Reports on recent advances in development and use of database management systems and increased recognition of importance of information requirements determination and the data dictionary/directory which have created a new role for librarians. Further potential for library careers in data administration is discussed. Twenty-seven references and…

Summarizes some of the main bibliographic tools, retrieval systems, and other sources available for selecting appropriate materials for school-age handicapped children. (Author/CMV)

Introduces and defines the concept of online information databases and discusses how these information sources have been marketed in the past. Argues that their wealth is underused by managers and identifies databases that provide valuable management information. Identifies new trends in the industry that will help managers exploit this tool. (CH)

Provides an overview of current newspaper indexing methods, including discussion of those indexes produced by commercial firms, public libraries, newspapers themselves, and news data banks. (FM)

The author discusses the types of information contained in the Vocational-Technical Consortium of the States (V-TECS) databases and various supplemental tools; he also describes methods of obtaining access to the databases. (CH)

Presents survey of two groups of databases covering patent literature: patent literature only and general literature that includes patents relevant to subject area of database. Description of databases and comparison tables for patent and general databases (cost, country coverage, years covered, update frequency, file size, and searchable data…

This paper discusses examples of searching vocabularies, i.e., lists of terms which have been prepared with the online searcher, rather than the indexer, in mind. These lists are categorized as: enhanced thesauri or subject heading lists, synonym listings, index term listings, and merged vocabularies. Eight references are provided. (EJS)

Notes advantages and disadvantages of the DIALOG Predicasts files and provides instruction in their use. (RAA)

Describes the development of a database on medieval manuscripts. Includes information on the design of an architecture for the database and problems encountered in its construction and use. (JDH)

All evidence from all sources--the literature, survey of practitioners and educators, selected educational programs, and the views of abstractors of data for computerized information retrieval--points to the body of public relations knowledge as consisting of all knowledge as it applies to resolving public relations problems and goals. What…

Discusses software developed to organize and retrieve electronically stored data, examining structure of the databases in which information is stored and the physical structure of the storage medium. Hierarchical and relational databases, unordered files, B-trees, and storage/software for specific purposes (such as weather, stock market, and…

Query forms used in library information systems are expressed in a generalized notation. Three relations, the FIELD, the inverse FIELD and the RECORD, are defined to express file access operations in known-item and subject searches, browsing, clustering operations, and truncation and word proximity searching. Eighteen references are cited. (EJS)

Surveys the technology of database software and hardware, describing some of the principal issues related to the user's view of data, sharing, concurrent access, security, and integrity. (JN)

Four databases--PsycINFO, ERIC, Health Planning and Administration, Public Affairs Information Service--were examined to determine percentage of business journals indexed and degree of business terminology included in controlled vocabulary. Sample searches were compared to same search in Management Contents and ABI/INFORM. A list of business…

Presents conceptual framework for organization of factors (independent variables) affecting online bibliographic retrieval. Roles that variables play in research studies are described and examples considering various elements--setting, user, request, database, search system, searcher, search process, search outcome--are provided. Twenty-one…