NYPL Express, recently announced document supplier for the PAIS Archive database, is now operational with the PAIS International database on the OCLC FirstSearch service, as well.
PAIS has indexed various collections of the NYPL since 1914. PAIS and The New York Public Library have agreed to establish links from the PAIS databases to the NYPL Express document delivery service.
NYPL Express, http://www.nypl.org/express/, will now handle document delivery for both PAIS products - the PAIS International and PAIS Archive.
PAIS International is an electronic index of publications from over 120 countries throughout the world. In addition to English, some of the indexed and abstracted materials are published in French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, and Spanish. PAIS International is available on a variety of platforms. The PAIS Archive, a retrospective database chronicling global public policy and social issues from the early 20th century through the 1970s, has been available only as a hard copy index, but is currently being created electronically and will be released in phases. Part I, covering the years 1957 to 1976, is now available on the OCLC FirstSearch service.
Periodic updates during 2004 will add content covering the years 1915 to 1956. For more information, visit the PAIS website, http://www.pais.org .