+ Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News Volume 3, Number 11 (1992) ISSN 1050-6004 Editors: Dana Rooks (LIBL@UHUPVM1) and Charles W. Bailey, Jr. (LIB3@UHUPVM1). Issued on an irregular basis by University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-2091. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, VOLUME 11, NUMBER 3 (SEPTEMBER 1992), 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES, VOLUME 11, NUMBER 3 (SEPTEMBER 1992) 203 Music Symbols and Online Catalogs, Richard D. Burbank 210 User Practices in Keyword/Boolean Searching and an Online Public Access Catalog, Pat Ensor 220 Browsing Through Public Access Catalogs, James Beheshti 229 Failed Interlibrary Loan Requests, Scott Seaman 237 Communications 237 The Intelligent Reference Information System Project, Charles W. Bailey, Jr. 244 Arabic Online Catalog, Zahiruddin Khurshid 251 Making Shareware Available, Robert L. Bolin 259 Bringing the Mountain to Mohammed Without Falling of the Cliff of Unmanageable Technology, Virginia Algermissen, Sharon Helton, and Jack Smith 261 Z39.50 and the Scholar's Workstation Concept, Gary Lee Phillips + Page 2 + 271 Special Section: Melvyl Part II 272 Ten Years Later: A Retrospective Prospectus, Edwin Brownrigg 277 MELVYL Input Ten Years Later: The Changing Face of Our Bibliographic File, Karen Coyle 281 A Catalog or a Reference Tool? Or, MELVYL's Exquisite Search Features You Can't Know Until Someone Tells You, Ann Grodzins Lipow 285 Remote Use of the University of California MELVYL Library System: An Online Survey, Terry Ellen Ferl and Larry Millsap 305 Tutorial 305 Downloading and Printing Search Results from Online Databases, Jon Hagee and Karl-Heinz W. Boewe 307 Local Holdings Searching in CD-ROM Databases, Charles E. Priore, Jr., and Richard E. Miller 310 Recent Publications 310 Book Reviews 310 Artificial Intelligence: Its Role in the Information Industry, reviewed by Douglas A. Kranch 310 Adventure Games for Microcomputers, reviewed by Bonnie Birman 311 Technical Services in the Medium-Sized Library, reviewed by Douglas Koschik 312 Library Technology for Visually and Physically Impaired Patrons, reviewed by Dennis A. Norlin 312 Optical Character Recognition: A Librarian's Guide, reviewed by Fae K. Hamilton 313 Cataloging Motion Pictures and Videorecordings, reviewed by David L. Brown 314 Search Sheets for OPACs on the Internet, reviewed by Dawn Talbot 315 Automating the Library with askSam: A Practical Handbook, reviewed by Stephen Marine 316 Library Cooperation and Networks: A Basic Reader, reviewed by Thomas P. McGinn + Page 3 + 317 Software Reviews 317 Lesko's Info-Power, reviewed by Allan Pratt 319 Other Recent Receipts 309 Index to Advertisers ----------------------------------------------------------------- Public-Access Computer Systems News is an electronic newsletter that is distributed on BITNET, Internet, and other computer networks. There is no subscription fee. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) that says: SUBSCRIBE PACS-P First Name Last Name. PACS-P subscribers also receive two other electronic serials: Current Cites and The Public-Access Computer Systems Review. Public-Access Computer Systems News is Copyright (C) 1992 by the University Libraries, University of Houston. All Rights Reserved. Copying is permitted for noncommercial use by computer conferences, individual scholars, and libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their collection, in electronic or printed form, at no charge. This message must appear on all copied material. All commercial use requires permission. -----------------------------------------------------------------