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Download full textTennant, Roy – 1996
This update to a previous digest briefly describes the Internet computer network, the physical connections and communication protocols that make it possible, and the applications and information resources the network provides. The applications covered include electronic mail and listservs, the world wide web, telnet connections with remote library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Costs
Peer reviewedDickinson, Gail – Library Software Review, 1990
Offers criteria for the critical evaluation of CD-ROM encyclopedias. Differences between CD-ROM and print encyclopedias are discussed; search strategies are explained; evaluation criteria are suggested, including help messages, screen format, indexing method, and graphics and print options; future considerations are suggested, including…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Encyclopedias, Evaluation Criteria
