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Peer reviewedMcClellan, Gregory A.; Garrison, William V. – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Illustrates an approach for providing networked access to licensed databases over the Internet by positioning the library between patron and vendor. Describes how the gateway systems and database connection servers work and discusses how treatment of security has evolved with the introduction of the World Wide Web. Outlines plans to reimplement…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Databases
Dempsey, Bert J., Ed.; Jones, Paul, Ed. – 1998
This book gives an overview of the leading-edge Internet application areas (streaming multimedia, collaborative tools, Web databases) and key information policy issues (privacy, censorship, information quality, and more). The text serves as a primer on understanding the forces--economic, legal, social, as well as technological--that are shaping…
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Security, Databases, Distance Education
