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Download full textCote, L. G. – 1974
A system in which the function of the library is to acquire, store, and organize materials is proposed which separates the reference function into a group of subject specialists backed up by computerized information retrieval systems. This division of labor is caused by the scientific community's need for access to graphic and other specific (not…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Library Services, National Programs
MAXIMA Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
The National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES) is being developed in response to a national need to improve the awareness of and access to a broad range of environmental data files. Two studies were conducted in support of this effort: a survey of prospective users confirming the need for and willingness to pay fees for the service and…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
Hull, William L. – 1978
The Resource and Referral Service (RRS), is a central services contractor to the Research and Development Exchange (RDx), which facilitates the flow of outputs from Research and Development (R&D) based organizations, specializing in fast responses to questions from states transmitted by the Regional Exchanges on R&D in education, testing,…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
MAXIMA Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
A survey was conducted to assess environmental data users' interest in a referral system such as the National Environmental Data Referral Service (NEDRES) and to gauge user willingness to participate in a proposed NEDRES network and to comply with a system of NEDRES user fees. Twenty-one organizations were identified and 3,200 individuals were…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
MAXIMA Corp., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
Building on the findings of a survey of potential users and a descriptive review of five existing information networks, the present study represents an attempt to characterize several options for a voluntary confederation of participants in operating the National Environmental Data Referral Services (NEDRES) being developed by the Assessment and…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
Migrant Clinicians Network, Inc., Austin, TX. – 1998
A comprehensive tracking and referral network that helps provide continuity of care for mobile populations with active tuberculosis (TB) or TB infection is considered essential for effective treatment of TB. However, the interstate referral system that exists between state health departments has been highly inefficient for serving migrant…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Confidentiality, Databases, Foreign Countries
Winter, Gene M. – 1987
A project provided three types of supportive services to adult education programming in the State of New York. The first component of the project was the development of a literacy information and referral system to link potential students and volunteers with program providers. The second phase of the project involved the development and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Databases, Hotlines (Public)
