006270) 3/5/2 0035851 (UI) Radio-Electronics; new ideas is electronics Ed. M. Harvey Gernsback Publisher: Gernsback Publications, Inc. 200 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10003, Subscr. to: Box 2520, Boulder, CO 80322, Tel. 212-777-6400 ~ Status: Active 1929 Jc Frequency: Monthly Circ. 220,500 Microform Price: US.$14.97 United States (US) ISSN: 0033-7862 Dewey Decimal No.: 621.38; 621.381 reprint service avail, from UMI Special Features: index. Advertising. Book Reviews Abstracting and Indexing Services: A.S.& T.Ind.; R.G.; Microcomp.Ind.

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Copies provided for fee (C$); Free use of abstracts to abstracting services (FCA); No free copying (NC) Subject Headings: ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (00001065); COMMUNICATIONS-RADIO AND TELEVISION (0000084X); COMPUTERS-MICROCOMPUTERS (00006270); COMPUTERS-PERSONAL COMPUTERS (00006294) 3/5/3 0114690 (UI) Family Computing Ed. Claudia Cohl Publisher: Scholastic Inc. 730 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, Tel. 212-505-3000 Status: Active 1983 if Frequency: Monthly Circ. 200,000 Price: US.$17.97 United States (US) Dewey Decimal No.: 001.6; 621.381 Special Features: Advertising. Book Reviews Subject Headings: COMPUTERS-PERSONAL COMPUTERS (00006294); COMPUTERS-MICROCOMPUTERS (00006270)

DIALOG users should make a note of this added capability on their Bluesheet for ULRICH'S INTERNATIONAL PERIODICALS DIRECTORY.

EUROLOG DIALOG EUROPEAN TRAINING SCHEDULE Reservations for DIALOG Information Services training sessions are available through the European Office. Unless otherwise indicated (see footnotes), the sessions will be conducted in English. The European training schedule for the next few months is as follows: Amsterdam** Amsterdam** Amsterdam** Amsterdam**

14-15 Dec. 15 Dec. 16 Dec. 16 Dec.

WATCH FOR IT— PTS PROMT RELOAD

Cologne* Cologne* Cologne*

14-15 Dec. Introductory Chemistry (Basic) 16 Dec. Refresher 16 Dec.

Next year a major reload of Predicasts' PTS PROMT (File 16) database is planned. The design for the reload will give the file a whole new look and greatly enhance retrieval capability and use. Among the plans are:

Par is+

15-16 Dec. Introductory

London

19-20 Dec. Introductory

Paris+ Paris+ Paris+ Paris+ Paris+ Paris+

9-10 Jan. 11 Jan. 11 Jan. 12 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan.

Introductory Refresher Search Strategy MEDLINE EM BASE (Excerpta) DIALOG Day

London London London London London London London London

10 Jan. 16-17 Jan. 18 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Jan. 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 20 Jan.

DIALOG Day Introductory Refresher Search Strategy Engineering Patents Chemistry (Basic) Biosciences

Rome// Rome// Rome// Rome//

23-24 Jan. 25 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan.

Introductory Engineering Patents Business

• Addition of a Title field. • Inclusion of the full journal name (as JN=) along with retention of the abbreviated name (as JO=). • Addition of a Publication Year field (PY=). • Capability to LIMIT to records indexed with the country code 1USA. • Addition of Ticker symbols.

• Inclusion of a new Language field. • And much more. Watch for announcements on the availability of these valuable enhancements.

Introductory Humanities Engineering Patents

+Conducted in French. •Conducted in German. //Conducted in Italian. **Conducted in Dutch. The introductory sessions are a day and a half. The subject seminars are each one-half day; related subject seminars are usually scheduled on the same or next day so you can take advantage of a full day or more of DIALOG system training.

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The European training schedule can also be viewed online by checking either 7EURTRAIN or TTfcity]â&#x20AC;&#x201D;up to 7 characters.

