ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 175 (an d sometimes personal) futures. Elizabeth Windsor reminisces about her father’s relation to the School; Robert B. Downs summarizes the School’s third quarter-century; Alice Lohrer remembers the hazards and rewards of early extension teaching; and twenty-four others re­ call different aspects of the School, its faculty, and graduates. The publication was planned and edited by Barbara Slanker, Secretary- Treasurer of the Library School Association. Mrs. Slanker was assisted by Mrs. Barbara Wallen of th e Library School’s Publications Office. The paperbound volume, which contains several pages of pictures, can be obtained for $2.00 from: Graduate School of Library Science, Publications Office, 435 Library, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801. • The 4th edition of the University of Roch­ ester’s Science Libraries Consolidated Short- title Catalog of Books is now available at $8.00/copy. The libraries covered are: Chemis­ try, Engineering, Geological Sciences, Life Sciences, and Physics-Math-Optics-Astronomy. Address all inquiries to Leon Creek, Science Libraries Office, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627. Checks should be made out to the University of Rochester Library. • The latest part of the English Full Edition of th e Universal Decimal Classification to be published by BSI is BS 1000 (656/656.7) “Transport services, traffic organization and control.” Versions of the UDC are now pu b ­ lished in many different languages, and the British Standards Institution (BSI) publishes an abridged and a full edition of the English version as parts of BS 1000. This new section forms part of the full edition and comprises a systematic schedule with an alphabetical sub­ ject index for the classification of matter per­ taining to the organization, management and operation of land, w ater and air transport serv­ ices. It provides for such aspects as routes and timetables, traffic studies, tariffs, ticket issue and control, disruptions, liability of operator, traffic control and vehicle operation, types of service and administration, accidents and dam­ age, and various documents, e.g., certificates and licenses. Copies of BS 1000 (656/656.7) may be obtained from the BSI Sales Office at 101/113 Pentonville Road, London N .I. Price 20s each (postage Is extra to non-subscribers). • The United States of America Standards Institute has announced publication of USA Standard Basic Criteria for Indexes (USAS Z39.4-1968 Revision of Z39.4-1959). Sponsored by the Council on National Library Associ­ ations, the standard was prepared by Subcom­ mittee 12 of the USA Standards Committee on Standardization in the Field of Library Work, Documentation, and Related Publishing Prac­ tices, Z39, under th e chairmanship of Jerrold Orne. 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MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 50 EAST HURON STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60 6U 176 Why should a Science Citation Index® subscriber spend $700 a year (bra Permuterm Subject Index? 1 CSI® L IN K The P SI™ provides th e m issing . link to th e S C I i f th e p rim ordial c ita tio n * is unknow n or fo rg o tte n . 2 M U LT I-EN T R Y IN D E X IN G The key to P S I indexing is title indexing in-depth by p re se n t­ in g alphabetized e n trie s f o r every possible p a irin g of words in title3s and su b titles. S P E E D AND F L E X IB IL IT Y P S I’s technique of p a irin g words enables th e u se r to locate any com bination of te rm s quickly w ith o u t h aving to ex­ am ine a nu m b er of irre le v a n t item s u n d er a p a rtic u ­ la r term . 4 S P E C IF IC IT Y AND S E L E C T IV IT Y P S I searches involving a single term a re quick and efficient. Searches involving two or m ore te rm s a r especially easy, as simple as an alphabetical look-up. T erm s m ay even be used to exclude c e rta in ty p es of in fo rm atio n . 5 U N IQ U E N E S S The P S I is a “n a tu ra l lan ­g u ag e” indexing system based on th e real lan ­g u age of science, th e c u rre n t living vocabulary use today by pu b lish in g au th o rs, no t indexers. 6 C O M P R E H E N S IV E N E S S The P S I policy of indexing all a rtic le s w ith in a jo u rn al, re g a rd ­less of discipline, prev en ts coverage gaps associate w ith the selective su b je ct indexes. 7 JO U R N A L S E L E C T IO N The P S I selection of im p o rta n t jo u rn a ls in all im p o rta n t fields is based, in p a rt, on hig h ly a ccu rate citatio n analyse o f th e ir articles, n o t a m indless liftin g o f title s from o th e r lists. 8 M U L T ID IS C IP L IN A R Y SCO PE The P S I cov­e rs over 90 disciplines, categ o rizin g th e jo u r ­n als by su b je ct and by country. e d d s 9 E X T E N S IV E COVERAGE The P S I f o r 1968 covers 300,000 scientific a n d technological item s. 1 0 S O U R C E I D E N T I F I C A T I O N Al l t h e source item s a re listed alphabetically by a u ­ th o r in th e accom panying Source In d e x . The source m a te ria l identifies ty p e of item s as well as all co­ a 1 u th 1 o rs and includes fu ll bibliographic details. C R O S S -R E F E R E N C E D A U TH O RS Com­ prehensive cross-references a re provided f o r every co-author. Thus, all c u rre n t a rtic le s by a given a u th o r can be identified in one place in th e Source In d ex. 1 2 CA LEN D A R Y E A R COVERAGE The P S I is a calen d ar y e a r index and, f o r th e jo u rn a ls covered, includes all item s published and available by th e end o f th e y ear. 1 3 T R A N S L A T IO N F o re ig n lan g u ag e titles a re indexed u n d e r th e corresponding E n g ­ lish term s. Ju d ic io u s m an-m achine ed itin g h as been applied as much as possible to sta n d a rd iz e spelling v ariatio n s. 1 4 R E L IA B IL IT Y The P S I is produced by 1ST, leader in producing proven in fo rm a tio n r e ­ trie v a l and dissem in atio n services. 1 5 C R O S S -R E F E R E N C E D S U B JE C T E N - T R IE S T housands o f cro ss-refere n ces have been provided by experienced in fo rm atio n special­ is ts to sim p lify se arc h in g and id e n tify a p p ro p ria te synonym s, spelling v a ria n ts, etc. 1 6 M U LTI-Y EA R SAVINGS. I f you p u rch ase two or m ore y e a rs of P S I a t sam e tim e you save as much as 25% . * GARFIELD, E.: Primordial concepts, citation indexing and historio-bibliography. Journal of Library History 2 (3) :235-249 (1967). Reprints available upon request, write departm ent 1 2 -1 4 3 . c i969 IsI In s t it u t e fo r S c i e n t i f i c In f o r m a t io n 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, U S A