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Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1989
The seven papers in these proceedings focus on the characteristics and potentials of non-bibliographic databases in the context of library and commercial networks. Following an introduction by Sandra K. Paul, this report presents the individual papers: (1) "User Perspectives and Requirements: Creator of Non-Bibliographic Databases Has To Share…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Full Text Databases, Information Networks
Smarte, Lynn – 1994
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded, nationwide network designed to provide ready access to education information. Managed by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the Department of Education, ERIC consists of 16 clearinghouses, each devoted to a particular area of education, a number of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses
Smarte, Lynn; Boston, Carol – 1995
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally funded, nationwide network designed to provide ready access to education information. Managed by the United States Department of Education's National Library of Education, ERIC consists of 16 clearinghouses, each devoted to a particular area of education, several adjunct…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedDealy, Jacqueline – Education Libraries, 1994
Offers instructions and resources for Internet novices wanting to access Internet services. Instructions are offered for connecting to 13 education listservs, 9 electronic journals and newsletters, 3 education databases, 7 Telnet gopher sites, Veronica and Archie search tools, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). (Contains 16 references.) (SLW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Discussion Groups
Zeeman, J.; Turner, F. – 1997
A distributed union catalog is a network of bibliographic systems that cooperate to enable their users to discover sites that hold copies of known items. Some participating systems will be traditional union catalogs, others will be single sites with comprehensive collections, and others will be local or regional resource sharing systems. A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
Lunau, Carrol; Turner, Fay – 1997
The virtual Canadian union catalog (vCuc) project is a project among Canadian libraries to use Z39.50 (an information protocol standard) for searching distributed individual library catalogs and union catalogs. This paper summarizes the major technical, vendor, bibliographic data, and administrative issues that must be resolved before the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
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
