William Baker

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Nucleotide Sequence Database (http://www.ebi.ac. uk/embl/index.html ) is maintained at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in an international collaboration with the DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) and GenBank (USA). Data is exchanged amongst the collaborative databases on a daily basis. The major contributors to the EMBL database are individual authors and genome project groups. WEBIN is the preferred web-based submission system for individual submitters, whilst automatic procedures allow incorporation of sequence data from large-scale genome sequencing centres and from the European Patent Office (EPO). Database releases are produced quarterly. Network services allow free access to the most up-to-date data collection via Internet and WWW interfaces. EBI's Sequence Retrieval System (SRS) is a network browser for databanks in molecular biology, integrating and linking the main nucleotide and protein databases plus many specialised databases. For sequence similarity searching a variety of tools (e.g., BLITZ, FASTA, BLAST) are available which allow external users to compare their own sequences against the most currently available data in the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database and SWISS-PROT.

The energy spectrum of neutrons emitted by a Po---Be source has been determined by the photographic emulsion method. The results agree, on certain assumptions, with the existence of energy levels in the ${\mathrm{C}}^{12}$ nucleus at 2.5, 4.5, and 7.1 Mev. The last two of these are consistently found by other workers, but the existence of the first is sometimes disputed. Possible reasons for the apparent discrepancies in the evidence on this point are discussed.

CD‐ROMs proliferate in libraries and replace paper copy. Much has been written on the capabilities of the new technology, little on the actual content offered by CD‐ROMs or on content comparison between that offered by paper and the new form. Reviews the MLA International Bibliography on CD‐ROM and compares its contents with alternative print sources. Considers coverage for selected authors and the conclusion reached that the MLA International CD‐ROM database is not comprehensive and may omit information which is available elsewhere, for instance in print paper form.

Introduction 1. Dissent: Wesley to Blake 2. Unitarianism: Priestley to Gaskell 3. The Oxford Movement: Wordsworth to Hopkins 4. Evangelicalism: Bronte to Eliot 5. Secularization: Dickens to Hardy 6. Catholicism and Mysticism: Husymans to Chesterton