ABI/INFORM PROQUEST DIRECT TITLES :
PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING
ONLINE, PAPER, AND MFORM SUBSCRIPTIONS
The HELIN Libraries purchased a site license to UMI’s database for
business-oriented titles-- ABI/Inform ProQuest Direct--beginning in 1998. URI
decided, after consultation with the College of Business, to cancel many of the
Library’s paper and microform subscriptions to the ABI/Inform full-text titles
to pay for our share of the database cost. The cancellations would take effect beginning
with the 1999 subscription year.
Decisions were made on how to treat the online titles in the ABI/Inform database, the
paper titles on current subscription, and the microform titles on current subscription.
- ABI/Inform
online titles. Catalog each title in HELIN using a template developed by
HELICOPS, which provides brief records and a link to the full-text version in ABI/Inform.
URI agreed to catalog the full-text titles that we cancelled in paper and/or microform.
Catalog Unit is adding the records beginning April 1999.
- Paper titles
on current subscription duplicated by ABI/Inform full-text titles.
Cancel the paper title for 1999. Add "n" note to the Checkin record and
"z" note to the Order record in HELIN: "Cancelled for 1999." Add to
LIB HAS field: "See also ABI/Inform ProQuest Direct." Delete "DO NOT
BIND" note. Close out paper titles when 1998 year is complete.
- Microform titles
on current subscription duplicated by ABI/Inform full-text titles.
Cancel the microform title for 1999. Add "z" notes to the Checkin record and
Order record: "Cancelled for 1999." Add to LIB HAS field: "See also
ABI/Inform ProQuest Direct." Close out microform titles when 1998 film arrives. Leave
Checkin card attached to show actual microfilm reels checked in.
Note: UMI stated that they continually drop and add titles to the ABI/Inform database.
Titles should be reviewed regularly in the UMI website: www.umi.com.
Search for titles in the list: ProQuest Direct ABI/Inform Global.
4/19/99
