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Peer reviewedMassicotte, Mia – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Investigates methods of compressing headings identified by MARC subfield codes to reduce the size of browsable displays. An argument is made for sorting subdivisions by a conceptual, rather than an alphabetical, approach to present efficient browsable displays and relieve the user of the burden of data organization. (14 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Database Design, Display Systems, Indexing, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedBills, Linda G.; Helgerson, Linda W. – Library Hi Tech, 1988
Reports information gathered from eight vendors on the preparation of bibliographic data for CD-ROM public access catalogs: (1) sources of bibliographic records; (2) duplicate record handling; (3) holdings and location information; (4) maintaining the database; (5) authority control; (7) record corrections; (7) extraction of subsets; (8)…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Comparative Analysis, Database Design
