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The article highlights articles published in various periodicals related to library science. In his article published in Computers in Libraries, Michael Sauers provides a framework for writing policies for public-access wireless networks. He provides the components of a policy set up by the Smoky Hill branch of the Arapahoe Library District in Colorado. In the March/April issue of Online, editor Marydee Ojala outlines the search capabilities of Google Book Search. In her article published in Searcher, Paula Berinstein addresses the central question that concerns information professionals: reliability.

The article focuses on Questia Online Library, an online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences. According to chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Harris, Questia's collection has 76, 000 books as well as 3 million articles from over 300 publishers. He adds that Questia ensures that all its content has multiuse licenses enabling users to have unlimited use of the books and articles in the collection regardless of how many other users are reading the same materials.

Reports on the release of SIRSI Corp.'s iBistro Internet-access portal for library users. Internet-searching services featured on the iBistro web site; Details of iBistro's user interface and utilization of library catalog records; Benefits of the service for library users.

The article presents information about an intercable project to deliver Internet access over cable television. Spry Inc. and O'Reilly & Associates Inc., developers of Internet in a Box have announced that Internet in a Box is providing the first easy access to the Internet over cable television. Through Internet in a Box, teachers and students are being equipped with point-and-click applications to navigate the Internet. This gives them instantaneous access to the full range of information available on the Internet, especially the multi-media component, which can only be delivered effectively through a high speed network like cable television. Students, teachers and librarians that are connected to the Internet have access to online resources that most school libraries neither have the funds nor the space to support. Internet in a Box is the industry's first shrink-wrapped software package to offer automatic installation and configuration, an easy-to-use front end and complete information resources for the Internet.

The article presents several online databases from Information Access Co. (IAC). These databases include the Magazine Index, Business Index and National Newspaper Index. It is stated that these databases are featured in a Dynix Inc.'s system, VISTA. According to the author, the users can access the information of the databases via Internet or Because It's Time Network (Bitnet). He adds that the other IAC database, Expanded Academic Index, will also be available on VISTA. He emphasizes that IAC's data on VISTA will have the same features and benefits with other IAC offerings.

The article informs that SIRSI Corp. has released an Intelligent Interface to provide SIRSI system users with automatic, intelligent online access to NOTIS systems. The SIRSI Intelligent Interface to NOTIS is accessed by the library patron as a menu item at the SIRSI OPAC. The patron, using either SIRSI's Unicorn or Stilas system, is automatically connected to NOTIS by SIRSI software. Once connected, the SIRSI patron can search NOTIS with the same SIRSI command language used for searching the local collection, even though the databases being accessed are on NOTIS software and are located at the NOTIS site. SIRSI patrons connected with the Intelligent interface retain the powerful Boolean and hypertext search capabilities of the SIRSI public access catalog. In addition to the release of the Intelligent Interface to NOTIS, SIRSI has also released a major upgrade to the Acquisitions modules of Unicorn and Stilas, its information management systems. Acquisitions is a fully integrated module of Unicorn and Stilas, multi-user systems developed in and for the UNIX environment.

This article reports that the International Library Systems has introduced a public access catalog for remote users of libraries using the Sydney Library Automation System, in May 1991 The Sydney Remote Public Access Catalog is designed for libraries who want online public access catalog capabilities without dial-in communications.

This article reports on the initiation of a six-week field test of an end-user version of EPIC, the online reference system of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), by 16 libraries across the U.S. End-user EPIC has an easy-to-use menu interface so that students, faculty and other library patrons can access the 23-million-record OCLC Online Union Catalog and Educational Resources Information Center with a few simple commands. During the field test, library patrons will have access to brief documentation, and will be able to comment on the service and its usability. Field-test librarians will be asked to keep a tally of the number and type of reference questions patrons ask, report any problems and complete an evaluation form at the end of the test.

The article announces that the UnCover article access and database service of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL) provides online access to articles contained in nearly 5,300 journals. Titles included in the database correspond to the collections of CARL Member Libraries. Article records are based on the tables of contents of journal issues, including authors, titles and descriptive sentences or abstracts wherever available. Once a user has located a desired journal rifle, the system will display a detailed listing of all issues checked in on the system along with the next expected issue. Users can then select a particular issue and ask to see its contents recreated on screen.