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Fitzwater, Diana; And Others – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1991
Describes the use of a telecommunications program called "PC Anywhere" to afford users remote access to compact disc ready-only-memory (CD-ROM) systems. Describes hardware requirements and benefits to libraries and users. (DMM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Databases, Information Retrieval
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Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This guide to searching for special education information in the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database covers: selecting a search system, using the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors," using Boolean logic, planning the search, and using the ERIC Clearinghouses as resources. (DB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Disabilities
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Sanders, Thomas R. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Reviews a wide range of retrieval problems that arose with the implementation of an online catalog in an academic library, especially the problem of retrieving uniform titles coded as authors. The need for changes in the underlying format of coding uniform titles as a universal solution is discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Information Retrieval, Library Automation
Chandler, James G. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1986
Uses and sources of voice indexing (a look-up feature for recorded materials) are discussed. Voice indexing enables a blind user of audiocassettes to find specific sections of recorded text independently. A procedure for sequential voice indexing on a two-track or four-track cassette recorder is described. (JW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Audiotape Cassettes, Audiotape Recordings, Blindness
Adrian, Judith Gwinn – 1988
Educators who write documents or journal articles want to have their writing read and cited. To achieve this today, educators need to produce writings that are easily accessible through computerized searching (online and on compact disk) in databases. The trend toward end-users doing their own computerized information retrieval has caused database…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Educational Research, Information Retrieval
Ackerman, Ernest – 1997
This book emphasizes how to use Netscape Navigator to access the World Wide Web and associated resources and services in a step-by-step, organized manner. Chapters include -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the World Wide Web and the Internet; Chapter 2: Using a Web Browser; Chapter 3: The Basics of Electronic Mail and Using Netscape Email; Chapter 4:…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Information Retrieval
Peek, Robin – 1987
Directives and guidance in obtaining current medical literature are provided in this publication with special emphasis given to locating material in the Portland, Oregon area. The uses and types of periodical indexes are identified and periodical index citation examples are indicated. Explanations are offered on: (1) how to conduct an effective…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citation Indexes, College Science, Higher Education
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Buckland, Michael K.; Lynch, Clifford A. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes the Linked Systems Protocol, a draft national standard for bibliographic information retrieval aimed at developing an extended protocol for the movement of bibliographic information from one system to another, and its implications for library automation, the individual librarian, and the library user. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Networks
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Makinen, Ruth H. – Reference Librarian, 1997
Discusses intangible and tangible benefits of scheduling technical services staff to assist at the reference desk: improved library service resulting from technical-services staff expertise, greater flexibility for reference desk staffing, enhanced bibliographic records for titles in the reference collection resulting in improved retrieval, and a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Information Retrieval, Librarians
Rohn, Peter H. – 1986
This report describes the use of a research-oriented databank on international treaties in undergraduate courses in international law. Following a discussion of the study of treaties, their magnitude, and the political significance of their magnitude, the use of treaties by lawyers and political scientists is contrasted with their value to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Piotrowski, Chris – 1989
In the fall of 1988, a survey was conducted to evaluate the adoption of CD-ROM systems in U.S. colleges and universities by examining which major CD-ROM databases were available through the reference departments of academic libraries. The sample was composed of 200 institutions of higher education offering graduate degrees in psychology. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education
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Avram, Henriette D.; Wiggins, Beacher – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Describes the background of the Linked Systems Project, which is designed to link existing bibliographic utilities into a national system of machine-readable bibliographic data and discusses directions being taken by the library community and why the OSI architecture was selected as the system protocol. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Information Retrieval
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Crawford, David – College and Research Libraries, 1986
Humanistic scholars need simple access to jargon-free information on databases in an academic library setting. Many private databases in the humanities are being developed, creating a need for standardization to enable scholars beyond disciplinary boundaries to communicate and benefit from each others' research. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Communication (Thought Transfer), Databases
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1992
This volume presents the proceedings of the Professional Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education (CAUSE). Following an introduction and acknowledgements, a first section details the general session presentations which covered a gamut of issues from the future of information technology in the global village, to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
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Williamson, Nancy J. – Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 1987
This examination of the knowledge base needed for professional careers in the subject control of information identifies some of the problems involved in educating and training graduates for working in this area and poses some solutions to these problems. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
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