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Garman, Nancy – Online, 1986
Describes a survey of 39 database publishers concerning their policies for downloading, i.e., capture of information into machine-readable format from proprietary databases. Discussion covers fair use principle, long-term storage and reuse, policy enforcement, and per record payment principle. Database publishers surveyed profile of survey…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Copyrights, Database Producers, Databases
Peters, John – Online, 1984
Describes method of selecting document groups for automation developed by Advanced Document Management Systems staff at Westinghouse Water Reactor Divisions. Criteria for inclusion of document in database, survey questionnaire, a weighting formula to assign priorities (critical, frequency of retrieval, quality assurance, interdivisional use), and…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Mathematical Formulas
Friend, Linda – Online, 1986
Describes program at Pennsylvania State University Libraries designed to inform faculty and graduate students about activities of library's fee-based search service and to explain individual subscription alternatives available to microcomputer owners for running searches. Registration form, results of pre-session and post-session questionnaires,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Instructional Design
Vollaro, Alice J.; Hawkins, Donald T. – Online, 1986
Reports results of study of a group of end users (patent attorneys) doing their own online searching at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Highlights include DIALOG databases used by the attorneys, locations and searching modes, characteristics of patent attorney searchers, and problem areas. Questionnaire is appended. (5 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Databases, Information Services, Information Systems
Bell, Steven J.; Halperin, Michael – Online, 1989
Discusses the use of commercial time sharing systems (BRS, DIALOG, and Dow Jones) by business administration students at the Wharton School, and describes a survey of alumni that examined their use of these systems after graduation. Possible reasons for the low correlation found between use of an online system in school and after graduation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Alumni, Business Administration, Databases
Tenopir, Carol – Online, 1989
Describes a survey of accredited schools of library and information science in the United States and Canada that examined the database searching education that students are currently receiving and changes in this area over the past five years. Topics examined include courses; search time; amount of exposure; coursework; products, hardware and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Software, Course Content, Databases
