OCLC's Public Service Systems: EPIC and FirstSearch.

Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever

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ERIC Number: EJ456146

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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OCLC's Public Service Systems: EPIC and FirstSearch.

Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever

Information Services and Use, v12 n2 p167-76 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 references) (EA)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Expenditures, Information Retrieval, Library Collections, Marketing, Online Searching, Reference Services, Training, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Book/Product Reviews

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Language: English

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