7.0048 Rs: Books in Print (2/45)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 13 Jun 1993 16:27:06 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 7, No. 0048. Sunday, 13 Jun 1993.
(1) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 16:13:10 +0300 (EET-DST) (21 lines)
From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren)
Subject: RE: 7.0044 Books in Print
(2) Date: Tues, 08 Jun 93 08:53:00 PDT (24 lines)
From: <DGH@herald.divinity.yale.edu>
Subject: Books in Print
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Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 16:13:10 +0300 (EET-DST)
From: LBJUDY@VMSA.TECHNION.AC.IL (Judy Koren)
Subject: RE: 7.0044 Books in Print
Re: Books in Print on the Internet:
BIP is a commercial product whose use has to be licensed, ie paid for.
They sell site licenses, starting from 5 simultaneous users, but
by the time you get up to "unlimited use" the charges are pretty
high; and I'm not sure they would license their product for use
by people who are not "on-site" or at least members of the site
(eg university) licensing the product.
I would therefore be very surprised if you *did* find an Internet-
available BIP! It falls into the general category of things that
universities put onto their local campus network but have to bar
access to from outside, in order to comply with licensing restrictions.
Judy Koren,
Technion Library System,
Haifa, Israel.
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Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 08:53:00 PDT
From: <DGH@herald.divinity.yale.edu>
Subject: Books in Print
In response to the recent request regarding access to Books in Print via the
Internet:
BIP is produced by Bowker and is a commercial product. Bowker charges fairly
stiff licensing fees for access to the database, either in CD-ROM or as a file
to be loaded on local storage. Any organization which is providing general,
unprotected access via the Internet is probably in violation of its
licensing agreement. BIP may well be available on the Internet was part of a
library information system, but it is likely to require a password to gain
access.
Last I looked, BIP was available from BRS and Dialog. Individuals can get
accounts with either of those services, and they are available over the
Internet. However, I suggest contacting the local library reference
department. They may already know of a convenient and inexpensive way to
access the database from the local campus.
Duane Harbin
Information Services Librarian
Yale University Divinity Library