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Wilson, Patrick – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1983
Discusses the goals of library catalogs, how and to what extent these goals are achieved, and differences which exist among online, card, book, and microform catalogs. Access and display of information are noted, highlighting form of entries (main entries, corporate authorship, subject description) and search strategies. Seven references are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Beale, Joel A.; Jacobson, Charles – 1975
A library specialist and a computer specialist were asked to collaborate to solve the problem of a growing and diversified in-house, technical library in a diversified agribusiness organization. A computer program was written to: (1) generate alphabetical catalogs of collections; (2) index documents by uniterms; and (3) to retrieve documents by…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Cataloging, Computer Programs, Coordinate Indexes

Freiburger, Gary A. – Catholic Library World, 1983
Discussion of planning, installation, and results of an online catalog at University of Maryland Health Sciences Library highlights Integrated Library System, speed and patron perceptions of online catalog, searching power, ways in which catalog can bypass physical and organizational boundaries, and effect on staff and users of the library. (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Automation

Lipow, Anne Grodzins – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1983
This overview of the current capabilities of subject access in online public catalogs discusses keyword searching versus subject cataloging, users' views of the online catalog, and user-friendly versus user-hostile systems. Existing online catalogs in public and academic libraries are cited as examples. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Indexing

Denning, Rebecca; Smith, Philip J. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1994
Describes issues and advances in the design of appropriate inference engines and knowledge structures needed by commercially feasible intelligent intermediary systems for information retrieval. Issues associated with the design of interfaces to such functions are discussed in detail. Design principles for guiding implementation of these interfaces…
Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Electronic Libraries, Expert Systems, Guidelines
Silver, Barbara – 1987
Developed at the beginning of the decade to serve as a union catalog for identifying the holdings in all University of California (UC) libraries, the MELVYL online catalog as of October 1989 contained 10 million holdings for over 5 million monographic titles of print and nonprint materials, and more than 1.2 million periodicals holdings which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education, Library Automation

Salmon, Stephen R. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1983
This description of the functional characteristics of 20 online public catalogs in libraries in the United States notes their origin and scope, search methods, access points, search commands, record displays, user assistance, database and technical characteristics, and costs. Six references and illustrative material are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Display Systems, Information Retrieval

Hepworth, John B. – Education for Information, 1991
Argues that training in the use of computer based retrieval systems fails to meet many of the needs of staff and end-user searchers in health sciences information and that, although structured training programs present several advantages, they are rarely implemented. It is recommended that a design process based on Needs-Objectives-Content-Method…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Inservice Education, Instructional Design
Schipma, Peter B. – 1976
Two programs addressed the development of information retrieval systems useful to a variety of users. One program was designed to examine aspects of indexing and information display. Experiments with different indexing and display systems revealed that for good relevance judgements, a display with full citation, keyboards, and abstract is…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Bibliographies, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Kaminecki, Ronald M.; And Others – 1975
Batch mode processing is compared, using cost-effectiveness, with on-line processing for computer-aided searching of chemical abstracts. Consideration for time, need, coverage, and adaptability are found to be the criteria by which a searcher selects a method, and sometimes both methods are used. There is a tradeoff between batch mode's slower…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computers

Smith, N. R. – Information Services and Use, 1993
Discussion of the relationship between users, librarians, and vendors as it has been influenced by electronic databases and communications networks highlights experiences at Aston University (United Kingdom). Topics addressed include mediated searching; direct user access to databases; impacts on staff; user demand; costs; CD-ROM networks;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Costs
Flanagan, Lynn; Parente, Sharon Campbell – 1996
Electronic databases have grown tremendously in both number and popularity since their development during the 1960s. Access to electronic databases in academic libraries was originally offered primarily through mediated search services by trained librarians; however, the advent of CD-ROM and end-user interfaces for online databases has shifted the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency