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Stanat, Ruth – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Discussion of information needs in a business environment focuses on how to build a shared information network. Highlights include the evolution of corporate intelligence systems; results of a survey that examined the information networking needs of large corporations; and a case study of the development of an information network at Citibank N.A.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Databases
Download full textDeck, Dennis; Coe, Merilyn – 1985
Designed for educational evaluators, this paper discusses reasons for the growing concern with linking or interfacing computers for information sharing; compares three major approaches to linking; and discusses the implications of each. An initial overview presents three linking applications in educational evaluation: (1) linking microcomputers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedHepworth, Mark E. – Information Services and Use, 1987
Examines the internationalism of the network marketplace through case studies of the London Stock Exchange and I. P. Sharp Associates, a Canadian computer service bureau. Discussion focuses on the importance of transnational computer networks to the production of information services and marketplace expansion, and global information policy issues.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Databases, Developed Nations
Peer reviewedOeffinger, John C. – Telematics and Informatics, 1987
Discusses access to information through merging computers and new communications technology and its influence in developing nations. Highlights include a case study of InterNet/LACRIP (Latin American Cancer Research Information Project), a microcomputer-based international network involving institutions in the United States and Latin America that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Databases
Mendrinos, Roxanne – 1994
This guide to using the tools of online databases, telecommunications, and CD-ROM technology in the educational environment provides a practical introduction to the concepts and importance of information literacy and high technology resource-based learning. It also describes the drawbacks and advantages of these tools from an educator's viewpoint.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Rickman, Jon T.; Hubbard, Dean L. – 1992
The Electronic Campus system of Northwest Missouri State University (Maryville) links every office and residence hall room on campus. It also networks these offices and rooms with databases and software applications. The system was developed to provide a low-cost alternative for a public institution where most students could not afford to purchase…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Case Studies, College Students
