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The International Handbook of Universities. Twenty-Second Edition
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
The new "International Handbook of Universities" is now 2-volumes and includes single-user access to World Higher Education Database Online. This "Twenty-second Edition" is the most comprehensive guide to university-level education worldwide, providing detailed information on higher education institutions that offer at least a post-graduate degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Book Reviews, Bibliographic Databases, Global Approach
ERIC: In Action. Videocassette.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, Syracuse, NY. – 1993
This 15-minute videotape introduces viewers to ERIC and emphasizes ERIC's connection to the electronic information highway. Topics covered include (1) the basic structure of the ERIC system, including the 16 subject-specialized clearinghouses; (2) benefits offered, including publications, the ERIC database, information quality, and the ERIC…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Database Producers, Electronic Mail
Looking at the Mirror: Reflections on Researching the Recruitment of Minority Librarians to the Profession in "LISA" and "Library Literature" on CD-ROM.
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Martin, Lynne M.; Via, Barbara J. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes a study that investigated index access to the literature of recruitment of minorities to the library science profession by comparing 12 representative articles from "Library and Information Science Abstracts" (LISA) and "Library Literature." Underrepresentation of minorities and the issue of recruitment of minorities…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Indexes
Indexed Ideational Shifts in the "Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office of the United States Army."
Lussky, Joan – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Explores to what extent the germ theory, when it was still a relatively new idea, is evident in the bibliographic records in the "Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office of the United States Army" (Index Cat), the largest medical bibliographical tool ever published. Data suggest that scientists are quick to apply the new…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Catalogs
Infotrac at Winona State University.
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Sullivan, Kathryn – 1989
Integrating comments from the literature about CD-ROMs, online searching, and information retrieval, this report describes the initial experience of using InfoTrac at Winona State University (WSU). After finding that students did not tend to order fee-based online searches, the WSU library provided access on a trial basis to bibliographic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
Converting Inhouse Subject Card Files to Electronic Keyword Files.
Culmer, Carita M. – 1991
The library at Phoenix College developed the Controversial Issues Files (CIF), a "home made" card file containing references pertinent to specific ongoing assignments. Although the CIF had proven itself to be an excellent resource tool for beginning researchers, it was cumbersome to maintain in the card format, and was limited to very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Card Catalogs