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Peer reviewedAli, S. Nazim – Information Development, 1989
Provides an overview of factual data banks and full text files available on optical data disks. Each entry in the directory includes the name of the data bank or file; producer; distributor; frequency of updates; period covered; subscription price; and a summary of the contents. Addresses of producers and distributors are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Database Producers, Full Text Databases, Online Vendors, Optical Data Disks
Basch, Reva – Database, 1994
This introduction to Database's annual review issue highlights trends covered in the 1991-93 reviews; lists 13 trends described as a continuation of the trends of the past 2 or 3 years; and discusses the World Wide Web and America Online's innovative development of a database that combines text, images, sound, and commentary. (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Database Producers, Electronic Journals
Peer reviewedPack, Thomas; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1994
University Microfilms International (UMI) collects, creates, and preserves information from the fields of business, education, engineering, social science, and the popular media and makes it available in print and microform, as well as online, on CD-ROM, and on magnetic tape. The company also develops integrated information delivery systems. (KRN)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Producers, Full Text Databases, Information Storage
Pritchard-Schoch, Patricia – Online, 1993
Discusses natural language retrieval systems, focusing on West Publishing Company's WIN (Westlaw Is Natural) system used with its case law database. Information retrieval models, the advantages and disadvantages of natural language retrieval, and the use of the approach by Congressional Quarterly's Washington Alert, Personal Librarian, and other…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Court Litigation, Database Producers, Full Text Databases
Kollegger, James G.; And Others – Database, 1988
In the first of three articles, the producer of Energyline, Energynet, and Tele/Scope recalls the development of the databases and database business strategies. The second describes the development of biomedical online databases, and the third discusses future developments, including full text databases, database producers as online host, and…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Database Producers, Databases, Environmental Research
Wiley, Deborah Lynne – Database, 1994
Describes the changes scientific abstracting and indexing services are making to develop new production systems for a marketplace which is influenced by the information superhighway and the demand for information in an electronic format. Descriptions are included of computer system and data input changes implemented by several database producers…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Change Strategies, Database Design, Database Management Systems
