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Wyatt, Neal – Library Journal, 2009
Libraries are not so unlike market giants Netflix, Amazon, and Pandora. Despite their significantly different business models and missions, they share an interest in facilitating the search for information, including what to read, view, and listen to next. Librarians, too, want their patrons to be able to use their tools to make connections among…
Descriptors: Libraries, Online Systems, Librarians, Access to Information
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1983
Describes two new bibliographic information services being marketed to microcomputer owners by DIALOG, Inc. and Bibliographic Retrieval Services to allow access to databases at low rates during evening hours. Subject focus, selection of a database, search strategies employed on each system are discussed, and the two services are compared. (EJS)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Services, Microcomputers
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1999
Describes Web versions of online systems and considers advantages and trade-offs for information professionals and other searchers. Web versions highlighted include Dow Jones Interactive; Dialog; LEXIS-NEXIS; and STN. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Scientists, Online Systems, Search Strategies
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2002
Describes the digitization projects being undertaken by publishers to provide long runs of back issues of newspapers and journal articles, and the necessary indexing tools, to meet the need for older materials. Discusses search capabilities, links, the addition of metadata, and usage statistics. (LRW)
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Metadata, Newspapers
Simonds, Michael J. – Library Journal, 1984
Arguing that inadequacy of subject access in online catalogs lies with the database used as a foundation, this essay discusses the weaknesses of Library of Congress subject cataloging and MARC records, electronic card catalogs, enhancement of data, publisher warnings, Boolean search strategy inadequacies, and changes in the national standard. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Buckel, William L. – Library Journal, 1986
Explains rationale behind proposed voluntary U.S. standard computerized library catalog called the "Uniform Catalog." Design goals (should mimic manual card catalog, offer simplicity of operation and low overhead, permit modular growth to more advanced catalog), sample search, and nine commands and functions used by "Uniform…
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Harter, Stephen P.; Kister, Kenneth F. – Library Journal, 1981
Cites major U.S. encyclopedia publishers interested in developing machine-readable versions and suggests design possibilities for accessing encyclopedia databases. Full text searching, searching by fields, and sorting on fields are presented as techniques that provide online systems with significant advantages over print. There are five…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Programs, Databases, Design