UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 15, Page 2
December 14, 1995
Several online services are available to library users

Current Contents/TOC
     A new service, Current Contents/TOC, provides an easy-to-use Web
interface to view the table-of-contents (TOC) pages of nearly 7,000
journals. Users can browse in one of seven broad areas or in one of
more than 200 subject categories. Abstracts, when available, are
linked to the article citations, and reprint information is also
included. Current Contents/TOC is updated weekly and contains the
updates for the last four weeks.
     Current Contents/TOC is available on the library's WWW home page
under "DELCAT, DELPLUS and Other Networked Databases." The URL for
Current Contents/TOC is: http://www.lib.udel.edu/unindexed/ccon
     Dialup users can access Current Contents/TOC using the lynx
software that is available on the composers, e.g., on brahms, strauss
or copland.
     Library staff involved in the Current Contents/TOC project are
Susan Davi, Frederick Getze, Mark Grabowski, David Langenberg and
Gregg Silvis.
     For more information about Current Contents/TOC, please contact
the information desk at 831-2965. For information about using lynx,
contact the Information Technologies help desk at 831-6000.


Improved access on LERN
     The UD Library now has improved access to a subset of the Library
Electronic Resources Network (LERN) databases. DOS, Windows and
Macintosh software is now available to access the following databases:
Agricola, agricultural literature; Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries
Abstracts, all aspects of marine, brackish and freshwater
environments; EconLit, economics literature (includes abstracts); Life
Sciences Collection, biological, medical and agricultural sciences
(includes abstracts); MLA International Bibliography, literature,
language, linguistics and folklore; MEDLINE, biomedical literature
(includes abstracts); Nursing & Allied Health (CINAHL)), cumulative
index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (includes abstracts);
PsycLIT, psychology and related disciplines (includes abstracts);
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) International, public
policy, social policy and social sciences; Sociofile, sociology and
related disciplines (includes abstracts).
     Library staff involved in the improved access to the LERN project
are Kristin Antelman and Grabowski, both of Library Computing Systems.
Information Technologies staff involved in the project are Judith
Brown and Tammy Riddle, both of IT User Services.
     PC or Macintosh users with an Ethernet connection to the campus
network who wish to access one of the above databases should contact
the User Services help desk at 831-6000 for software information. For
more information about the databases or searching the databases,
please contact the library information desk at 831-2965.


AskRef to get the facts
     AskRef allows library users to ask simple, factual questions
electronically and to receive answers quickly. It replaces the need to
leave home or call the phone number of the library reference desk.
     There are two options to use AskRef:
        * Send a question by campus e-mail to
          askref@morris.lib.udel.edu or
        * Use electronic forms available on U-Discover! via Gopher or
          Hgopher software using "Library Information."

     Answers or follow-up questions, in case clarification is
necessary, will be sent within 24 hours, Monday through Friday.
Questions sent on Saturday or Sunday will be answered by Tuesday. The
AskRef mailbox is checked daily, Monday through Friday, by 10 a.m.


OCLC FirstSearch
     OCLC FirstSearch (Online Cooperative Library Center, based in
Columbus, Ohio) provides information on thousands of books, journals,
periodicals and tables of contents.
     Through U-Discover!, users can access the database and inquire
through WorldCat, for books and other materials in libraries
worldwide; Article1st, which provides an index of nearly 12,500
journals; and Contents1st, with tables of contents for more than
12,000 journals.
     More than 30 million items- including manuscripts written as
early as the 11th century, materials in all languages and current
bestsellers-are cataloged by OCLC member libraries, and it is updated
daily.
     Access is available on U-Discover! under "Library Information."