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Cochrane, Pauline A.; Arret, Linda – Online, 1985
Discussion of Library of Congress's efforts to meet challenge of designing and improving its online catalog system LOCIS (consists of SCORPIO and MUMS systems) includes sample searches and results of user surveys (access points in online catalog searches and response to input search statements resulting in no retrievals). (5 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Information Systems, Library Automation
Cochrane, Pauline – Online, 1981
Emphasizes that the current closed or in-house systems approach to information retrieval needs to be expanded to include all the information systems available, and that the sources of user satisfaction and retrieval success must be tracked before changes can be made in certain system components. Ten references are listed. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Flow Charts, Futures (of Society)
Maciuszko, Kathleen L. – Online, 1990
Describes online information systems that have been developed for community access. Systems available in cities around the country are explained and include electronic bulletin boards, local government information, human services information, library online catalogs, commercial databases, and electronic mail. Possible levels of library involvement…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Databases, Electronic Mail, Futures (of Society)
Tenopir, Carol; Neufang, Ralf – Online, 1992
Presents results of a survey of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members in the United States and Canada that was conducted to discover which electronic reference options are offered and their impact on library services. Online mediated searching, CD-ROM, end-user searching, and local databases are investigated. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Cox, John; Hanson, Terry – Online, 1992
Describes considerations involved in implementing an electronic current awareness service in academic and research organizations, including user needs; personal bibliographic software; data sources, including floppy disk databases, CD-ROM, online databases, and library catalogs; staffing; fees; promotion; search profiles; and recordkeeping.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Copyrights, Databases
Mellendorf, Scott A. – Online, 1994
Describes the automated access and Internet resources menu used by the reference department at Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan) library. Resources selected for the menu, including online catalogs, online databases, Internet access, and miscellaneous resources, are described. The access process, based on PROCOMM Plus software, is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software
