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Rathe, Richard; Schell, Cathrina – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1987
Describes BIBTOOLS, a system of programs for microcomputers that accomplish many of the manual tasks involved in compiling bibliographies. Highlights of the system, which is designed for use with medical databases, include input and output functions, combining the software with online literature searches, parsing, and programs that function as…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Citations (References), Computer Software, Databases
Peer reviewedMarshall, Eliot – Science, 1989
Describes the formation of the supercomputer system which reaches from Seattle to South Florida. Explains the major obstacles of international protocols, billing, priority routing, and security. (RT)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers
Download full textWright, P.; Valbonesi, P. – 1985
This report comprises a detailed evaluation of two minicomputer-based school information management systems for use at the senior high school level: (1) Prompt Automated Scheduling System (PASS) by Mid-American Corporation and locally developed software, which runs on an IBM minicomputer, and (2) Student Administration System (SAS) by SIERRA…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Wright, P.; Valbonesi, P. – 1985
This report comprises a detailed evaluation of three IBM microcomputer-based school information management systems: Student Information and Records System (SIRS) by Management Information Group, The School System (TSS) by Columbia Computing Services, and Computer Educational Management Accounting System (CEMAS) by Computerlib. These three systems…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Drake, Miriam A. – EDUCOM Bulletin, 1988
Discussion of advanced technology and its effects on libraries and information delivery systems describes online information systems and CD-ROMs at the Georgia Institute of Technology Library; explains the changes in information services from supply-oriented to demand-driven, and considers nonprint materials and their effect on the publishing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Delivery Systems, Higher Education
Wright, P.; Wernik, I. – 1985
This report presents an evaluation instrument through which school districts and schools can identify and select computer-based school information management systems (SIMS) suited to their needs. These selection criteria were identified through a survey questionnaire and interviews at 18 representative schools in the Edmonton (Alberta) Public…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Sartor, Beth – 1987
This course curriculum is intended for community college instructors and administrators to use in implementing an intermediate information processing course. A student's course syllabus provides this information: credit hours, catalog description, prerequisites, required texts, instructional process, objectives, student evaluation, and class…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Community Colleges, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
