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Deutsch, Peter – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Describes Archie, an electronic indexing service for locating information on the INTERNET. The resource discovery problem addressed by the service is summarized, and instructions for accessing Archie are provided. The current scope of the Archie service and plans for the future are discussed. Other information discovery and delivery tools…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Automatic Indexing, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval
Machovec, George S., Ed. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1996
Describes the corporate origins, development, and unique features of three World Wide Web search tools. Open Text released LiveLink Search 64 in April 1996. Harvest indexes fewer sites than many competitors but offers powerful searching options. 2ASK is a service that provides links to over 100 Internet indexing tools and rates Web sites and…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Hypermedia, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Download full textGorman, Michael – 2001
This paper addresses bibliographic services in the 21st century. The paper begins by reviewing achievements of the past 30 years, including Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), MARC, International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), and the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd edition (AACR2). The cataloging of electronic resources is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Kirriemuir, John; Brickley, Dan; Welsh, Susan; Knight, Jon; Hamilton, Martin – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Describes characteristics of subject gateways on the Web (i.e., facilities allowing easier access to network-based resources in a defined subject area) and compares them to search engines (e.g., AltaVista). The application of WHOIS++, centroids, query routing, and forward knowledge to searching several gateways simultaneously is outlined, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis, Gateway Systems
PDF pending restorationLager, Mark A. – 1996
This paper focuses on techniques for retrieval used in information sciences and in World Wide Web search engines. The purpose of reference service and information science is to provide useful information in response to a query. The two metrics of recall and precision serve to express information retrieval performance. There are two major…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Directories, Indexing
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 1998
Interviews with three CEOs--UMI (University Microfilms International), OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), and Gale Research--focus on outlooks for information and libraries. Discusses expanded educational Web services/courseware, library role in delivery, electronic dissertation publishing, digital data conversion, thesauri/indexing, union…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Corporations, Costs, Document Delivery
