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Peer reviewedNicholls, Paul Travis – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Based on evaluations of 1,025 CD-ROM products, this article summarizes trends in (1) growth of commercially available CD-ROM titles; (2) types and subjects of products produced; (3) update options; (4) hardware systems CD-ROMs are designed to run on; (5) prices; and (6) multimedia products. Possible future developments that could revolutionize…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Peer reviewedMondschein, Lawrence G. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Reviews the use of spatial data and information technology by environmental managers and emergency responders. Discussion includes environmental legislation, the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI) database, public access to environmental information, information standardization problems, emergency response software development and a case study…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Anday, V. G. – 1989
This paper discusses the resources, current operations, and various bibliographic formats and standards used in the University of the Philippines at Los Banos (UPLB) libraries, where the information systems have been independently developed and tailored to their particular needs. Such a situation has resulted in data incompatibility leading to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, College Libraries
Peer reviewedHickey, Thomas B.; Noreault, Terry – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Report on a peer-reviewed, interactive electronic journal focuses on stages of its development; features of two available access points--an ASCII interface called EPS (Electronic Publishing Service) and a graphical interface called Guidon; advantages of Guidon access over simple electronic file transfer; and planned improvements. (Contains five…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Evaluation
Download full textBourret, Annie, Ed.; L'Homme, Marie-Claude, Ed. – 1988
A collection of essays addresses aspects of the "Language Utilities," the general term for the area of the conjunction of computer science and linguistics. The following are English translations of the titles of the articles in the collections: "Industrialization of the French Language and Its Maintenance as an Important Language of…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science
Peer reviewedFasick, Adele M. – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Examines studies relating to two aspects of children's use of electronic information media: (1) access to print information through online (or card) catalogs and databases; and (2) direct access to information in electronic format. Gender differences are discussed, and implications of the studies for software development and equality of computer…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Development
Cleveland, Gary – 1991
The development of information technologies such as public access catalogs and online databases has greatly enhanced access to information. The lack of automation in the area of document delivery, however, has created a large disparity between the speed with which citations are found and the provision of primary documents. This imbalance can…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
