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OCLC's Public Service Systems: EPIC and FirstSearch.

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Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever – Information Services and Use, 1992

Compares OCLC's competitively priced online search services--EPIC, designed for librarians and experienced searchers, and FirstSearch, designed for end-users. Discussed are databases offered, ease of searching, holdings information, training needs, and pricing. Appendices of available databases and indexes for each service are included. (four…

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Expenditures, Information Retrieval, Library Collections

Chicano Database on CD-ROM. Product Review.

Peer reviewed

Carter, Christina E. – Multicultural Review, 1992

With more than 38,000 references to journal articles, books, book chapters, and reports on Mexican Americans, the Chicano database offers the most comprehensive access to information on one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States. It is a model for other ethnic CD-ROM projects. (SLD)

Descriptors: Citations (References), Database Producers, Databases, Ethnic Groups