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Cloud, Gayla Staples; Hambic, Jacqueline B. – Technicalities, 1987
Reports the results of a study which examined costs and search results for 20 searchers conducted on both BRS After Dark and Knowledge Index. Various features of the two retrieval systems are reviewed, and advantages and disadvantages of each system are summarized. Data are presented in one table and several graphs. (24 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Information Retrieval

Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This guide to searching for special education information in the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database covers: selecting a search system, using the "Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors," using Boolean logic, planning the search, and using the ERIC Clearinghouses as resources. (DB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Disabilities

Pollard, Richard – Information Technology and Libraries, 1988
Describes a study that examined the ability of the dBase database management system to perform secondary key retrieval on multivalued data items. The results are presented as time cost relative to the number of matching records, and situations in which a different management system might be appropriate are identified. (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Database Management Systems, Evaluation Criteria, Indexing

Eiselen, Claire H.; Fox, Mary M. – Roeper Review, 1990
An independent study project for gifted elementary students successfully included online bibliographic database searches in the student research process. Database searching, placed in a meaningful and supportive context, helped to individualize the students' learning and became an extension of their own wondering into the wider world. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Piotrowski, Chris – 1989
In the fall of 1988, a survey was conducted to evaluate the adoption of CD-ROM systems in U.S. colleges and universities by examining which major CD-ROM databases were available through the reference departments of academic libraries. The sample was composed of 200 institutions of higher education offering graduate degrees in psychology. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education

Allison, Brian – Art Education, 1996
Provides an overview and introduction to some of the most useful databases for art education and research. Notes that much art education research uses dissertations and theses. Discusses the content and use of several U.S., Australian, and British databases. (MJP)
Descriptors: Art Education, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Epler, Doris M. – 1989
Arguing that online searching will fill the research needs of many students while helping to reinforce valuable information retrieval skills that will support students in their pursuit of life-long learning, this guide is designed to assist school librarians with integrating online searching into the school library media curriculum. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Budgeting, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Buchholz, James L. – 1987
This document summarizes the selection, configuration, implementation, and evaluation of BiblioFile, a CD-ROM based bibliographic retrieval system used to catalog and process library materials for 103 school centers in the Palm Beach County Schools (Florida). Technical processing included the production of spine labels, check-out cards and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Pappas, Marjorie L.; And Others – 1996
The ever-increasing availability of electronic information resources online and on CD-ROM presents library media specialists, teachers, and students with a new set of challenges for accessing information. Electronic information resources enable access to nonlinear information, which allows searchers to explore relationships and make connections…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks