GENERAL: FastDoc in The FirstSearch Catalog, OCLC Online Reference

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL:
Nita Dean (614) 761-5002

UMI AND OCLC NOW OFFERING ONE-HOUR DOCUMENT DELIVERY

DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1994--FastDoc, a new automated document
delivery service that provides fax delivery of articles in one
hour or less, is now available from UMI and OCLC.

FastDoc is a rapid document ordering option in The FirstSearch
Catalog, OCLC's online reference service for library patrons,
using UMI's ProQuest PowerPages, a full image database system.
FastDoc enables FirstSearch users to request and receive
electronically the full image of serial articles they find in
FirstSearch databases, complete with text, graphs, charts, and
illustrations--within one hour.

FastDoc is available now on two FirstSearch databases:
ArticleFirst, an OCLC serials database; and Periodical Abstracts,
a UMI serials database. More than 400,000 articles published in
1992 and 1993 can be ordered from these two databases via
FastDoc, and more are being added each month. OCLC plans to
extend the FastDoc option to all FirstSearch databases by 1995.

Prices for FastDoc delivery are $10.50 in North America and
$15.50 internationally, for each article. Prices include all
copyright fees.

The FirstSearch Catalog is an online reference service designed
and priced to enable libraries and information centers to offer
patron access to reference databases. It has an easy-to-use menu
interface, offers controllable, easy-to-budget costs, and allows
libraries to offer patron access both inside the library and from
remote sites.

UMI, a Bell & Howell Company, is one of the world's leading
providers ofinformation products to educational institutions and
public, corporate, secondary school, and government libraries.
Founded in 1938, the company is headquartered in Ann Arbor,
Mich., with a major editorial operation in Louisville, Ky.
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