DOWN UNDER NEWS

For details and registration for any of these seminars, contact: Beatrice Grenet DIALOG Information Services, Inc.

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TRAINING SCHEDULE

P.O. Box 8

Abingdon, Oxford OX 13 6EG United Kingdom Telephone: (0865) 730 969 TELEX: 837704 (INFORM G)

Journee PORTES OUVERTES a Paris 13 Janvier CONTACTER: Mile Beatrice Grenet DIALOG P.O. Box 8 Abingdon Oxford OX13 6EG Angleterre Telephone: (+44)865 730 969 Telex: 837704 INFORM G

BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING (FLUIDEX) SEMINARS The British Hydromechanics Research Association, producer of the BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING (FLUIDEX) database (File 96) has announced two training seminars for March. Both will be given free-of-charge. 8 March 198* Leeds Polytechnic School Beckett Park, Leeds

Librarianship,

15 March 1984 ESA/IRS offices, Ebury Bridge House, London. The seminars are intended to cover the problem of searching small engineering databases from a user's point of view, and how to get the best out of BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING, a typical small engineering database. For further details, please contact: Mrs. S. Silvester The Database Support Team BHRA, the Fluid Engineering Centre Cranfield, Bedford England MK43 0AJ Telephone: (0234) 750422

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The following DIALOG training sessions have been scheduled in Australia and New Zealand for the next two months: Melbourne

Jan. 16-17

System Seminar

Sydney

Jan. 19-20

System Seminar

Canberra

Jan. 23-24

System Seminar

Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne

Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

6-7 8 9 9

System Seminar Chemistry (Basic) Biosciences Sci/Tech

Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington

Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

13 14-15 16 16 17 17

Search Strategy System Seminar EM BASE (Excerpta) MEDLINE Refresher Legal

Auckland Auckland Auckland Auckland Auckland

Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

20 21-22 23 24 24

Search Strategy System Seminar Patents Refresher Legal

Sydney Sydney Sydney

Feb. 28-29 Mar. 1 Mar. 2

System Seminar Chemistry (Basic) MEDLINE

Canberra

Mar. 5-6

System Seminar

Sydney

Mar. 7

EM BASE (Excerpta)

This list is occasionally updated; current listings are available online with the command 7ANZTRAIN. To register for these sessions, contact: Insearch, Ltd./DIALOG P.O. Box K16 Haymarket, NSW 2000 Australia

Telephone: TELEX:

(02) 264-6344 AA27091 (INSRCH)

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3. Is the systematic name known? Âť

TIPS ON TECHNIQUE IDENTIFYING CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES - A CHECKLIST Our recent detailed explanation of ring data as a means of substance identification may have left you wondering how best to approach a substance search. The following article discusses a systematic approach which can be used to identify a substance for the purposes of conducting a bibliographic search. Frequently, information such as molecular formula, a name, or a known functional group may be sufficient for identifying the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number for the substance. Once the CAS Registry Number has been found, bibliographic references are easily located in CA SEARCH (Files 308, 309, 310, 320, 311) or any other DIALOG file containing registry numbers. (See DIALINDEX category CASREGNO for a complete list of such files.)

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Begin in CHEMNAME. Substance searches should always begin in CHEMNAME (File 301) since it contains entries for the most common chemical substances, i.e., those which have been mentioned two or more times in the CA SEARCH files since their inception in 1967. The following checklist suggests search tactics based on the information known about the substance being identified. 1. Is the CAS Registry Number known? If yes, verify the CAS Registry Number in File 301 using the prefix RN=. If there is no match in File 301, check the other chemical substance files CHEMSIS (Files 328-331) or CHEMZERO (File 300) or other files in the DIALINDEX file category CHEMSUBS. 2. Are one or more common names known? Common names may include tradenames, or non-systematic names by which the substance is known. Use the prefix SY= to search on the complete common name. If there is no match, EXPAND the name without the prefix to determine if the name may exist as a systematic name.

