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Wednesday, January 12, 1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Librarians hope database will make research easier
By Mark Burnstein Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas libraries have added a computer index that librarians hope will alleviate overcrowding at computer terminals and make research easier.
"We wanted to come up with an index that would be most applicable to students," said Rob Melton, library publications coordinator.
The Expanded Academic Index is a database of more than 14,000 magazines, journals and issues of the New York Times indexed from 1988 to the present. The index is available on the Online Catalog and Information System on the main library terminals and can be accessed by any student, faculty or staff member with a computer and a modem.
The index can be searched by keyword, title, author or any combinations. The index is one month behind periodical publication dates.
The index went on-line. Jan. 6.
Melton said he was not sure how frequently the system would be used. Currently, 15 percent of all searches through the on-line catalog come from off-campus computers. Using remote locations to access the index will allow more people to find and gather information, he said
And students will be able to look up subjects at any time, said Channette Kirby, library assistant.
"People can continue to study when the library is closed," she said. "We wanted to expand access and to relieve tension on machines in the library."
Remote users will be able to search the index for information, download it, and — if they have the capability — print out what they find. This is an advantage, Kirby said,
Search with computers
Library users now will be able to use computers both inside and outside KU libraries to index articles,
Use an on-line terminal in one of KU's libraries. From the main menu, select option two. Then type "ACAD."
KANSAN
A computer with a modem is needed. Contact Computer Services Consulting at 864-0410 for further instructions. KUID numbers are required to logon.
Source: KU Libraries
because Watson Library has only four printers connected to the system. But Watson will add 13 terminals with printers in the next few months, she said.
The library bought the system a year and a half ago and spent more than a year testing and refining it.
But because of its diversity, the index may not be specific enough for very detailed searches.
"It's a broad index," Melton said. "It's not the most indepth to anything. It's mostly for undergraduates. It's going to give enough coverage for most people at that level."
Melton said the system contained many publications concerning the humanities, social science and general science, but contained fewer art and music publications. Not all of the indexed art and music articles contain abstracts, he said.
The library subscribes to 95 percent of the publications on the index, Melton said. However, users must consult the on-line catalog to confirm that the library carries the publication.
A Student Senate resolution that opposes the South Lawrence Trafficway could face a veto or a revote.
Trafficway resolution may encounter veto or revote
By Heather Moore
Kansan staff writer
The resolution was introduced before the Senate and passed on Dec. 8. But according to Senate rules, a majority must be present to consider the resolution. When a quorum call was made at the beginning and end of the Senate meeting, the required 32 senators were not in attendance to validate a vote.
Lane Jorgensen, Syracuse junior and Environs member, said the lack of majority might cause the resolution's vote to be invalid.
"It passed that night, but there weren't enough senators there to vote," he said. "John had 10 days to veto it."
John Shoemaker, Senate president, said that the senate should reevaluate its decision, because of the number of missing senators at the vote.
"The decision didn't reflect the entire body's will," he said. "I don't believe it ever passed."
But Travis Harrod, Student Senate Executive Committee chairperson, said enough senators were present when the resolution was presented.
The resolution is meant to support the Haskell Indian Nations University Student Senate's protest of the trafficway. The Haskell Senate and the Haskell Board of Regents have said the trafficway would disturb land that is environmentally and spiritually important to Haskell.
The resolution may be vetoed by Shoemaker within
10 school days. If he vetoes the resolution, the Senate may override the veto or reconsider it for legislation and hear it again.
Patrick Eagleman, All Scholarship Hall Council senator, said that he supported the resolution.
"The resolution outlines that it is inconsistent with KU to not address the problems of Haskell," he said.
"In the form I saw, it called for the city to look at an alternate route for the South Lawrence Trafficway," he said.
Jorgensen said that the purpose of the resolution is to give support to the Haskell Student Senate.
But not all senators agree with the resolution, Trevor Thompson, engineering senator, said that he thought the South Lawrence Trafficway was the best solution for alleviating traffic problems.
"I think that the South Lawrence Trafficway would improve the traffic situation in Lawrence," he said.
Thompson commended the city commission's work on the issue.
"They looked at all the options and found the best alternative," he said.
The South Lawrence Trafficway will connect east of Lecompton Road and curve south of Lawrence. It will then intersect with 31st and Iowa streets and meet with old Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence. The project has been approved by the Lawrence city and county commissions.
Price Banks, Douglas County planner, said that the county already has begun work on the project.
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