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Oppenheim, Charles – Information Services and Use, 1991
Reviews recent developments in three areas of law which, one way or the other, have an impact on information professionals: copyright, data protection, and liability. This discussion focuses on recent developments that are likely to be of significance to information professionals, including those emanating from the Commission of the European…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Fair Use (Copyrights), Information Scientists

Marx, Bernard – Information Services and Use, 1987
This description of the characteristics of scientific and technical information databases in France highlights database production and distribution across scientific fields regional distribution of producers, types of data included, recency of creation of databases, and users of databases. (4 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, National Surveys

Hepworth, Mark E. – Information Services and Use, 1987
Examines the internationalism of the network marketplace through case studies of the London Stock Exchange and I. P. Sharp Associates, a Canadian computer service bureau. Discussion focuses on the importance of transnational computer networks to the production of information services and marketplace expansion, and global information policy issues.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Databases, Developed Nations

Kennedy, H. E. – Information Services and Use, 1986
Reviews the development of technological innovations in information delivery, including microforms, electronic processing, online distribution, full-text abstracts online, floppy disks, downloading, vertical integration, electronic publishing, and optical disks. The impact of technology on the information industry and the need to use technology…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Storage Devices, Databases, Delivery Systems

Clever, Elaine Cox; Dillard, David P. – Information Services and Use, 1991
Considers the success and satisfaction of end users' searches on CD-ROM systems. Topics discussed include introductory training lessons; the selection of appropriate databases; search strategies; and implications for the role of library staff and for staffing patterns. Examples of end-user search techniques and common errors are included. (11…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Error Patterns, Higher Education