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Peritore, Laura – Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1988
Compares WILSONDISC's Index to Legal Periodicals with LEGALTRAC's Legal Resources Index in terms of: contents; searching (including comparison of several identical searches run on both databases); and costs. (MES)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks

TechTrends, 1988
Discusses current optical data disk databases, their uses, and factors that will affect database copyrights. The factors discussed include hardware and software developments, multimedia applications, multiuser capabilities, and downloading capacities. (7 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Copyrights, Databases, Optical Data Disks
Basch, Reva – Database, 1991
Review of developments in databases highlights a new emphasis on accessibility. Topics discussed include the internationalization of databases; databases that deal with finance, drugs, and toxic waste; access to public records, both personal and corporate; media online; reducing large files of data to smaller, more manageable files; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Global Approach, Marketing

Littlejohn, Alice C.; Janousek, Kelly S. – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Evaluates six CD-ROM products for library users that provide information on companies: (1) CD/Corporate: U.S. Public Companies; (2) Compact D/SEC; (3) Compustat PC Plus Corporate Text; (4) General Business File; (5) Moody's 5000 Plus; and (6) Standard and Poor's Corporations. Information provided includes companies included, online database…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Databases
Thompson, N. J. – Database, 1992
This comprehensive review of databanks and CD-ROMs worldwide dealing with patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, and related legal opinions includes comments on database coverage and search features. Comparison tables of vendors' products are provided. (22 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
Jacso, Peter – Database, 1995
Reviews six databases and CD-ROMs: Broadcast News, Bookshelf '95, All Music Guide (CompuServe), CD-ROM of CD-ROMs, Grolier Encyclopedia (CompuServe), and Magazine Database. (LRW)
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Databases, Multimedia Materials, Music
Eddison, Elizabeth B. – Database, 1991
Discusses conversion projects that move information from one format to another. Planning considerations are discussed; types of conversion processes are described, including conversion between computers using software, cables, or networks; special conversions are examined, including CD-ROMs and online databases; and companies that specialize in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Information Processing
Reese, Jean – Laserdisk Professional, 1989
Reviews changes in the ERIC database on compact disk that have been made in systems offered by the following vendors: Dialog, SilverPlatter, and OCLC. Highlights include system requirements, costs, search strategies, printing, help screens, tutorials, double posting, available formats, display of search results, and searchable fields. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Philbin, Paul; Ryan, Joe – The Laserdisk Professional, 1988
Summarizes the steps in introducing CD-ROM in an academic library and lists producer/distributor, system requirements, price, and description/comments for CD-ROM products in the categories of educational research; library catalog support; curriculum development aids; reference sources; and administrative aids. A sidebar discusses CD-ROM use at the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Development, Databases, Educational Administration
Jacso, Peter – Database, 1995
Reviews the best and worst in databases on disk, CD-ROM, and online, and offers judgments and observations on database characteristics. Two databases are praised and three are criticized. (Author/JMV)
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Criticism, Database Design, Database Producers
Tenopir, Carol; Barry, Jeff – Library Journal, 1998
This report, the second annual Database Marketplace survey, analyzes information gathered from 29 companies that distribute and produce information available through online, Web, or CD-ROM systems. In addition to data, topics include company mergers, takeovers, sales, accomplishments, and future plans. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Futures (of Society), Mergers
Alston, P. Gayle – Database, 1994
Reviews 30 new resources for environmental information, including databases produced by government agencies, universities, private organizations, and others; and Internet resources, including listserv discussion groups, databases accessed through gopher and World Wide Web, electronic journals, bulletin boards, online services, computer disks, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Producers, Databases, Electronic Mail
Coutts, Brian E.; Richard, John B. – Library Journal, 1993
Reviews 30 reference sources in all subject areas, except the sciences, that were published in 1992. Appropriateness for public, academic, or other type of library is given in each review. CD-ROM products are included in this annual list for the first time, and the competition between print and CD-ROM reference works is described in a sidebar.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Higher Education

Koren, Judy – CD-ROM Professional, 1992
The second part of a report on CD-ROM networking in libraries describes LAN (local area network) technology; networking software and towers; gateway software for connecting to campuswide networks; Macintosh LANs; and network licenses. Several product and software reviews are included, and a sidebar lists vendor addresses. (NRP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews
Franklin, Carl; Hane, Paula – Database, 1992
Discusses the impact of computerization of maps on access to business and government information that may be geographically referenced and the emergence of a new field, Geographic Information Management (GIM). Applications of hypertext/hypermedia in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are described, and software available for workstations and…
Descriptors: Atlases, Cartography, Computer Software, Computer System Design
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