OCLC Micro: Volume 3 Issue 1
Table of contents
DUBLINes
Search CD450, a microcomputer‐based reference tool with searching software that provides full, flexible access to a unique package of ERIC databases and education materials in…
DOS‐tips
Mark BendigHere's a trick that lets you use Smartcom II to communicate directly with your modem. I could hardly believe it! Press <F1> to get to the on‐line screen, then type ATZ and press…
Do‐It Yourself Programmning Can Be Child's Play
David AndresenSooner or later you will probably want your PC to do something that you don't have a program for. Maybe you will want it to print custom purchase orders, draw a map of the…
“…Death and Taxes.”. and CD‐ROMs?
Mary MarshallWill CD‐ROM technology radically change the way libraries do business or is the CD reader just another peripheral? It depends on whether this new technology finally delivers…
CD‐ROM and Libraries:: A Natural Pair
Louis E. MaysAs Public Services Librarian, I am constantly looking for new and innovative ways to help our patrons find information. Working at a rural multicampus college (we have three…
WordStar: The Fiction Format and Function Keys
David KaufmanWhen you are learning to use your micro‐computer as a word processor, you will quickly realize that some commands that the program uses are invoked by an outlandish number of…
Teeny Type for Tiny Things
Joan StapletonTeeny Type is a combination of condensed and superscript dot matrix type styles with narrow line spacing. It can be used for labeling small objects such as slides, contents of…
Using User‐Defined Function Keys with CAT ME
Vitus TangOne feature of the OCLC Terminal Software we like is the user‐defined function keys. They not only save time in entering frequently repeated text and commands but also free us…
RE: Views
Whether readers of this work are students or professionals, they will find the book informative. For the student, Saffady takes care to define all terms and acronyms. Successive…
The Bit Bucket: Another Point of View
Michael SchuylerSo this is OCLC, where the fixed fields are at the top of the record and you type the first three characters of the title, comma, next two letters, comma, … and here's something…