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O'Leary, Mick – Database, 1987
Describes five online databases that focus on computer products, primarily software and microcomputing hardware, and compares the databases in terms of record content, product coverage, vertical market coverage, currency, availability, and price. Sample records and searches are provided, as well as a directory of product databases. (CLB)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software
Download full textStemmer, Paul M.; Berger, Carl F. – 1985
This publication acquaints the user with microcomputer statistical packages and offers a method for evaluation based on a set of criteria that can be adapted to the needs of the user. Several popular packages, typical of those available, are reviewed in detail: (1) Abstat, an easy to use command driven package compatible with the IBM PC or the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Content Analysis, Educational Research
Slatta, Richard W. – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1986
Critically reviews more than 20 of the best books for scholars on Ashton-Tate's dBase II and dBase III relational database management programs for microcomputers. Books are arranged by category: beginning and advanced programming guidance, program listings, and reference. A comprehensive bibliography of dBase books in print is also included. (56…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Books, Computer Software, Content Analysis
Bender, Evelyn – 1987
A study of microcomputer courseware reviews was carried out in order to discover which criteria they discuss, whether reviewers agree in their assessments, how evaluative the reviews are, and whether the reviewing policy of the journal influences the review. The content analysis instrument was a composite of criteria developed by organizations…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Content Analysis, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Schwartz, Daniel L.; Buckley, Jeanne – 1990
This study tested the hypothesis that children bring specifiable expectations to their use of interactive computer programs, and that these expectations will determine, to a large extent, which features of a given program will be motivating to a child. It is also argued that the different genres of interactivity relied upon by software designers…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Content Analysis, Design Preferences, Grade 5
James, Michael L.; And Others – 1993
Characteristics of users of electronic bulletin boards, the perceived impact that bulletin boards have on users, and how their use affects the use of other communications media were studied using a random sample of users of CompuServe and Prodigy, two major bulletin board services. Respondents (95 for CompuServe and 78 for Prodigy) were…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Computer Software