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If known, EXPAND the complete systematic name either with the prefix CN= or without a prefix in the Basic Index, remembering, in either case, that the parent name is entered first followed by a comma, no space and then the substituents (or functional groups), e.g., EXPAND CN=Benzene,chloro-. This is the "inverted" form of chemical substance names in the CA printed indexes. 4. Is the structure known? Whenever possible, try to obtain a diagram of the structure since it can be used to determine molecular formula, element count, functional groups, or unique ring information. 5. Is the molecular formula known? If given, confirm against a structure diagram. Molecular formulas are always written in Hill order, i.e., carbon followed by hydrogen followed by all other element symbols in alphabetical order. If there is no carbon, all elements are listed in alphabetical order of their element symbols. To search molecular formula, EXPAND or SELECT using the prefix MF=. If the formula being searched contains no dot disconnects (multiple components separated by dots) the suffix /FF may be used to restrict to complete formula. 6. Are there significant nomenclature which might be helpful?

terms

Look for less common terms or chemically significant segments which can be used to restrict the search, e.g., triazole, and also verify if variant endings (e.g. triazol, triazolo) for the segment are appropriate. High-number locants or strings of locants (e.g., 1,2,3) also make useful search terms. 7. Are there any unusual elements present? Is there an unusual number of a particular element? The most commonly occurring elements are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. As a first guess any other element may be considered rare enough to be helpful. The total occurrences of an element in a substance can be searched in two ways, either with the suffix /EC, e.g., F27/EC, or using the prefix EC=, e.g., EC=F0027. The prefix is particularly useful if a variable range is desired, e.g. EC=N0005:EC=N0007.

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8. Is a distinctive ring or ring system present? Are several different rings involved? For substances containing non-benzene rings, Analysis of Rings (AR=) or Formula of Rings (FR=) can be used. Multiple occurrences of the same ring system in a substance can be identified using the ring system multiplier, or the Total Number of Rings (TR=) can be used to specify a count of all rings within all ring systems of the substance. The Identity of Rings (IR=), a faceted number representing the skeleton of the ring system as well as the bonding, can help locate derivative substances based on the same ring system. Keep in mind that nomenclature used by Chemical Abstracts may vary from that used by the bench chemist. When a name match doesn't seem to work, explore the other characteristics of the substance, such as combining chemically significant nomenclature segments with ring data or molecular formula. Another strategy is to use the nomenclature of similar substances as a search guide. And, if you really are stumped, don't hesitate to call on our chemical specialists in Customer Services for further guidance.

Tell your friends to come to DIALOG Day in December!

USER EDUCATION INSPEC TRAINING SESSIONS Workshops for users of INSPEC (Files 12, 13) have been scheduled for January: January 12-13

Columbia University New York City

January 23-24

Rollins College Winter Park, FL

January 25

Florida International University Miami, FL

The workshops are offered free-of-charge and last for a full day. For details and registration, contact: Marsha Kominsky or Cathy Ferrere INSPEC 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08854 Telephone: 201/981-0060, Ext. 376

BIBLIO BITS MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS & INDEX â&#x20AC;&#x201D;SEARCH AIDS Two search aids are available for use with the new

MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS AND INDEX

(File 248) database.

DIALOG Day is free but reservations are required. To reserve a place at the Introduction to DIALOG or make an appointment for our Customer Clinic, call the DIALOG office nearest you. Boston: (617)491-0001 Chicago: (312)726-9206 Houston: (713)789-9810 Los Angeles: (213)827-0055 New York: (212)682-4630 Palo Alto: (415)858-3785 Philadelphia: (215)849-5858 Washington,DC: (202)872-5971

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Journal Scanning List for the MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS &. INDEX. Includes a list of 1500+ journals used for the 1980 portion of the database. Free. Thesaurus of Indexing Terms for the MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS AND INDEX, arranged alphabetically. Includes appropriate 'see' and "see also" references Price: $5.00. These publications should be ordered directly from: Northumberland Press 1717 Boulevard of the Allies Pittsburg, PA 15219

