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Download full textFowley, Cathy, Ed.; English, Claire, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2013
From 2000 to 2012 the number of Internet users rose from less than 0.4 billion to 2.4 billion. Scholarly, evidence-based Internet research is of critical importance. The field of Internet research explores the Internet as a social, political and educational phenomenon, providing theoretical and practical contributions to understanding, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Online Searching, Use Studies
Bradley, Phil – 2002
This handbook provides information on how Internet search engines and related software and utilities work and how to use them in order to improve search techniques. The book begins with an introduction to the Internet. Part 1 contains the following chapters that cover mining the Internet for information: "An Introduction to Search…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Information Technology
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Copyright Office. – 1997
This report gives an overview of the past and present domestic and international legal framework for database protection. It describes database industry practices in securing protection against unauthorized use and Copyright Office registration practices relating to databases. Finally, it discusses issues raised and concerns expressed in a series…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Databases, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Peer reviewedSomerville, Arleen N., Ed. – Science & Technology Libraries, 1997
This volume is a collection of 12 papers of particular interest to librarians specializing in chemistry. The articles discuss the educational role of librarians in several types of institutions, offer new ways of providing information, and describe ways of coping with increasing prices and formats of journals. The first paper offers an overview of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cooperative Learning, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Databases
Williams, Martha E., Ed. – 1998
This volume contains 52 of the 70 papers that were reviewed and selected for presentation at the 1998 National Online Meeting. While the balance of the papers are not included in this Proceedings, their titles, together with author names and author affiliations, are listed at the end of the volume and they are included in the index. The volume…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Electronic Libraries
Williams, Martha E., Ed. – 1994
This annual publication describes and appraises activities and trends in the field of information science and technology. The chapters contain scholarly reviews of specific topics as substantiated by the published literature. This volume's nine chapters fit within a basic framework of four sections: "Planning Information Systems and…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Technology, Information Management, Information Retrieval
1994
This proceedings contains 58 papers that were reviewed and selected for presentation at the 1994 National Online Meeting. The introduction, "Highlights of the Online/CD-ROM Database Industry: Implications of the Internet for Database Producers" by Martha E. Williams, provides statistics regarding databases, database records, database…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Information Management
Williams, Martha E., Ed. – 2000
This Proceedings contains 51 of the 68 papers reviewed and selected by the Organizing/Reviewing Committee for presentation at the National Online Meeting, 2000. The volume begins with the introductory presentation of the Program Chairman, Martha E. Williams, "Highlights of the Online Database Industry and the Internet 2000." The balance of the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Electronic Libraries
Kochmer, Jonathan – 1993
The purpose of this guide is to help computer network users get over the hurdle of new technologies. Every Internet user is different, but most network activities depend on the mastery of three basic skills: using electronic mail (e-mail) to communicate with other Internet users; logging in to remote computers with a service called Telnet, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Databases, Directories
Wood, M. Sandra, Ed. – 1995
This book is intended to provide ready access to a wide range of literature about librarians educating users to utilize biomedical and health science information resources. The chapters were selected from articles published in "Medical Reference Services Quarterly" from 1987 to 1994. The 27 chapters are divided into five parts: (1)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Databases
Mendrinos, Roxanne – 1994
This guide to using the tools of online databases, telecommunications, and CD-ROM technology in the educational environment provides a practical introduction to the concepts and importance of information literacy and high technology resource-based learning. It also describes the drawbacks and advantages of these tools from an educator's viewpoint.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Christenson, James A., Ed.; And Others – 1994
Data drive policies; a lack of information results in unresponsive or biased public policies. This book argues that current methods of gathering and interpreting data are not sensitive to the diversity and needs of people living in rural America. Emphasizing the goals of complementarity, cooperation, and responsiveness, it suggests how federal and…
Descriptors: College Role, Data Collection, Databases, Higher Education
Nixon, Carol, Comp.; Dengler, M. Heide, Comp.; McHenry, Mare L., Comp. – 1998
This proceedings contains 56 papers, presentation summaries, and/or slide presentations pertaining to the Internet, World Wide Web, intranets, and library systems. Topics include: Web databases in medium sized libraries; Dow Jones Intranet Toolkit; the future of online; Web searching and Internet basics; digital archiving; evolution of the online…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases
Direct linkDyson, Laurel, Ed.; Hendriks, Max, Ed.; Grant, Stephen, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2007
Information Technology and Indigenous People provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores many cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language issues and questions of cultural appropriateness, and brings together cutting-edge…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid; Warner, Amy J. – 1993
The emphasis of this text is that the problems of information retrieval are the intellectual ones of subject analysis and description. These problems are not easily solved by technology alone, although certain inroads are being made by knowledge-based expert systems and other computer aids to indexing. Linguistic approaches are also showing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Automatic Indexing, Cost Effectiveness, Database Producers
