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Author: Todd Trammell    Posted: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:32:15 -0700
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:32:15 -0700 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Todd Trammell Subject: Unable to search OCLC and other Hosts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I recently installed ProCite 5 on my home, dialup modem, PC and I'm new to this list so I appreciate your advice to a novice. I've taken the guided tour and everything is working OK, even the OVid Trial server. I've "tested hosts" on the internet server capabilites of many of the hosts and got the message that they are OK but many result in "error". Of particular concern to me is OCLC Firstsearch. I set the "host properties" to include my username and password but I still get the "error" on testing the host. I can use OCLC through web access OK. What should I do to get it to work via ProCite? I've sent a similar email to OCLC and hope for a response tomorrow. Also I can't get Cornell Univ. host to work. What should I do to get this site to work? Is there a change in the configuration file needed? Is there a place I can get a copy of the necessary changes? Also does anyone have a configuration file for any USEPA or USDOE servers or hosts? Thanks in advance for your help, Todd ===== Todd Trammell, Registered Environmental Manager __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Re: Unable to search OCLC and other Hosts
Author: Patricia Pearce    Posted: Mon, 28 May 2001 14:46:22 -0400
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 14:46:22 -0400 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Patricia Pearce Subject: Re: Unable to search OCLC and other Hosts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Todd - In my experience, I think Procite is rather deceptive regarding its potential on-line searching. Under "TOOLS->INTERNET" searching, you can use the "host" selection to CATALOGS in libraries, but others aspects are a bit of a "tease" -- in other words, you have to actually be subscribed to get the benefit of online searching. Using the TOOLS->PUBMED SEARCH, anyone with internet access can access via procite (or other modes of access). Regarding OCLS, OVID, and other providers, you must be a subscriber and I have found that I cannot directly access them, due to the manner in which my library is set up! So I have to search through my library, then email or download the search, then upload it into Procite. If you are part of a university, check with your library and find out which databases providers/databases are subscribed to. Have I utterly confused you -- or perhaps am I confused myself - if I'm doing something wrong, let me know!!!!? trisha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Trammell" To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 11:32 AM Subject: Unable to search OCLC and other Hosts > I recently installed ProCite 5 on my home, dialup modem, PC and > I'm new to this list so I appreciate your advice to a novice. > I've taken the guided tour and everything is working OK, even the > OVid Trial server. > > I've "tested hosts" on the internet server capabilites of many of > the hosts and got the message that they are OK but many result in > "error". Of particular concern to me is OCLC Firstsearch. I set > the "host properties" to include my username and password but I > still get the "error" on testing the host. I can use OCLC through > web access OK. What should I do to get it to work via ProCite? > I've sent a similar email to OCLC and hope for a response > tomorrow. > > Also I can't get Cornell Univ. host to work. What should I do to > get this site to work? Is there a change in the configuration > file needed? Is there a place I can get a copy of the necessary > changes? Also does anyone have a configuration file for any > USEPA or USDOE servers or hosts? > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Todd > > ===== > Todd Trammell, > Registered Environmental Manager > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ >

Re: Unable to search OCLC and other Hosts
Author: Gerald Lincoln    Posted: Tue, 29 May 2001 10:06:00 -0400
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 10:06:00 -0400 Reply-To: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List Sender: PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic Software Discussion List From: Gerald Lincoln Subject: Re: Unable to search OCLC and other Hosts Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ===== Original Message from (PROCITE The Personal Bibliographic S) at 5/28/01 11:32 am >I recently installed ProCite 5 on my home, dialup modem, PC and >I'm new to this list so I appreciate your advice to a novice. >I've taken the guided tour and everything is working OK, even the >OVid Trial server. > >I've "tested hosts" on the internet server capabilites of many of >the hosts and got the message that they are OK but many result in >"error". Of particular concern to me is OCLC Firstsearch. I set >the "host properties" to include my username and password but I >still get the "error" on testing the host. I can use OCLC through >web access OK. What should I do to get it to work via ProCite? >I've sent a similar email to OCLC and hope for a response >tomorrow. > >Also I can't get Cornell Univ. host to work. What should I do to >get this site to work? Is there a change in the configuration >file needed? Is there a place I can get a copy of the necessary >changes? Also does anyone have a configuration file for any >USEPA or USDOE servers or hosts? > >Thanks in advance for your help, >Todd > >===== >Todd Trammell, >Registered Environmental Manager > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ ===== Comments by GLINCOLN@LBC (Gerald Lincoln) at 5/29/01 10:03 am I had this same problem with FirstSearch. When the host would be tested it would come back as working but would send an error message when a search was attempted. Procite sent the following message and after making the changes, it works again. +++++++++++++ OCLC has changed their database names. information is here: http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documentation/z3950/database.htm for this database (World Cat) http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/documentation/z3950/worldcat.htm you will need to change the name of Worldcat MARC database. The short name is now : OLUC and the Database name is now : WorldCat After changing these settings, it should work. Let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks, Colin Gillies +++++++++++++ ***************************************************** * Gerald E. Lincoln **************************** * Library Director Voice (717) 560-8250 Ext 362 *** * Lancaster Bible College Fax (717) 560-8213 *** * P.O. Box 83403 E-mail *** * 901 Eden Road *** * Lancaster, PA 17608-3403 **************************** *****************************************************

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