Bad news here! Evidently we'll only be able to search the Health Reference Center if we subscribe. I seem to have fixed the problem with dial-in access to Arl Mem Library so we may be able to their subscription. Boy am I glad I took the time to fix the access!! Joy > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: DISCONTINUATION OF PER-SEARCH ACCESS TO HEALTH REFERENCE > CENTER A ND HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER-ACADEMIC > > DISCONTINUATION OF PER-SEARCH ACCESS TO HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER > AND HEALTH REFERENCE CENTER-ACADEMIC > > > OCLC and The Gale Group have jointly announced that per-search > access to the Health Reference Center and the Health Reference > Center-Academic databases on both the current and new OCLC > FirstSearch services will be discontinued on April 1, 2000, at > the request of the database provider. Libraries that are using > per-search access are invited to consider subscribing instead. > > Health Reference Center-Academic draws from medical and consumer > periodicals (about 320 journal titles are fully indexed with > full text available for 270 titles), health newsletters, > reference books, referral information, topical overviews, and > pamphlets. Health Reference Center is a subset of the academic > version. > > If you are interested in subscribing, contact your > OCLC-affiliated regional network or service center in the USA, > your international division or distributor, or OCLC. >