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Gwinn, Nancy E. – Library Journal, 1975
A telephone reference service operated by the Library of Congress provides immediate service to congressmen with the help of automated information files. (PF)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Automation, Library Services
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1983
Issues having a possible impact on online search services in libraries are discussed including full text databases, front-end processors which translate user's input into the command language of an appropriate system, downloading to create personal files from commercial databases, and pricing. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval
Newlin, Barbara – Library Journal, 1982
Describes a contract between the reference service of a library system in Illinois and a commercial supplier of information in Berkeley, California, to provide the answers to 200 reference questions for a flat rate of $6000. The contract, considered the first of its kind, successfully relieved a current reference overload. (RAA)
Descriptors: Contracts, Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval
Freedman, Maurice J. – Library Journal, 1979
Advocates replacing the traditional library card catalog with a more effective system. Technological developments such as machine-readable catalogs, automated authority control, and computer-output-microform make possible integration of nonbook media, government documents, journal literature, and local information into the main catalog. (SW)
Descriptors: Catalogs, Computer Output Microfilm, Databases, Information Retrieval
Roose, Tina – Library Journal, 1985
Examines online searching done for public libraries during October 1984 at The System Reference Service of the multitype North Suburban Library System. Highlights include total requests searched online, total public library requests searched online (by subject category), samples of successful and unsuccessful public library searches, databases…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
Crawford, Paula J.; Thompson, Judith A. – Library Journal, 1979
Describes the method and circumstances which allow for free online searches at the California State College-Stanislaus Library. Discussion includes reviewing search requests, feeless flexibility, and cost effectiveness. (JVP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Golomb, Katherine A.; Reisman, Sydelle S. – Library Journal, 1984
Description of the Westport (Connecticut) Public Library's experience with DIALOG as an effective ready reference tool highlights introduction of the search service, location of the terminal, the three most popular databases, a workshop to provide online training for the entire reference staff, and costs and free searches. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Personnel, Library Services
Dougherty, Richard M. – Library Journal, 1991
Explores current pressures for research libraries to adopt new technologies, myths that impede progress, the question of what resources and search strategies researchers tend to rely on, and attitudes of faculty toward librarians and library services. User needs, convenience, and timeliness in providing library services are emphasized, and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Librarians
