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Rinderknecht, Deborah – RQ, 1991
Discusses the growth in nonbibliographic online databases and machine-readable data files (MRDF) that are accessed offline, and considers how libraries need to respond to the changing needs and expectations of researchers. Textual and numeric databases are described, and three possible levels of library service are outlined. (13 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Full Text Databases, Information Technology, Library Services