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Peer reviewedBuckland, Michael K. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
The characteristics of paper or microform library materials, electronic publications, and online databases are compared in terms of equipment needs, cost effectiveness, budgeting, and satisfaction of users' needs. Suggestions for the effective integration of these materials are offered. (13 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Download full textMuir, Scott P., Comp. – 1995
The roles and responsibilities of the library systems officer continues to change as libraries move beyond the automation of library functions to offering resources in electronic formats and electronic access to information about collections beyond the walls of the home institution. This survey was designed to collect data and document some of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Database Management Systems
Perdue, Bob; Piotrowski, Chris – 1988
Designed to evaluate the usefulness of the BIOSIS PREVIEWS database when searching the psychiatric literature, this study compared the effectiveness of this online database with the effectiveness of two other computerized databases, MEDLINE and PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts), which psychiatric researchers and clinicians usually rely on when…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis
