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The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) for Enhancing Access to Database Servers via the World Wide Web (WWW).
Machovec, George S., Ed. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1995
Explains the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) protocol as a set of rules for passing information from a Web server to an external program such as a database search engine. Topics include advantages over traditional client/server solutions, limitations, sample library applications, and sources of information from the Internet. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Databases, Information Sources
Bringing the Mountain to Mohammed without Falling off the Cliff of Unmanageable Technology.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Algermissen, Virginia; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Describes the design of a customized online service at the Lister Hill Library (Alabama) that used a dial-in modem system to provide remote access to medical research materials. Problems with hardware and software incompatibility are discussed, user training is described, and the successful results are reviewed. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Ready Reference via the Internet.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lanier, Don; Wilkins, Walter – RQ, 1994
Discusses the use of the Internet for ready reference and considers limitations, reference policy, and cost issues. Highlights include general reference sources; database searching on the Internet; Gopher; bibliographic control and access to Internet resources; personnel issues; and levels of service. (Contains 30 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Costs
An Image Database on a Parallel Processing Network.
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Philip, G.; And Others – Information Services and Use, 1991
Describes the design and development of an image database for photographs in the Ulster Museum (Northern Ireland) that used parallelism from a transputer network. Topics addressed include image processing techniques; documentation needed for the photographs, including indexing, classifying, and cataloging; problems; hardware and software aspects;…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Computer Networks, Computer Software
NEEDS (The National Engineering Education Delivery System): If We Build It (According to Standards) They Will Come!
Saylor, John M. – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Discusses the National Engineering Education System (NEEDS), which provides a fully networked multimedia database, electronic classrooms, and authoring studios for the development of self-paced and collaborative learning environments for engineering education. Topics addressed include program goals; activities, including curriculum, recruitment,…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Courseware
Technology for Education: What Is the Federal Role?
MacKinnon, P. Alistair; Bush, Clesson S. – Educational Technology, 1993
Discusses problems that have impeded the use of learning technologies in education, including costs, training educators, and the confusion of networks and databases. Greater involvement by the federal government is suggested as a solution; federal help in the past is described; and legislation currently proposed is explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Databases, Educational Technology
Automating Access to Internet Resources at the Reference Desk.
Mellendorf, Scott A. – Online, 1994
Describes the automated access and Internet resources menu used by the reference department at Saginaw Valley State University (Michigan) library. Resources selected for the menu, including online catalogs, online databases, Internet access, and miscellaneous resources, are described. The access process, based on PROCOMM Plus software, is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software