In lieu of JICST's now experimental on-line information retrieval system, JOIS-I, which started servicing from April 1976, JOIS-II, to be operational in February 1981, is outlined with transitional program. The JOIS-II features: 1) a full-fledged IR system home-made servicing commercially, 2) easy access and rich retrieval functions, 3) output in Japanese script from Japanese-language databases, 4) on-line query registration and automatic SDI function, 5) on-line acceptance of photocopying requests, and 6) in addition to regular IR databases, IR-supporting files (for thesaurus, chemical compound dictionary) and catalog of serials and reports held by the JICST.
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