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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I share your concerns about the Retro being only on the WilsonWeb Interface. I also have some serious problems with the Wilson interface itself. The Wilson functionality is better than FirstSearch Art Abstracts (provides hotlinks, searches article illustrations/artist field etc.) but try to find out about it!!?? The interface is not complete nor is it consistent or connected to the help and it's terminology. Just one example: the interface gives you a choice of searching "all categories" but only gives you a few fields in the pull-down menu underneath it. So, unless a user thinks to go to help they would never know that there are more fields. The other thing that is irksome is that there seems to be no way to set the citation default from anything but brief. I found that the display changed back often to brief citation from full almost each time I searched (and without logging out of the session). I'm disappointed with both FirstSearch and WilsonWeb interfaces,and I think things need to be worked out with both, but people here are used to FirstSearch as imperfect as it is. And alas it comes as a package with other databases at CMU so I'm hemmed in anyway. I'm not considering getting the Retro currently (and especially due to pricing and our situation). Wilson will definitely hear from me. Firstsearch will hear from me again in light of the Retro. Mo Mo Dawley Art Librarian University Libraries Carnegie Mellon Univerity Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 [log in to unmask] (412) 268-6625 fax: (412) 268-6944