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Shapiro, David W.; Seidman, Steven – International Journal of Instructional Media, 1996
Discusses incorporating interactive multimedia into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Presents examples of interactive exhibits from other museums and suggests ideas for the Hall of Fame to pursue: simulations of batting, signal use, and umpiring; a quiz show; a visitor poll; CD-ROM software; and an interactive database.…
Descriptors: Baseball, Computer Simulation, Databases, Exhibits
Jacso, Peter – Database, 1995
Reviews six databases and CD-ROMs: Broadcast News, Bookshelf '95, All Music Guide (CompuServe), CD-ROM of CD-ROMs, Grolier Encyclopedia (CompuServe), and Magazine Database. (LRW)
Descriptors: Broadcast Journalism, Databases, Multimedia Materials, Music
Cihak, Herb – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Argues that information professionals should market services to ensure success for their libraries. Describes marketing strategies used by the University of Kentucky College of Law Library to promote electronic library services: CD-ROM placement, CD-ROM and Internet workshops, instruction guides, faculty Web pages, online tours, electronic mail,…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Mail, Information Scientists, Internet

Lee, John K.; Bennett, Clifford – TechTrends, 1999
Provides definitions of the following words and phrases that are related to technology and its use in the social sciences classroom: CD-ROM, database, discussion group, e-mail, hypertext and hypermedia, Internet, simulation, spreadsheets, virtual field trip, and World Wide Web. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Definitions, Electronic Mail

Munro, Robert – Educational Media International, 2000
Discusses the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in the study of history. Topics include timelines; computer-based historical simulations; databases; accessible multimedia; hypermedia; CD-ROMs; and use of the World Wide Web, both for teaching and learning and for sharing findings from historical investigations with historians…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Databases, Global Approach
1994
This proceedings contains 58 papers that were reviewed and selected for presentation at the 1994 National Online Meeting. The introduction, "Highlights of the Online/CD-ROM Database Industry: Implications of the Internet for Database Producers" by Martha E. Williams, provides statistics regarding databases, database records, database…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Information Management
Sammons, Martha C. – Educational Technology Review, 1995
Describes the process of creating recordable CD-ROMs for faculty classroom multimedia presentations that combine the benefits of traditional overhead transparencies with the benefits of multimedia. Highlights include hardware; software, including presentation software, media integrators, and authoring software; image databases; file management…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Database Management Systems
Fahey, Katherine – MultiMedia Schools, 1997
Examines issues related to CD-ROM collections in libraries, including CD-ROMs versus the Internet and other online sources; types of CD-ROMS, including periodical databases, reference databases, and multimedia CD-ROMs; local area networks for CD-ROMs; evaluation criteria for selection; collection development; ordering; curriculum support;…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Curriculum Enrichment, Databases, Evaluation Criteria

Holt, Pol William – Social Education, 1998
Describes the work of four Wyoming high school students who created a CD-ROM collection of Oregon Trail documents for use by fourth graders. The students reviewed 60 boxes of diaries, government documents, prints, and artifacts, becoming historians themselves as they created the electronic database. Includes photographs and illustrations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Database Design, Databases