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Download full textKriz, Harry M. – 1992
This paper describes the techniques for implementing a full-screen, custom SPIRES interface for a public-use library database. The database-independent protocol that controls the system is described in detail. Source code for an entire working application using this interface is included. The protocol, with less than 170 lines of procedural code,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems
Peer reviewedForce, Ron – Reference Librarian, 1994
Considers how to plan for online reference services. Highlights include local access to databases, including CD-ROM and database licensing; local gateways; online search services; and planning considerations, including cost, locating online information, telecommunications and computing infrastructures, and equal access. (Contains 15 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Costs, Databases
