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William H. Walters – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Estimates of the price or value of the individual journals within a full-text database may be useful to librarians engaged in serials reviews or other collection development projects, to scholars investigating the determinants of journal prices, and to publishers seeking to rationalize their pricing strategies. This paper evaluates six methods of…
Descriptors: Databases, Costs, Publications, Periodicals
Pihl, Joron – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
This article explores the questions to what extent educational research addresses library use in education and how the library can contribute to intercultural education. The focus is primarily on elementary education in Europe. Analysis of research publications was based on searches for peer-reviewed journals in international databases, literary…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Multicultural Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Bitterman, Amy; Gray, Lucinda; Goldring, Rebecca – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report presents selected findings from the Public School Library Media Center Data File of the 2011-12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). SASS is a nationally representative sample survey of public and private K-12 schools, principals, and teachers in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. School districts associated with public schools…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Private Schools, School Libraries, Elementary Schools

McMartin, Mary L. – Reference Librarian, 1982
Considers a definition of online searching and discusses each of these factors--training, search aids, physical setting, search request form, interview and profile construction, terminal session, search evaluation, document delivery, professional reading, and online user groups. Eighteen sources are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Libraries, Library Services
Bartkus, Edward P. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1982
Outlines structural changes in the information supply community effected by the emergence of computer-searchable files as a major information resource together with other developments in electronic technology. Database definitions, interface differences, DuPont experiences, and options available to libraries and information centers are discussed.…
Descriptors: Automation, Databases, Information Centers, Libraries
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a database distributor/service organization. The activities of professionals working in database distributor/service organizations are listed by function: Database Processing; Customer Support; System Administration; and Planning. The competencies are…
Descriptors: Competence, Databases, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists

Hirst, Donna L.; And Others – Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1986
Compares OCLC, WLN, and RLIN in terms of the composition of the databases, indexes and searching, special uses for public services, costs, and documentation. Selected bibliographies of general public service uses and interlibrary loan applications are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness

Choate, Ray – Special Libraries, 1985
Surveys the impact of computers and related technology on reference work in Australia highlighting online information retrieval and related databases; Australian Information Network; coverage of Australian material in local and foreign databases; Australian Bibliographic Network; electronic mail; Australian Consortium for Social and Political…
Descriptors: Consortia, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Networks

Pope, Nolan F. – Reference Librarian, 1982
Discusses the impact of local online databases on library reference services, including their integration with remote files such as Dialog, Orbit, and the Information Bank. Online catalog databases, multiple local databases (analytics for journal articles, indexes), and batch processing of data are noted. Six references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Systems, Libraries, Library Automation

Phillips, Rodney – Reference Librarian, 1982
Provides overview of the materials available for the reference librarian on the topic of online services. General works and introductions, bibliographies, directories, periodicals, articles on specific topics, and online catalogs are covered. Forty-five references are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Directories, Libraries

Adams, Margaret O'Neill – Library Trends, 1982
Analysis of one component of library reference service--online numeric database systems for time-series data--reviews tradition of reference service and ways in which computer technology has enhanced provision of library services. Experiences with Kentucky Economic Information System (KEIS) are described. Examples of KEIS and 30 references are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Economics, Higher Education

Bourne, Charles P.; Robinson, Jo – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Discusses issues regarding training for computer-based reference services, including who is to be trained and who is responsible for training, and summarizes the training offered to date by search service suppliers, database suppliers, library schools, and extension programs. Available training materials are also considered. (Author/FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Programs, Information Retrieval, Information Systems

Roysdon, Christine, Ed.; White, Howard D., Ed. – Reference Librarian, 1989
Eleven articles introduce expert systems applications in library and information science, and present design and implementation issues of system development for reference services. Topics covered include knowledge based systems, prototype development, the use of artificial intelligence to remedy current system inadequacies, and an expert system to…
Descriptors: Databases, Expert Systems, Library Automation, Library Services
Calkins, Mary L., Comp. – 1978
This guide to information services used by the Environmental Research Center (ERC) in Cincinnati, the scientific and technical information focal point for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), explains the online searching services available at the Cincinnati Library, outlines the procedure for requesting a literature search, and…
Descriptors: Databases, Environmental Research, Federal Government, Government Libraries
Eaton, Nancy – Electronic and Optical Publishing Review, 1986
Examines factors which may affect the receptivity of librarians to the use of optical disk technologies, including hardware and software issues, the content of currently available databases, and the integration of optical technologies into existing library services. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Storage Devices, Databases, Electronic Publishing
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