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Jacso, Peter – 2001
This book provides guidelines for evaluating a variety of database types, including abstracting and indexing, directory, full-text, and page-image databases available in online and/or CD-ROM formats. The book discusses the purpose and techniques of comparing and evaluating the most important characteristics of textual databases, such as their…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Comparative Analysis, Database Design, Databases
Fitterman, Lawrence Jeffrey – 1988
This paper demonstrates the importance of effective planning when using database application programs in exceptional education programs, to more efficiently track students' performance, keep vital information, and create desired reports. The described approach, called the ends-to-means model, calls for developing the database by designing the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Design, Databases, Disabilities
Hardy, Nancy F. – 1979
Three aspects of training and education for online searching of bibliographic and databases are addressed: (1) the present status--what is being taught, (2) a proposed model--what needs to be taught, and (3) the implementation of the model--who should teach what. The first section shows which organizations (library and information schools,…
Descriptors: Databases, Models, Online Systems, Search Strategies
McLaughlin, Gerald W.; Howard, Richard D.; Balkan, Lore A.; Blythe, Elizabeth W. – 1998
This monograph, based on a conceptual model called an information support circle, describes a structured management process that can be used by higher education institutions to add value to institutional data and information. The model offers a sequence of (1) thinking about the management and use of data, (2) considering problems in providing…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Database Design, Databases, Decision Making
Mahon, F. V., Ed. – 1985
Finding that the promotion of a national information industry can best be pursued through the planning and establishment of a national teledocumentation network, this study (based on the experiences of Spain) offers a model that may be of interest to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) member states wishing to…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation
Brandt, Richard C. – 1988
The Computer-Based Memorization System (CBMS), which specifies the facts that students are to know and how well the facts are to be known, uses a compiled form of an associative network for its knowledge database. (An associative network is a knowledge representation that uses associations for its basic representation of knowledge.) The CBMS…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design
Rieger, Oya Y. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1993
Focuses on four issues related to providing government numeric databases in libraries: hardware, access software, staff skills, and organizing services. Basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of service and a guide for selecting an appropriate level are presented. Examples of screens from actual searches are included. (Contains eight…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Government Publications, Library Services
Moore, Laurence J.; Greenwood, Allen G. – Association for Institutional Research, 1984
The history and features of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and use of the approach by academic administrators are discussed. The objective of DSS is to involve the manager/decision maker in the decision-analysis process while simultaneously relieving that person of the burden of developing and performing detailed analysis. DSS represents a…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases
Adams, Sharon; And Others – 1980
Based on information provided primarily by two existing state-based information services, this handbook presents a clear, practical look at possible activities, procedures, and requirements of search services for educators. Descriptions of the two services that serve as models--Oklahoma's Sooner Exchange for Educational Knowledge (SEEK) and Texas'…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Research, Educational Resources, Information Centers
Hruday, Connie; And Others – 1986
This document is designed to assist the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFP/I) in planning for the establishment of an information system for its members and other stakeholders who need information on educational facilities. The report focuses on the major activities to be accomplished and the issues to be considered when…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Facilities Planning, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Tanenbaum, Eric – Teaching Political Science, 1979
Considers several systems automating local departmental-based data facilities. Describes design and implementation of a simple system. Concludes by reflecting on changes needed in the system. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing, Databases, Higher Education
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Isaac, Paul D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
The conceptual and technical problems that need to be considered when studying graduate student retention and degree progress are examined, and practical suggestions for the institutional researcher are offered. Terms are defined, retention measures are explained, and different types of analysis are outlined. Ideas are given for database…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Databases, Degrees (Academic), Graduate Students
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Botash, Ann S. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
This article presents a model approach for management of child sexual abuse data for centers that provide medical evaluations of suspected sexual abuse victims. Information and guidelines for developing a computer database and for efficient entry of the data by clinical personnel are outlined. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Data Collection, Database Design, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Alvic, Fadia M.; Newkirk-Moore, Susan – 1984
This manual provides the information needed to conduct a job analysis and to enter or update job analysis information in the Computerized Task Inventory (COMTASK) database. Chapter I presents the purpose and organization of the manual. The second chapter provides a brief background on the purpose and design of COMTASK, a definition of terms used…
Descriptors: Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Guidelines
Penrod, James I.; Craft, Larry N. – 1978
The planning for, design, and implementation of information management systems in colleges and universities is approaching a state of adolescence as a science. Because rules cannot be devised with sufficient scope and depth to cover all institutional and systems contingencies, the necessary activities remain somewhere between magic and art. At…
Descriptors: Committees, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Educational Facilities
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