UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER
DEVLINE

DEVLINE

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ANNOUNCING DEVLINE - A NEW INFORMATION SERVICE ON THE INTERNET
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DEVLINE is the DEVelopment information service onLINE from the Britsh Library for Development Studies (BLDS). DEVLINE serves all those with an interest in economic and social development and the relationships between rich and poor countries. DEVLINE is a free service now available over the INTERNET.

DEVLINE is provided by the British Library for Development Studies, a UK national and international centre for information and documentation on the economic and social aspects of the developing regions of the world. DEVLINE and BLDS are based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), an international centre of excellence for research, teaching, publishing and operational assignments.

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DEVLINE currently provides the following services:
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* IDISDB, the online catalogue and journal articles database of the British Library for Development Studies, with over 80,000 records

* EGUIDE, an online database of electronic information sources on development studies

* Information about all other services of the BLDS

* Information about the services and activities of the Institute of Development Studies

* COURSES and PEOPLE, databases of British courses and specialists in development studies

* Information about academic development studies institutions in Britain

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DEVLINE services coming soon include:
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* access to the database of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Library

* specialist databases

* Information about UK library and documentation activities for development studies

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To connect to DEVLINE
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TELNET to: LIB.IDS.SUSX.AC.UK
(soon to change to: LIB.IDS.AC.UK)

login: HELLO GUEST.MARC

then follow the instructions online.

(GreenNet users can connect by selecting "Internet" and then "Telnet", then typing OPEN LIB.IDS.SUSX.AC.UK)

First time users of the databases are recommended to study the help information provided on the introductory menus, as very little help is available when searching.

Please report any problems to Debbie Beer at the address below.

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The BLDS collection and online catalogue
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Established in 1966, the BLDS houses a comprehensive collection of development studies literature comprising publications of developing countries together with those publications of industrialised countries relevant to the developed world. Collection policy encompasses literature relating to economic and social development, both rural and urban, while specific areas of subject interest include amongst others, health, education, communication, industrial development, debt and adjustment, population studies, development theory, women and political development. Material is in English or the major European languages only.

Particular strengths of the collection are in the areas of developing country commercial, institutional and government publications (including development plans), material from international organisations, developing country journals and grey literature. The BLDS is a depository library for UN publications.

DEVLINE provides access to IDISDB, the online catalogue of the BLDS which includes all titles acquired by the Library since mid 1987, selected indexed articles from approximately 700 journal titles received since September 1990 and the records of approximately 10,000 serial titles. All book and journal article references are fully subject indexed using the 'UN Macrothesaurus for Information Processing in the Field of Economic and Social Development'.

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Other services from the BLDS
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The BLDS offers a range of other services, including: enquiries service; interlibrary loans and document delivery; sdi and current awareness; database searches; bibliographic compilation; bibliographic record supply; and training.

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For more information
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About DEVLINE and the IDISDB database
Contact:  Debbie Beer, Systems Librarian
          email: d.beer@sussex.ac.uk
 
About BLDS and IDS
Contact:  Library Enquiries
          email: blds@central.sussex.ac.uk
 
British Library for Development Studies
Institute of Development Studies
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
 
Tel:    +44 (0)1273 606261
Fax:    +44 (0)1273 621202/691647
Telex:  877997 IDSBTN G
 
 
October 1994
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Message-Id: <199410050122.VAA09047@ipe.cc.vt.edu>
Date:         Tue, 4 Oct 1994 15:24:43 +0100
From: Peter Ferguson 
Subject:      Development studies catalogue online

Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar
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