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Veith, Richard H. – 1978
The international character of online bibliographic databases is assessed by addressing three major aspects: literature production, article selection, and database use, as well as a number of side issues such as distribution and language. Requests for information were sent to producers and suppliers, most of whom responded, with no attempt being…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
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Rosenau, Fred S. – Educational Leadership, 1980
Federal money supports many agencies intended to provide information to educators, but because the services are not coordinated, few people use them. A brief summary is provided of some of the educational information resources, along with the titles of some handbooks. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Databases, Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Auld, Dennis – 1982
Changes affecting the delivery of information over the next 10 years are going to be more numerous, farther reaching, and more rapid than those experienced in the last 10 years. Technological, legislative, economic, and sociological factors are all playing vital roles in shaping the environment within which database information services operate.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Networks, Information Utilization
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Robbin, Alice – 1983
This paper provides a complete picture of the environment for numeric databases and a set of appropriate responses for modifying this environment. The emphasis is on the statistical database produced by the public and private sectors, with coverage of government and academic stakeholders in the statistical data transfer system. Part one describes…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Government (Administrative Body), Information Centers
Molino, Enzo – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1982
Discusses processes involved in development, operation, and utilization of bibliographic databases--design, data collection, processing, access, and use--and assesses their relevance to developing countries. Utilization of other countries' databases, use of services of organizatons in other countries, and participation in a cooperative system are…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Processing, Databases, Developing Nations
Deck, 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
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Morrison, Perry D. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1979
Review of selected studies on use of social science information indicates that social scientists tend to use private sources and informal networks rather than libraries; value of citation studies as guides to library collection building is disputed; and machine access to social science databases is increasing. Eighty references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Databases, Information Networks, Information Seeking
McEwen, Hazel E., Ed. – 1974
Recent technological advances in computers and communications make possible the integration of data systems and the exchange of data among them on an expanding scale. However, the full effect of these advances cannot be realized unless the need for uniform understanding of the common information (data elements) and its expression in data systems…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Conferences
Eddy, Peter A. – 1975
This is a summary of a presentation on the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The presentation provided information on how the user can gain access to the ERIC microfiche collection at libraries throughout the United States, and to reprints through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). Use of the Thesaurus of ERIC…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Databases, Indexes
Magisos, Joel H.; Berkebile, Lonnie A. – 1971
The purpose of this project was to develop computer techniques for the production of VT-ERIC publications and to report these techniques so that they might be used by other ERIC Clearinghouses for production of their publications. The Clearinghouse needed to: (1) generate bibliographies from its own collection upon which to base information…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Databases, Guides, Information Centers
Hathaway, Walter E. – 1985
The main barrier to effective instructional practice is lack of information. Comprehensive information systems are evolving which will capture and present the information required for a truly effective and efficient education system. Barriers to computerized information systems are no longer technical but stem from a lag in the will, wisdom, and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
1976
This report discusses the need for a national information policy. This need has been generated by advances in computer and communications technology, by shifts in the United States economy from a manufacturing to an information base, and by citizen demands for clarification of their rights to have and control information. Fifteen major policy…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Federal Legislation, Futures (of Society)
Berthold, Carol A. – 1996
The University of Maryland System administration has been constructing a relational database that enables comparisons between the more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The data base contains information from nationally available sources, including the National Science Foundation, National Center for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
de Man, W. H. Erik, Ed. – 1984
This preliminary conceptual framework and the 23 related guidelines have been prepared by specialists drawn from both developed and developing nations as a joint project of the International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC). The project was designed to analyze linkages between natural resource based data and certain types of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Databases, Developing Nations, Geographic Distribution
Madey, Doren; Everett, Michael – 1978
The explicit goal of most educational information or resource centers, is to assist clients in obtaining and utilizing information to improve educational practice and aid in educational decision making. As the number of services has increased, the need to systematically assess them has become critical. Previous efforts have been limited and…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Facility Utilization Research
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