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Pasterczyk, Catherine E. – Database, 1990
Discusses ways in which using mathematical symbols to search online bibliographic databases in scientific and technical areas can improve search results. The representations used for Greek letters, relations, binary operators, arrows, and miscellaneous special symbols in the MathSci, Inspec, Compendex, and Chemical Abstracts databases are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Online Searching, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Scientific and Technical Information
Meyer, Daniel E.; Ruiz, Den – Database, 1990
Describes a project that examined user selection of databases by monitoring the EasyNet Scan feature (a multifile search option) during 1989. The discussion covers the observed influence of price, database name, recommended database indicator, and record format on database selection. The category menus displayed by EasyNet are provided. (six…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Gateway Systems, Medicine
Jaguszewski, Janice M.; Kempf, Jody L. – Database, 1995
Discusses the usability and content of the following table of contents (TOC) databases selected by science and engineering librarians at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities: Current Contents on Diskette (CCoD), CARL Uncover2, Inside Information, and Contents1st. (AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Electronic Publishing, Information Networks
