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The International Collaboration for Autism Registry Epidemiology (iCARE): Multinational Registry-Based Investigations of Autism Risk Factors and Trends
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Schendel, Diana E.; Bresnahan, Michaeline; Carter, Kim W.; Francis, Richard W.; Gissler, Mika; Grønborg, Therese K.; Gross, Raz; Gunnes, Nina; Hornig, Mady; Hultman, Christina M.; Langridge, Amanda; Lauritsen, Marlene B.; Leonard, Helen; Parner, Erik T.; Reichenberg, Abraham; Sandin, Sven; Sourander, Andre; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Suominen, Auli; Surén, Pål; Susser, Ezra – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The International Collaboration for Autism Registry Epidemiology (iCARE) is the first multinational research consortium (Australia, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Norway, Sweden, USA) to promote research in autism geographical and temporal heterogeneity, phenotype, family and life course patterns, and etiology. iCARE devised solutions to challenges in…
Descriptors: Autism, Epidemiology, International Cooperation, Consortia
EAC and the Development of National and European Gateways to Archives
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Ottosson, Per-Gunnar – Journal of Archival Organization, 2005
In the development of gateways to archives there are two different approaches, one focusing on the descriptions of the material and the other on the creators. Search and retrieval with precision and quality require controlled access points and name authority control. National registries of private archives have a long tradition in implementing the…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Documentation, Libraries
A Description of the Text Data Base System TDBS. Stockholm Papers in Library and Information Science.
Lofstrom, Mats – 1982
Because experience with large information retrieval (IR) and database management (DBM) systems has shown that they are not adequate for the handling of textual material, two Swedish companies--Paralog and AU-System Network--have joined in a venture to develop a software package which combines features from IR and DMB systems to form a Text Data…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Programs, Databases, Foreign Countries
Education Libraries: An International Perspective.
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Galler, Anne M. – Education Libraries, 1997
Explains what an education library is and describes methods used in seeking out such libraries on an international basis. Libraries in Sweden, Finland, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Canada are described, including address, World Wide Web page, mission, history, clientele, type of collection, services, publications, and databases. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Services
Effects of New Technologies.
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1982
This collection of articles on technological change discusses female workers displaced by automation in Canada and Japan; robotics in German automobile manufacturing; union concerns about technology in Europe and Japan; privacy of personal data in Sweden; small business legislation in the United States; and productivity improvement in textile and…
Descriptors: Automation, Banking, Confidentiality, Databases
Revised Programme Proposal for the Swedish-Portuguese Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation.
Hjerppe, Roland; And Others – 1978
Due to complications that arose after the change of government in Portugal, staffing problems at the Portuguese Centro de Documentacao Cientifica e Tecnica (CDCT) were not resolved until March 1977. As a result, the cooperative program between Portugal and Sweden for scientific and technical information and documentation fell behind its original…
Descriptors: Databases, Documentation, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
End-User Training in the Use of a Small Swedish Database.
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Fjallbrant, Nancy; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1983
Describes how group of end users (engineering undergraduates) at Chalmers University of Technology were trained to perform interactive online searching on BYGGDOK, a small, specialized Scandinavian database. Goals and objectives of the instruction, teaching methods, evaluation, and comparison of searching between end users and intermediaries are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Engineering Education
Elin@: Electronic Library Information Navigator--Towards the "One Stop Shop" Information
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Alwerud, Anna; Jorgensen, Lotte – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Libraries subscribe to thousands of electronic journals and they are difficult for end-users to find. Journal and publisher interfaces and functionalities differ considerably. The recent development in e-media calls for central management of the resources. Lund University Libraries' Head Office has developed a service for presentation and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Library Services