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Eddison, Betty – Database, 1986
This article discusses sources from which information used in in-house databases can be obtained and enumerates points to consider in database building phase (test database design ideas against external database if available, make arrangements for data entry, exercise quality control). Fourteen contractors or sources of computerized information…
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Guidelines, Information Services
McClelland, Bruce – Online, 1989
Describes characteristics of hypertext, how it is currently being used, and discusses possible uses of hypertext in conjunction with online databases. An online medical textbook developed by BRS and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center is described, links between databases are discussed, and future systems are suggested. (10 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Database Design, Databases, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval
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Chun, Alan – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Describes a microcomputer-assisted method of using the commercial dBase III software package for the management of a personal bibliographic storage and retrieval system. This system provides users with a systematic way of keeping, for rapid retrieval, references to papers or documents previously read. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Databases
Garman, Nancy – Online, 1986
Describes a survey of 39 database publishers concerning their policies for downloading, i.e., capture of information into machine-readable format from proprietary databases. Discussion covers fair use principle, long-term storage and reuse, policy enforcement, and per record payment principle. Database publishers surveyed profile of survey…
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Copyrights, Database Producers, Databases
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1987
Developments in EUDISED (European Documentation and Information System for Education) during the period 1986-1987 in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland are outlined in this report, and information is provided on both online use of the EUDISED database and the distribution by country of contributions to the database.…
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Developed Nations, Documentation
Vasallo, Paul – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1975
Provides an analysis of the CONversion of SERials (CONSER) Project from the point of view of an academic librarian who has been involved in reference service functions. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Information Storage, Online Systems
Dietrich, Eleanor; Hendrickson-Larson, Joanna; Hoppe, Ruth; Paige, Bruce; Rosenow, Steve – 2002
The Labor Exchange Skills Project, which was conducted under the sponsorship and direction of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, was designed to develop a labor exchange skills database (ETA) that would improve the usability of many Department of Labor applications and products developed by other public and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Information Systems, Classification, Database Design
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Fayollat, James; Coles, Elizabeth – Information Technology and Libraries, 1987
Describes an integrated online library system developed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) which incorporates a number of database management features that enhance efficiency, for record retrieval and display. Design features related to record storage and retrieval and the design of linked files are described in detail.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Database Management Systems
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Hayman, Lynne M. – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1997
Describes a database designed to manage a serials preservation project in which issues from multiple repositories are gathered and collated for preservation microfilming. Management information, added to bibliographic and holdings records, supports the production of reports tracking preservation activity. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Computer System Design, Database Design, Database Management Systems
Kolner, Stuart J. – Online, 1985
This third article in a five-part series focuses on personal computer software (instructional packages for the computer itself). Topics covered include 11 categories of microcomputer software, evaluation and selection, purchase, version numbers and upgrades, copy protection, disk operating system commands, preparation of master disk, batch files,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Databases, Information Storage
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Nash, Mary M. – Online Review, 1979
Describes the "Toronto Globe and Mail" database-the first example of the entire text of a major daily newspaper online, and notes the file elements and possible search strategies. (RAA)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Newspapers
Anderson-Selander, Sandy E. – 1979
A syntax methodology provides a descriptive mechanism to enable machine readable storage and retrieval of numeric data contained in bibliographic documents. The body of this paper treats the nature of "the syntax,""the data element," and the language by which this syntax is expressed. A discussion of the methodology illustrates…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
National Library of Australia, Canberra. – 1977
This manual is designed to provide an introduction and basic guide to the use of IBM's Advanced Text Management System (ATMS), the text processing system to be used for the creation of Australian data bases within AUSINET. Instructions are provided for using the system to enter, store, retrieve, and modify data, which may then be displayed at the…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Guides, Information Storage
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Jansen, Arnold A. J. – Electronic Library, 1984
This paper proposes solutions to technical, copyright, and financial problems of downloading (storage in machine-readable form at user's site as result of searches in machine-readable file held on vendor's computer). Challenges of downloading--establishing ground rules, new pricing structure, new sales possibilities--are discussed. Six references…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Costs, Databases, Information Retrieval
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Cruse, Larry – Library Trends, 1981
Discusses developments in the application of computer and microform technologies to the storage and management of large map collections, including online cataloging systems, digital databases, videodiscs, microfilm, and the role of map librarians. A bibliography lists more than 70 sources. (FM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cartography, Databases, Information Storage
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