WILSON ABSTRACTS ADDED TO APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INDEX ON
FIRSTSEARCH

New York, New York -- April 10, 1996 -- H.W. Wilson announced today that
abstracts for Wilson Applied Science & Technology Index have been added to
the FirstSearch service with records dating from March 1993 forward.
Records in the database continue to be updated monthly and the abstract
field in each record is now searchable. 

In the coming months. abstracts on the five other Wilson databases will be
added to FirstSearch: General Science Index, Humanities Index, Social
Sciences Index, Art Index, and Education Index. 

"The value of quality indexing is that it helps direct users to the
appropriate document," said Harold Regan, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the H.W. Wilson Company. "Now. with the added value of
abstracts to Applied Science & Technology Index, users will be better able
to decide whether an article is relevant, thereby conducting more
effective research." 

"The addition of these abstracts will increase the efficiency with which
users will be able to identify helpful sources of information," said Rick
Noble, Vice President OCLC reference services. 

The FirstSearch service, designed for people who use libraries, has 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. With 60 databases and full text, FirstSearch is one of the
fastest growing end-user services in the library community. A World Wide
Web interface to FirstSearch is now available. 

H.W. Wilson, founded in 1898, is a leading provider of bibliographic
references and other library resources in print and electronic formats.
The company publishes indexes. abstracts, and full-text databases on
CD-ROM, magnetic tape, online, over the World Wide Web and through its
information partners. More about H.W. Wilson can be found on the World
Wide Web at http://www.hwwilson.com

OCLC Online Computer Library 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. The OCLC Web site
is located at http.//www.oclc.org on the World Wide Web. 

H.W. Wilson
950 University Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452-4442
800-367-6770,  718-588-8400,  fax 718-590-1617
 
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