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NEW INSPEC USER AIDS—FREE *

Two new publications are being offered freeof-charge to users of the INSPEC (Files 12 and 13) database: Periodicals in Computing Subject Guide to Computing The two guides are particularly useful for searching the Computer and Control (Part C) section of the INSPEC files. The publications are available from INSPEC at either of the following addresses: INSPEC Station House, Nightingale Road Hitchin, Herts, SG5 1RJ England

For a

NEW PUBLICATION FROM NTIS

CAB SERIALS CHECKLIST The Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux have announced the publication of their new CAB Serials Checklist for use with the CAB ABSTRACTS (File 50) database. Special features of the publication include: • Lists over 10,000 serial titles systematically scanned and abstracted by CAB. units

(i.e.,

subfiles)

• Provides a guide to sources of photocopies. The price for the CAB Serials Checklist is L15.00 (U.S. $31.50). It can be ordered from: Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux Central Sales Farnham House, Farnham Royal Slough SL2 3BN United Kingdom Telephone: Farnham Common (02814) 2662 Telex: 874964

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The expanded user aids manual contains 28 pages of information for File 136 users, including a database description, sample unit abstracts, numerous sample searches, and a complete listing of the descriptor codes used since the beginning of File 136 in March 1977. New features included are the CSI Acronym List for those seeking data by government agency or program abbreviations, and a copy of the DIALOG Bluesheet.

Greg Friedmann Capitol Services, Inc. 415 Second Street, NE Washington, DC 20002

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• Shows which CAB abstract each title.

Capitol Services, Inc., producer of the FEDERAL REGISTER ABSTRACTS (FUe 136) database, has announced the publication of a revised edition of their online user aids manual.

The manual is available free of charge. copy, contact:

INSPEC Dept/IEEE Service Center 445 Hoes Lane Piscataway, NJ 08854

FEDERAL REGISTER USER AIDS MANUAL

or order it online via DIALORDER using the command: .ORDERITEM CAB 1 copy CAB Serials Checklist.

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NTIS (the National Technical Information Center) has just announced the availability of a new publication called the Corporate Author Authority List - 1983 (PB 83-156034). This publication, started as an internal tool by the NTIS, has been expanded to serve the library and information professions as a standard for corporate author entries. More than 35,000 main entries are listed including all corporate authors used and verified at NTIS for the past seven years. Cross references triple the number of entries. Each main entry shows the parent organization, location, and the smallest appropriate sub-organization. Former names of an organization are included, both under the current name and in the alpha listing with referral to the present name. AACR2 (the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Version 2) entries of the names are given when they have been located. NTIS source codes, which are logical sequence numbers, are included; other agency source codes are given when the name has been used by NTIS (i.e., Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)). The price for the publication is $175.00 and can be ordered directly from NTIS:

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Customer Services Staff NTIS - U.S. Department of Commerce 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Telephone: 703/487-4660 The publication can also be ordered online via DIALORDER by entering:

instructions via TYMNET. The network, called ALASKANET, is comprised of five nodes located in Prudhoe Bay, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, and Seattle, Washington. As of December 1, all TYMNET users must contact Alascom in order to continue to have access to the TYMNET network. For more information, call:

.ORDERITEM NTIS . . . followed by the PB number, requested number of copies, and an indication of your method of payment. (NTIS requires either a deposit account number or a credit card number with card name and expiration date).

Alascom Marketing Department 907/264-7391 Access from Alaska via TELENET will remain unchanged.

