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Peer reviewedRogers, Frank B. – Library Trends, 1974
History, development, evaluation, and problems of computerized biomedical information systems, with emphasis on the National Library of Medicine and MEDLARS. (LS)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Databases, Indexes, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedRowe, Judith S. – Library Trends, 1982
Discusses the importance of machine-readable data files (MRDF) in social sciences reference exchange and provides examples of their use in typical library settings. Access to and available MRDF are described. Nine references are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Library Services
Peer reviewedAdams, Margaret O'Neill – Library Trends, 1982
Analysis of one component of library reference service--online numeric database systems for time-series data--reviews tradition of reference service and ways in which computer technology has enhanced provision of library services. Experiences with Kentucky Economic Information System (KEIS) are described. Examples of KEIS and 30 references are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Economics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFarber, Evan Ira – Library Trends, 1995
Examines the changing role of reference and bibliographic instruction librarians in undergraduate education. Topics include teaching students how to find information; faculty resistance to library instruction; students' ability to evaluate information sources, including information on the Internet; and computer-based instruction. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedKovacs, Diane K.; And Others – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses the development of practical strategies for library mediation between Internet resources and potential users. Topics addressed include a hierarchy of information skills; awareness of information services and resources; the information structure of a discipline; analysis of information needs; and retrieval, evaluation, and management of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Management, Information Needs, Information Networks
Peer reviewedTobias, Jennifer – Library Trends, 1998
Compares traditional cataloging to Web-based. Discusses intellectual-access issues as they apply to reference services today, and outlines deficiencies in traditional cataloging, and corresponding attributes of Web-based intellectual access. Notes ways that catalogers and public-service librarians can address these issues. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Indexes
Peer reviewedHuston, Mary M., Ed. – Library Trends, 1991
This issue contains 12 articles that present library perspectives on information literacy. Topics discussed include critical thinking and bibliographic instruction (BI); learning style theory and reference desk interviews; teaching information retrieval to end users; library instruction for faculty; cognitive authority; question formulation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Critical Thinking
