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Wolfram, Dietmar; Xie, Hong (Iris) – Information Processing & Management, 2002
Discusses the emergence of general audience digital libraries (GADLs), a context that represents a hybrid of both traditional information retrieval, using primarily bibliographic resources provided by database vendors, and popular information retrieval such as public search systems on the Web. Reports findings of a study investigating end-user…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Search Engines

Desai, Bipin C.; Shinghal, Raijan; Shayan, Nader R.; Zhou, Youquan – Library Trends, 1999
Describes a system called CINDI (Concordia INdexing and DIscovery System) for cataloging and searching documents in a distributed virtual library. The document author registers metadata in the form of a semantic header that contains information on syntactic and semantic content, and an expert system fills the semantic header according to accepted…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Electronic Libraries
Troll, Denise A. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Describes research and development of the Mercury Electronic Library Project, which was developed at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries to design an advanced retrieval system. Topics discussed include system architecture; security; performance, including automated and manual assessments; enhanced retrieval, including available databases;…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries

Schoonbaert, Dirk – Electronic Library, 1997
Discussion of personal bibliographic systems (PBS) that manage the input, storage, retrieval, and output of bibliographic references focuses on low-cost mainstream bibliographic software for personal use or smaller libraries. Structural flexibility, indexes, printing and downloading, searching, and interface- and management-related issues are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software
Olson, Hope A. – Library Quarterly, 2006
This article reports the results of a quantitative and thematic content analysis of the organization of information literature in the "Library Quarterly" ("LQ") between its inception in 1931 and 2004. The majority of articles in this category were published in the first half of "LQ's" run. Prominent themes have included cataloging codes and the…
Descriptors: Library Science, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Time Perspective
Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. – 1989
This festschrift contains 17 papers on the impact of CD-ROM technology: (1) "CD-ROM and Access to Information in the South" (Abdelaziz Abid); (2) "CD-ROM and Bridging of Cultural and Technological Gaps in Developing Countries" (Shmuel Sever); (3) "Electronic Publishing Developments and Opportunities from OCLC" (Janet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Developing Nations, Electronic Libraries
Kurtz, Michael J.; Eichorn, Guenther; Accomazzi, Alberto; Grant, Carolyn S.; Demleitner, Markus; Murray, Stephen S.; Jones, Michael L. W.; Gay, Geri K.; Rieger, Robert H.; Millman, David; Bruggemann-Klein, Anne; Klein, Rolf; Landgraf, Britta; Wang, James Ze; Li, Jia; Chan, Desmond; Wiederhold, Gio; Pitti, Daniel V. – D-Lib Magazine, 1999
Includes six articles that discuss a digital library for astronomy; comparing evaluations of digital collection efforts; cross-organizational access management of Web-based resources; searching scientific bibliographic databases based on content-based relations between documents; semantics-sensitive retrieval for digital picture libraries; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Astronomy, Bibliographic Databases
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