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Pritchard-Schoch, Patricia – Online, 1993
Discusses natural language retrieval systems, focusing on West Publishing Company's WIN (Westlaw Is Natural) system used with its case law database. Information retrieval models, the advantages and disadvantages of natural language retrieval, and the use of the approach by Congressional Quarterly's Washington Alert, Personal Librarian, and other…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Court Litigation, Database Producers, Full Text Databases
Download full textSmoliar, Stephen W. – 1987
This review of the book, "Conceptual Structures: Information Processing in Mind and Machine," by John F. Sowa, argues that anyone who plans to get involved with issues of knowledge representation should have at least a passing acquaintance with Sowa's conceptual graphs for a database interface. (Used to model the underlying semantics of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Book Reviews, Database Management Systems, Man Machine Systems
Peer reviewedWaldstein, Robert K. – RSR Reference Services Review, 1988
Describes an information retrieval system developed at Bell Laboratories to create and maintain a variety of different but interrelated databases, and to provide controlled access to these databases. The components discussed include the interfaces, indexing rules, display languages, response time, and updating procedures of the system. (6 notes…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Display Systems, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedKahle, Brewster M.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Describes five interfaces to remote, full-text databases accessed through distributed systems of servers. These are WAIStation for the Macintosh, XWAIS for X-Windows, GWAIS for Gnu-Emacs; SWAIS for dumb terminals, and Rosebud for the Macintosh. Sixteen illustrations provide examples of display screens. Problems and needed improvements are…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Full Text Databases, Gateway Systems, Illustrations
Peer reviewedZink, Steven D. – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Criticizes reviews of library CD-ROM products as being uncritical of the user interface and advocates a more rigorous evaluation, not only to aid potential buyers, but as a way to influence manufacturers. Congressional Information Services' Masterfile 2 is evaluated in the context of Heckel's "Principles of Friendly Software Design." (24…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Reviews
Beaubien, Denise M. – Database, 1992
Compares Wilson's database tape and the IAC "Expanded Academic Index" as explored by librarians in the State University System of Florida. Features addressed include journal coverage; abstracts and full text; subject headings, including consistency versus precision and controlled vocabularies; search software; disk storage requirements;…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Roderick D.; Yokley, John R. – CD-ROM Professional, 1993
Describes the development of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) library information network which provides NRL scientists with access to CD-ROM databases, electronic journals, software applications, the Internet, and the library's online catalog. Implementation phases, system research and development, CD-ROM networking feasibility analysis,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software Evaluation, Databases, Evaluation Criteria
