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Long, Philip L. – 1979
This report presents an analysis of the search query arguments of several major bibliographic utilities and shows the commonalities and differences of the query structure among the various systems. The report illustrates a symbolic metalanguage that was developed to describe and compare the search arguments. In addition, status and error messages…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Univ. Libraries – 1979
A training and reference tool for searchers in the Preorder Section of Cornell's Olin Library Acquisitions Department, this manual establishes the rationale for searching operations and includes illustrations as well as detailed explanations of searching procedures and problems. The information given applies only to the searching of monographs,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Books, Guides
Settel, Barbara; Gearty, Tom – 1980
This paper reports on the development of an online union catalog of serials using OCLC by the Central New York Library Resources Council. The project, now in the third of four years, is converting from a hard copy union catalog of serials to an online catalog that will have the important advantage of immediate update. Using the OCLC interlibrary…
Descriptors: Databases, Guidelines, Information Needs, Information Retrieval