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Download full textSchamber, Linda – 1990
This digest discusses advantages and disadvantages of CD-ROM use in libraries and information centers and lists features of three CD-ROM versions of the ERIC database--Dialog OnDisc ERIC, OCLC Search CD450, and SilverPlatter ERIC. Brief descriptions of these products focus on the differences among them, including equipment requirements, search…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Microcomputers, Online Searching
Schamber, Linda – 1988
This digest discusses advantages and disadvantages of CD-ROM use in libraries and information centers and lists features of three CD-ROM versions of the ERIC database--Dialog OnDisc ERIC, OCLC Search CD450, and SilverPlatter ERIC. Brief descriptions of these products focus on the differences among them, including equipment requirements, search…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Microcomputers, Online Searching
Harnett, Anne Marie – 1991
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is now available to many libraries and curriculum centers on compact disc (CD-ROM version), making it easier for teachers to search for and locate materials for day-to-day classroom activities. This digest asks and answers six questions on the kinds of practice-oriented materials in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Smith, Marilyn E. – 1995
ERIC has evolved from a research database into a multi-faceted information system. At the heart of ERIC is the world's largest education database, providing abstracts of more than 850,000 journal articles and documents from a wide range of public and private sources. The system also features a variety of additional products and services designed…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Educational Resources
