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Ebbinghouse, Carol – Searcher, 1997
Explains listservs and describes how to locate listservs relating to the law. Topics include how to use listservs as current awareness tools; how to locate listserv archives; and how to use listservs as databases of information. Sidebars provide pertinent Web site addresses. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Databases, Electronic Mail, Information Sources
National Library of Australia, Canberra. – 1980
ERIC is accessible to educational researchers in Australia through the microfiche collections listed in this directory or through AUSINET (The Australian Information Network) and search services provided by Lockheed and System Development Corporation. The National Library Education Information Service also offers a monthly SDI service from ERIC.…
Descriptors: Databases, Education, Information Sources, Library Collections
Bates, Mary Ellen – Database, 1994
Describes the kinds of online sources to use and processes involved in finding information on emerging markets and new industry trends. Highlights include relevance ranking in DIALOG searches; press releases; news sources; news alert services; market research reports; tracking research in progress; company information; and tracking subsidiaries.…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Sources, News Media, Online Searching
Download full textMeredith, Joseph C. – 1975
A selective dissemination service (SRIM) of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) features semimonthly dissemination of microfiche copies of documents newly added to the NTIS collection, on the basis of interest profiles. The service was used to test a university subsystem wherein a number of individual profiles were combined and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Faculty, College Libraries, Databases
Hansen, Kenneth H. – 1987
This essay reviews current policy issues regarding statewide educational databases. It begins by defining the major characteristics of a database and raising two questions: (1) Is it really necessary to have a statewide educational database? (2) What is the primary rationale for creating one? The limitations of databases in formulating educational…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Database Management Systems, Databases, Information Needs
Yanez, Elva; Chabran, Richard – 1979
With the growth of computer technology, bibliographic data bases have developed into sophisticated online research tools. The major data bases are produced by abstracting and indexing (A&I) publishers. Vendors purchase the A&I publishers' machine readable tapes, then sell computer access to the tapes to information based organizations such…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Data Processing, Databases
Cox, John; Hanson, Terry – Online, 1992
Describes considerations involved in implementing an electronic current awareness service in academic and research organizations, including user needs; personal bibliographic software; data sources, including floppy disk databases, CD-ROM, online databases, and library catalogs; staffing; fees; promotion; search profiles; and recordkeeping.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Copyrights, Databases
