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Soydan, Haluk; Mullen, Edward J.; Alexandra, Laine; Rehnman, Jenny; Li, You-Ping – Research on Social Work Practice, 2010
Objectives: The purpose of this article is to describe several evidence-based clearinghouses focused on social work and related intervention outcomes, placing them in the context of how such clearinghouses can contribute to research dissemination to foster effective, evidence-based practice. Method: The study employed an analysis of data provided…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Social Work, Evidence, Theory Practice Relationship
Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2018
The recommendations in this brief create a framework for using data effectively to make instructional decisions. The availability of student-level data for educators has pushed forward the movement to strengthen the role of data to guide instruction and improve student learning. While improvements in technology and assessments, as well as recent…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Information Utilization, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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Pazzano, Deborah – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
The document organization skills of librarians can be used to provide information management for computerized databases within corporations. Librarians should be exploring these career opportunities. (CLB)
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Databases, Emerging Occupations, Industry
Combs, Richard; Moorhead, John – Database, 1990
Defines and discusses competitive intelligence for business decision making and suggests the use of online databases to start looking for relevant information. The best databases to use are described, designing the search strategy is explained, reviewing and editing results are discussed, and the presentation of results is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Decision Making, Editing
Lorenz, Patricia – 1980
This paper reports an industrial information specialist's experience in performing online searches for engineers and surveys the databases used. Engineers seeking assistance fall into three categories: (1) those who recognize the value of online retrieval; (2) referrals by colleagues; and (3) those who do not seek help. As more successful searches…
Descriptors: Databases, Engineering, Information Needs, Information Retrieval
Meredith, Meri – Database, 1986
Describes databases frequently used in Business Information Center, Cummins Engine Company (Columbus, Indiana): Dun and Bradstreet Business Information Report System, Newsearch, Dun and Bradstreet Market Identifiers, Trade and Industry Index, PTS PROMT, Bureau of Labor Statistics files, ABI/INFORM, Magazine Index, NEXIS, Dow Jones News/Retrieval.…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services
Meredith, Meri – Database, 1986
This second installment describes databases irregularly searched in the Business Information Center, Cummins Engine Company (Columbus, Indiana). Highlights include typical research topics (happenings among similar manufacturers); government topics (Department of Defense contracts); market and industry topics; corporate intelligence; and personnel,…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services
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Gardner, Trudy A.; Siebert, Judy A. – RQ, 1981
A study of the responsiveness of two indexes to patrons' requests for health-related information in a public library compares both the results and the costs of searching the same questions in a printed index (Readers' Guide) and a computerized database (Magazine Index). Eighteen references are listed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Health Services
Miller, Tim – Online, 1989
Discusses the information needs of Congress and the use of online databases by librarians, analysts, and staffers to meet those needs. The features of online services that are particularly appropriate for responding to the needs of Congress are identified and possible future trends are explored. (one reference) (CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Federal Government, Information Needs
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King, Jack B. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discussion of historians as library users divides the historians into four categories: professional historians, student historians, amateur historians, and family historians. Highlights include examples of problems with library services, including misleading library catalogs and inadequate reference service; the reference librarian as guide to…
Descriptors: Databases, Futures (of Society), Historians, History
Arns, Robert G.; Curran, Fred A. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1983
Strategic planning and strategy implementation in colleges and universities are examined and the implications for the design of information systems are discussed. At the University of Vermont it has not been necessary to decentralize access to major databases for strategic planning or strategy implementation purposes. (MLW)
Descriptors: Change, College Administration, Databases, Decision Making
Trubkin, Loene – 1982
Despite investment in new research tools and techniques, the product development success rate has not improved within the last 25 years. One way to increase the success rate is to have the right information at each stage of the process. Today, a relatively new method of gathering information--online access to electronic files called…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1969
The Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System (LINCS) Project of the Center for Applied Linguistics was designed to be a formal, adaptive network of individuals and organizations whose objective is to facilitate the transfer of scientific information within the language science community. It is intended to improve on formal channels of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks
Tertell, Susan M. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
This profile of INFORM, the fee-based service offered by Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center, highlights its background, online search services and frequently used databases, major planning considerations (equipment, user aids, choice of vendor, training), internal operations (billing, purchasing items for clients), marketing, and…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Fees, Information Needs
Lodish, Erica K. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Description of how library media specialists can assist teachers and administrators in retrieving useful information by using ERIC highlights its organization, the types of materials available that are especially useful to classroom teachers, and ways that it can be accessed online. A list of ERIC Clearinghouses with addresses is included. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrators, Databases, Information Needs
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