Business & Industry Database to be Added to FirstSearch

DUBLIN, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1996--Business & Industry, a multi-industry,
international database of company, industry, market and product
information from leading business publications, will be available in 1996
on the FirstSearch service, OCLC's online reference service for library
users.

Published by Responsive Database Services Inc., Business & Industry
provides access to 600+ trade and general business sources from 32
countries. More than half of the sources are available in full text. With
more than 350,000 records, the database covers mid-1994 to present and
will be updated daily with approximately 1,200 records.

"FirstSearch offers an ideal solution to maximizing access to our database
as it complements our channels of distribution for the corporate market,"
said Dick Harris, president, Responsive Database Services. "It's an
opportunity to serve the academic and public library market, offering
different packages for making data widely available to students and
faculty and public library users. The FirstSearch approach saves the
library from having to physically receive and maintain a database, so they
can operate more efficiently and provide access to the database through
their OPAC system."

"Business and Industry is an exciting new database that will bring, at a
very reasonable price, full-text business data to users," said Rick Noble,
OCLC vice president, reference services. "For the demands of public
library users, in particular, Business & Industry fills a need for current
company and industry information."

The Business & Industry database will include abstracts for lengthy
articles as well as online links to full text. Users will also have the
option of ordering cited full-text articles through the FirstSearch
document ordering service.

TheFirstSearch 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
21,000 libraries in 63 countries and territories. OCLC is on the World
Wide Web at http://www.oclc.org.
 
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