Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 3 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 4 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 4 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 10 |
Descriptor
Access to Information | 79 |
Users (Information) | 79 |
Databases | 58 |
Higher Education | 25 |
Information Retrieval | 24 |
Online Searching | 24 |
Academic Libraries | 20 |
Online Systems | 18 |
Internet | 16 |
Foreign Countries | 15 |
Library Services | 14 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Smarte, Lynn | 2 |
Watters, Carolyn | 2 |
Abdul Jabbar | 1 |
Ali, S. Nazim | 1 |
Alonso-Gamboa, Octavio | 1 |
Andreadis, Debra K. | 1 |
Annaliese Paulson | 1 |
Arnold, Stephen E. | 1 |
Ashburn, Elizabeth A. | 1 |
Azeem Akbar | 1 |
Bakelli, Yahia | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Higher Education | 11 |
Postsecondary Education | 5 |
Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Two Year Colleges | 1 |
Location
United Kingdom | 4 |
Florida | 3 |
Brazil | 2 |
Illinois | 2 |
Netherlands | 2 |
Ohio | 2 |
Pakistan | 2 |
Pennsylvania | 2 |
United Kingdom (England) | 2 |
Algeria | 1 |
Arizona | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Digital Millennium Copyright… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Michael Gusenbauer – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Citation indices providing information on backward citation (BWC) and forward citation (FWC) links are essential for literature discovery, bibliographic analysis, and knowledge synthesis, especially when language barriers impede document identification. However, the suitability of citation indices varies. While some have been analyzed, the…
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Information Retrieval, Databases, Web Sites
Felichism Kabo; Annaliese Paulson; Doreen Bradley; Ken Varnum; Stephanie Teasley – College & Research Libraries, 2024
Seeking to better understand the longitudinal association between online usage of library-licensed content and short- and long-term student performance, we linked EZproxy logs to institutional university data to study how library usage impacts semester and cumulative GPAs. Panel linear mixed effects regression models indicate online library usage…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Contracts, Bibliographic Databases
Azeem Akbar; Abdul Jabbar; Qurat UI Ain Saleem; Murtaza Ashiq – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has considerably increased among students, including students with vision impairment (SVI). There has been limited work on the information and digital needs of people with disabilities, particularly SVI who were studying for their masters or MPhil and were involved in research activities…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Access to Information, Students with Disabilities
Kohn, Karen – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
This study investigates how article downloads from ScienceDirect changed after Temple University Libraries downsized its all-inclusive Elsevier big deal bundle to a selective custom package. After the libraries lost current-year access to nearly half of Elsevier's active journals, the total downloads from Elsevier journals declined by 16.2 percent…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Electronic Journals, Access to Information, Users (Information)
Pontika, Nancy – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2015
Introduction: The National Institutes of Health public access policy requires the principal investigators of any Institutes-funded research to submit their manuscript to PubMed Central, and the open access publisher Public Library of Science submits all articles to PubMed Central, irrespective of funder. Whether the investigators, who made the…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Public Libraries, Access to Information, Standards
Lewis, Barbara; Griffin, Melanie – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
Librarians have long struggled to find user-friendly mediums to provide meaningful information to patrons using bibliographies, pathfinders, and subject guides with varying degrees of success. Content management systems, such as Springshare's LibGuides, have recently been developed to facilitate the creation of online subject guides. Special…
Descriptors: Librarians, Users (Information), Bibliographies, Databases
Karr, Alan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
NCES asked the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) to convene a technical panel of survey and policy experts to examine the NCES current and planned data dissemination strategies for confidential data with respect to: mandates and directives that NCES make data available; current and prospective technologies for protecting and…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Confidentiality, Databases, Users (Information)
Dula, Michael W.; Ye, Gan – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2012
In this case study the authors describe Pepperdine University Libraries' migration to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services. They elaborate on the rationale for the decision, review some of the challenges and lessons encountered along the way, and briefly discuss some effects of the new system on our libraries. The focus is on technical services…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Information Transfer, Internet, Computer Software
Kahn, Paul – 1987
This paper uses a hypothetical application entitled "VAPORTRAILS" to examine how an integrated application can be used to solve the problems of search and retrieval from a range of qualitatively different databases, and the organization of the resulting information into a personal database resource. In addition, four general classes of databases…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Coupling, Citations (References), Database Management Systems
McConnell, Karen – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Reviews optical technology products currently on the market, including their storage capacities, formats and uses, and outlines the benefits of integrating optical storage devices with online databases. A description of the HAYSTACK system is offered as a model of optical technology for library applications. A suggested reading list is provided.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Database Management Systems, Databases, Information Retrieval
Arnold, Stephen E. – Online, 1987
Examines strategies for marketing online searching to new users, discusses reasons why people become online searchers, and presents data on the business information market. The pricing issue and special librarians as a market segment are also considered. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Database Producers, Information Technology, Merchandising
Helsing, Cheryl; And Others – 1989
Computers have changed the way information resources are handled. Large amounts of information are stored in one central place and can be accessed from remote locations. Users have a personal responsibility for the security of the system and the data stored in it. This document outlines the user's responsibilities and provides security and control…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Confidentiality, Databases
Ashburn, Elizabeth A. – 1988
This paper provides information about OERI-funded databases containing information about teachers and teaching, and offers a way of thinking about the use of these databases. It is pointed out that while the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) is committed to making its work more accessible to policy, research, and practitioner…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Resources

Alonso-Gamboa, Octavio; Reyna-Espinosa, Rafael – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1995
Presents results of an analysis of 476 Latin American databases in the social sciences and humanities. Variables studied include country of origin, subject, type of database and access, number of records, time span, geographical coverage, and language. Problems of user access and visibility are discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Foreign Countries, Humanities
Clark, Jeff – Library Journal, 2001
Discusses technological change and intellectual property as it affects libraries and access to electronic information. Topics include the balance between copyright law and fair use; the Copyright Term Extension Act; the Digital Millennium Copyright Act; product versus service; databases with public access; and similarities with Napster. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Fair Use (Copyrights)