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Elbeck, Matt; Mandernach, B. Jean – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
In contrast with traditional academic disciplines, online educators do not have a generally accepted list of scholarly journals, which is in part a result of the multidisciplinary nature of the field, the relative infancy of online learning, and the view of online pedagogy as an instructional modality rather than a discrete academic discipline.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Intellectual Disciplines, Educational Technology, Educational Research
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Flood, Barbara J. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Provides a brief background of the Biological Abstracts' title index, "Biological Abstracts' Subject in Context" (BASIC) "Stop List," or compilation of nonsignificant words that were going to be automatically stopped from printing. Notes that the Stop List provided an improvement over the raw computer output of titles while…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Indexes
Tenopir, Carol; Pollard, Richard; Wang, Peiling; Greene, Dan; Kline, Elizabeth; Krummen, Julia; Kirk, Rachel – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Phase 1 of a two-phase project funded by the NSF-National Science Digital Library Project used focus groups to determine how undergraduate science students perceive journal literature and how they use digital library resources. Their perceptions and use are contrasted with faculty and graduate teaching assistants. Results reveal undergraduates…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Indexes
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Lopez, Manuel D. – Urban Education, 1989
Evaluates the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database. Summarizes ERIC's history and organization, and discusses criticisms concerning access, currency, and database content. Reviews role of component clearinghouses, indexing practices, thesaurus structure, international coverage, and comparative studies. Finds ERIC a valuable…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis
School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1994
Discusses students' use of multiple sources for research and describes an automated system, "Super TOM Jr.," designed for middle and junior high school students, that includes citations, indexes, and full text of magazine and newspaper articles and selected reference sources. Research activities relating to Memorial Day and World War II…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Full Text Databases, Indexes, Information Sources