ACCESS FROM GUAM RILM ABSTRACTS THESAURUS Available now from RILM Abstracts (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) are the following two publications for use in searching the RILM ABSTRACTS (File 97) database: English-Language Thesaurus. Contains English words that have musical meaning or that can be used in a music-related context and have been used by RILM as index headings. In addition, related headings are given and an explanation of the indexing strings is given. Price: $18.00. Cumulative Index II, for Volumes VI-X of RILM Abstracts. Covers the years 1972-1976 and lacunae from 1967-1971. Incorporated in this Index is the RILM International Thesaurus, which includes terms in 16 European languages with "see references" to the equivalent English indexing term. Price: $45.00 to institutions, $21.00 to individuals.

Access is now available to data communications services via TYMNET or TELENET via RCAGuam. For details and rates, contact: Raymond Knapp RCA Global Communications, Inc. ADA Plaza Center P.O. Box EH Agana, Guam 96910 Telephone: (671) 477-9936 Telex: (721) 6189 GMGM GM

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UNINET ACCESS FROM CANADA New instructions for accessing DIALOG from Canada via UNINET have been issued:

For details and ordering, contact: 1. Set terminal at FULL DUPLEX. RILM Abstracts Graduate Center City University of New York 33 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036

DATA COMMUNICATIONS ATTENTION ALASKANS!! Effective December 1, 1983, Alascom, Inc. has announced a new public packet switched data network in Alaska which requires new logon

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2. Dial up and wait acknowledgement.

for

the

DATAPAC

3. Then enter: 1 3106,CAN A new Table 6 for DIALOG Access From Canada is enclosed with this issue of the CHRONOLOG. Note: Notwithstanding the fact that the pre-1982 DATAPAC addresses (with 'p' as the first character) may still work, DATAPAC requests that these addresses no longer be used. Please be sure to destroy all older documentation showing 'p' addresses and to bring this article to the attention of all DIALOG searchers in your organization.

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TELENET, TYMNET, AND UNINET TELEPHONE NUMBERS * • New Numbers: Montgomery, AL Beverly Hills, CA Burbank, CA Canoga Park, CA Concord, CA St. Petersburg, FL Savannah, GA Vicksburg, MS Billings, MT Bozeman, MT Butte, MT Great Falls, MT Albuquerque, NM Santa Fe, NM Chapel Hill, NC Mansfield, OH Erie, PA Green Bay, WI • Changed Numbers Tallahassee, FL Honolulu, HI Bloomington, IL Lansing, MI Princeton, NJ Cleveland, OH Enumclaw, WA

205/265-4570 213/789-9002 213/841-7890 213/789-9002 415/674-0721 813/443-1533 912/232-6751 601/634-6670 406/252-4880 406/586-7638 406/494-6615 406/727-0100 505/242-8344 505/988-5953 919/929-0054 419/524-7390 814/456-8501 414/432-3064

TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET UNINET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET TYMNET UNINET UNINET TYMNET TYMNET

(new number given): 904/878-6929 TYMNET 808/528-4450 TYMNET 309/827-4681 UNINET 517/321-2640 UNINET 609/683-4550 UNINET 216/267-9200 UNINET 206/825-7720 TYMNET

New Price for Guide to DIALOG Searching. Please note the one major change in publication price in the Catalog: the Guide to DIALOG Searching is now priced at $50.00 (North America), $75.00 (Europe) and $75.00 (Elsewhere). This modest price increase reflects the addition of two additional looseleaf binders to the complete Guide set. The new price is effective January 1, 1984.

NEW! NEW DATABASE CHAPTER AVAILABLE A new database chapter has been completed and is now available for purchase: INFORMATION SCIENCE ABSTRACTS (File 202) Database documentation may be ordered online via DIALORDER using File 200, the DIALOG PUBLICATIONS file. This new chapter is now listed in File 200. The purchase price is $5.00 (North America) and $6.00 (elsewhere). See the DIALOG Yellowsheet for instructions on ordering via DIALORDER. Note: Standing order requestors automatically receive this new documentation as soon as it is published.

