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Peer reviewedBlanken, R. R.; Stern, B. T. – Information Processing and Management, 1975
Includes a report on a use study of the Excerpta Medica system. (PF)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Systems, Medicine, Online Systems
Peer reviewedCase, Donald; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) software research and development project described explores information seeking behavior of end-user energy experts and develops software offering tutorials on front-end use of DOE/RECON databases and active help in performing online searches. Software development is described and results of prototype testing…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Energy, Information Needs
Peer reviewedSlamecka, Vladimir; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
Presents a performance analysis of Egyptian National Scientific and Technical Information Network's retrospective database search service. Statistics regarding service demand, trends, characteristics of searches, search results, U.S. database usage, service turn-around time, and costs are tabulated to profile the evolution and performance of a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Databases
