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Indexing and Abstracting on the World Wide Web: An Examination of Six Web Databases.
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Nicholson, Scott – Information Technology and Libraries, 1997
Discussion of Web databases, or search engines for the Internet, presents a series of questions that can be used to analyze these tools based on library literature. Six search engines are analyzed; collection methods, indexing, and abstracting are compared; and a proposal for a future ideal Web database is included. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Abstracting, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Evaluation and Support of Internet Software.
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Watson, Mark; Callahan, Daren – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Discussion of Internet software and its use in libraries focuses on a software evaluation program at the undergraduate library at Southern Illinois University. Highlights include staff training for information technology, availability and selection of shareware and freeware, and an evaluation form for Internet software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Evaluation Methods
Measuring the Performance of a Merging Algorithm: Mismatches, Missed-Matches, and Overlap in Israel's Union List.
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Meir, Daniel D.; Lazinger, Susan S. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Reports on a survey measuring the performance of a merging algorithm used to generate the now-defunct ULM (Union List of Monographs) file for ALEPH, Israel's research library network. Discusses automatic detection and merging of duplicate bibliographic records, problems created by lack of a standard for Hebrew spelling, and methods for measuring…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Data Processing
Reserve On-Line: Bringing Reserve into the Electronic Age.
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Enssle, Halcyon R. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1994
Describes a pilot project at the Colorado State University library that provided reserve materials electronically through microcomputers via a campus computer network at no cost to students. Topics discussed include programming; user-friendly menus for software; results of students' and professors' evaluations; copyright issues; and possible…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Costs
Selecting Electronic Alternatives.
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Meyer, Richard W. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Offers a model for choosing among CD-ROM, end user access, mediated online searching, or locally mounted files as alternatives for extending online catalogs and replacing printed indexes. Estimates of demand and comparisons of costs made at Trinity and Clemson Universities provide a quantitative framework for selection. (Contains four references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Databases
Selection of an Automated Library System for the University of Wisconsin Cluster Libraries.
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Schwarz, Philip – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes the selection of an automated library system for 11 university cluster libraries in Wisconsin, from the decision to automate and the development of a proposal request, through the selection process itself. Appendices include a chronology of events, participants in the process, a checklist of activities, and additional suggestions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Certification, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making