DOCUMENTATION NEW CATALOG OF DIALOG PUBLICATIONS Enclosed with this issue of the CHRONOLOG is a copy of our new DIALOG Publications Catalog. It is designed to give not only a complete list of all available publications, but also guidance as to the purpose of each of the different types of materials for ease of organization and maintenance. Part of this new Catalog is the new Publications Order Form designed especially to simplify publication ordering procedures. Just tear it out and return it with your request(s); easy to follow instructions are included.

Updates to the Publications Catalog will be issued quarterly with the CHRONOLOG. In the interim months, we will continue to announce new database documentation chapters in the CHRONOLOG. You'll see a new Catalog every year about this time.

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IIIAZ DIALORDER SUPPLIER PRICE CHANGE Information Intelligence Incorporated, DIALORDER Supplier IIIAZ, has announced a new price schedule for 1984. A major change in the pricing schedule is the addition of a $5.00 surcharge for each order placed online (except through Ill's own computers). All other prices remain the same as for 1983. A copy of the revised IIIAZ Yellowsheet can be secured directly from the Supplier at: Information Intelligence Incorporated P.O. Box 31098 Phoenix, Arizona 85046 Telephone: 602/996-2283

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ENCLOSED WITH THIS ISSUE

RECORD OF THE MONTH

• Bluesheets: SOCIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS 37 (revised) 248 MIDDLE EAST: ABSTRACTS AND INDEX (new) 275 THE COMPUTER DATABASE (new) 291 FAMILY RESOURCES (new) ELECTRONIC YELLOW PAGES 508/9 SERVICES DIRECTORY (revised pages 3 and 4)

Well, they tried .

• Yellowsheets: USBE Universal Serials & Book Exchange (Washington, DC) • Replacement Pages for the Guide to DIALOG Searching: Table 6 DIALOG Access from Canada Table 6A DIALOG Access from Countries Outside the U.S. and Canada Table 2k DIALOG Databases and Printed Equivalents • Specials: CHRONOLOG Index - 1983 DIALOG Publications Catalog Ad Supplement U.S. Training Schedule (U.S. only) Canadian Training Schedule (Canada only) European Training Schedule (Europe only) Australian/New Zealand Training Schedule (Australia and New Zealand only)

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0045896 SECTION: General news STORY TAG: worms DATELINE: JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (UPI) July 21, 1983 TIME: 12:llpd CYCLE: am PRIORITY: Deferred WORD COUNT: 0322

Officials of Johnson City's second annual International Worm Race said Thursday they are working to make sure this year's event does not end in mass death as did the first speed trial last year. Almost all the contestants in the first race died on the hot sidewalk that served as the speedway. "We fried them," Louise Dorton, head librarian at the sponsoring Johnson City Public Library, said of last year's racers. "It was a great tragedy," said Martha Reilly, children's librarian. "They all either fried or drowned. We tried to spray them with water to keep them alive. In either case, very few made it. The kids all learned a little about life that day." This year's race, to be held next Wednesday, will be run on cardboard in the shade, Mrs. Reilly said. It likely will be covered with mud to make the circular raceway more comfortable for the worms. Owners can "poke, prod or touch" their worms to make them go faster, Mrs, Dorton said. The worms are put in the center of the track and the winners are the ones that go farthest in the shortest amount of time. There are three categories in this year's race slimies, fuzzies and pedes. Slimies are "earthworms and nightworms and slugs but we didn't have any slugs," Mrs. Reilly said. Fuzzies are woolly worms and catepillars, and pedes are millipedes and centipedes. Each category has its own heat, she added. The racing worms symbolize the "bookworm," Mrs. Dorton said, adding the race is an attempt to attract more children to the library. Mrs. Reilly said she and Mrs. Dorton got the race idea from the Dorothy Madison Library in Fairfax, Va., which holds one annually. Last year's Tennessee race brought about 60 children to the library. (UPI NEWS, Ftte 2S0)

Submitted by Ty Webb, Mobay Corporation, Kansas City, MO.

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