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

EPIC DOCUMENTATION NOW AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET

DUBLIN, Ohio, May 27, 1994--A new listserv for users of the EPIC
service, OCLC's online reference service for library
professionals, provides EPIC documentation over the Internet.

EPIC-L provides the EPIC Reference Card, database documentation
and price information for each database.

"Users are now able to get documentation for the EPIC service in
electronic form whenever they need it," said Rosemary Heffner,
OCLC product support specialist for reference services. "Users
who subscribe to the EPIC-L listserv will automatically be
notified of updates or the availability of documentation for new
databases."

EPIC-L offers database price information to users without
requiring them to log on to EPIC. Users can also get lists of
journal sources for individual EPIC databases.

Ms. Heffner said EPIC-L is modeled after FirstSearch-L, the
Internet listserv that offers FirstSearch documentation, news
about FirstSearch databases and search tips to users of The
FirstSearch Catalog, the OCLC online reference service designed
for library patrons. FirstSearch-L has been available for about
one year and now has nearly 500 subscribers.

"FirstSearch-L was so successful that we wanted to have a similar
listserv available to EPIC users," said Ms. Heffner. "But
EPIC-L, like the EPIC service, is geared toward library and
information professionals."

To get information about EPIC-L, send an Internet message to
listproc@xxxxxxxx and enter info epic-l in the body of the
message. To subscribe free of charge to EPIC-L, send an Internet
mail message to listproc@xxxxxxxx and enter subscribe epic-l
[your name] in the body of the message.

EPIC is a full-featured online reference system that provides
subject access and keyword and Boolean searching to a variety of
databases.

OCLC is a nonprofit computer library service and research
organization whose computer network and services link more than
18,000 libraries in 52 countries and territories.
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