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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
Porter, Katherine R. – Online, 1988
Twenty multiple-choice questions test basic knowledge of the Chemical Abstracts Service online database. (6 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Databases, Online Searching, Online Systems
Sepp, Frederick C. – Online, 1988
Twenty multiple-choice questions test for basic knowledge of the AGRICOLA database on the regular, non end-user systems. (5 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Databases, Online Searching, Online Systems
Porter, Brandi – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Millennial students make up a large portion of undergraduate students attending colleges and universities, and they have a variety of online resources available to them to complete academically related information searches, primarily Web based and library-based online information retrieval systems. The content, ease of use, and required search…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Investigations, Familiarity, Search Strategies
Hawkins, Donald T. – Database, 1985
Last article in a series reviews online databases in fields of astronomy, earth sciences (geology, oceanography, other geosciences), and materials science (interdisciplinary subject encompassing ceramics, polymers, metals, glasses, etc.), noting coverage and search strategies. A table of 28 databases citing major subjects, producers, and starting…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Databases, Earth Science, Online Searching
Clancy, Steve – Database, 1988
Discusses the various forms of computer viruses and the threat they pose to online databases. Available protection programs are described, and a list of online sources of protection programs and news is provided. (14 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Electronic Mail, Microcomputers
Cunningham, Ann Marie – Database, 1986
Presents overview prepared by producer of database newly available in 1985 that covers six broad subject areas: genetic engineering and bioprocessing, pharmaceuticals, medical technology and instrumentation, agriculture, energy and environment, and food and beverages. Background, indexing, record format, use of BioBusiness, and 1986 enhancements…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Business, Databases, Online Searching
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago (Chile). – 1984
In areas such as Latin America and the Caribbean, many institutions are setting up databases using existing computerized information and documentation networks, and relying on new microcomputer equipment for their implementation. Increasing awareness of the implications of this practice prompted this conference, which provided the first step of a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Developing Nations, Information Systems
Pilachowski, David M.; Everett, David – Database, 1985
This examination of online subject searching of personal names in four databases--PAIS, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts, and Social SciSearch--covers documentation and searching for personal names as descriptors, free-text and controlled vocabulary searching, recall and precision, identifier field, and online versus manual retrieval. Search…
Descriptors: Databases, Online Searching, Online Systems, Relevance (Information Retrieval)

Flynn, Karen L. – Special Libraries, 1985
Outlines traditional and nontraditional information services developed at a large, highly diversified firm to exploit power and value of online databases and support goals of the Independent Searching Program. Highlights include awareness, set-up and vendor selection; training and continuing support; local database building; electronic search…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Services, Manufacturing Industry, Online Searching
Lambert, Nancy – Online User, 1996
Although some patent questions should be left to professionals, others can be answered using Internet-based patent databases. Provides an overview of Internet sites, including addresses, descriptions, costs, and evaluations of free and fee-based sites and guidelines for when do-it-yourself online patent searching is and is not appropriate. (PEN)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Fees, Internet
Tenopir, Carol – Online, 1993
Presents guidelines for effective online searching developed over the last 20 years. Areas covered by the guidelines include preplanning, database selection, cost-effective search techniques, searching for names, awareness of differences between databases and systems, matching search strategies to databases, postsearch routines, and the…
Descriptors: Database Design, Databases, Guidelines, Online Searching
Garnett, Anne, Comp.; Hill, Amelita, Comp. – 1986
A reference guide for online bibliographic searchers introduces and explains the major computer-searchable fields of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database, presents field access labels or commands of three online ERIC database vendors--BRS, DIALOG, and ORBIT--and lists the codes necessary for searching particular ERIC…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Online Systems
Clark, W. Bruce – 1982
A project at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources has resulted in the extension of the ERIC database to microcomputer. Small subject-related files for current-awareness purposes are downloaded from the ERIC tapes and are made available for searching with Apple II Plus microcomputers. Since the target audience for this system is…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Man Machine Systems, Microcomputers
Olmsted, Marcia; Labreche, Sylvie – Online, 1986
The last installment in a three part series compares commands and features for accessing and manipulating the results obtained from the DIALOG and QUESTEL information systems. Highlights include enhancements to syntax and defaults, options for output arrangement and retrieval, reformatting of selected data, memory, unique features, and examples.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Databases, Information Services