WilsonDisc for Windows 4.0 Features

WilsonDisc for Windows 4.0 supports library holdings for all Databases Supported by the Journal Holdings Conversion Utility JHCU. The JHCU converts your library's serials holdings information, in MARC or ASCII formats,into static files for display within WilsonDisc records. This utility supports library holdings information in all ISSN-based WilsonDisc databases. 

WilsonDisc for Windows 4.0 also supports holdings messages with embedded URLs in an environment where there is a browser running on the WilsonDisc for Windows 4.0 workstation. Earlier versions of WilsonDisc for Windows DO NOT support URLs embedded in holdings messages.

Disabling Specific Databases for holdings

WilsonDisc for Windows 4.0 lets you disable holdings display for specific databases. Holdings messages will not appear in records from the databases you specify. This mechanism applies only to locally mounted databases. Records from databases accessed via an ERL server will still show holdings messages, unless holdings from these databases have also been disabled at the ERL server.

To disable a database from displaying holdings messages, a line of the form: !42=XX, YY, ...should appear in the first section of Wilwin.ini (the section headed [] ). The !42= is followed by a comma separated list of databases to exclude from holdings messages, where XX, YY etc are the first two letters of the database Volume IDs. For example, the line: !42=WI, FT would prevent holdings messages appearing for Readers' Guide Abstracts and Education Abstracts Full Text. An example line appears in Wilwin.ini, commented out by an initial semicolon.

See the Journal Holdings Conversion Utility documentation for full information regarding file conversion.

Year 2000 Compliant Dates

Database date ranges are now displayed in ISO format for year 2000 compliance.

Increased Limit Search Range

The limit search range has been increased to accommodate larger date formats.