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BUSINESS & INDUSTRY DATABASE NOW ON FIRSTSEARCH
DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1996 Business & Industry, a multi-industry,
international database of company, industry, market and product information
from leading business publications, is now available on OCLC FirstSearch, an
online reference service for library users.
Published by Responsive Database Services Inc., Business & Industry
provides access to more than 700 trade and general business sources from 32
countries. Over half of the sources are available in full text, while more
than 60 percent of the records are added are full text. With more than
625,000 records, the database covers mid-1994 to present and will be updated
daily with approximately 1,300 records.
The Business & Industry database includes abstracts for lengthy
articles as well as online links to full text. Users also have the option
of ordering cited full-text articles through the FirstSearch document
ordering service.
The FirstSearch service is designed for people who use libraries, with
an end-user interface that allows easy movement through the online search
process in just a few simple steps, without training or online searching
experience.
Responsive Database Services Inc. is a privately owned company founded
in 1994 and based in Beachwood, Ohio. The company also operates Responsive
Database Services Ltd. in the United Kingdom. It is engaged in production
and global marketing of electronically accessed databases and CD-ROM
products.
OCLC Online Computer Center is a nonprofit computer library service and
research organization whose computer network and services link more than
23,000 libraries in 63 countries and territories. OCLC is on the World Wide
Web at http://www.oclc.org/. (ND)
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