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Peer reviewedMahon, Barry – Online Review, 1991
Reviews the development of telecommunications networks and describes current technology being used for online information retrieval. Highlights include use for military and research needs; experiences in Europe versus those in the United States; value-added networks (VANs); local area networks (LANs) and personal computers; and the Integrated…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Microcomputers
Download full textPettibone, Timothy J.; Roddy, Mary E. – 1987
An inter-university network of computer centers, the "Because It's Time NETwork" (BITNET), is described. Specific guidelines and format requirements for using BITNET, with sample commands, are presented. More than 1,800 computers at over 600 institutions of higher education and research centers in Europe, Asia, and North America are…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHull, Theodore J. – Reference Librarian, 1997
Technological advancement has changed the way the role of archives, especially electronic records, is viewed by archivists. Based on experiences at the Center for Electronic Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, this article discusses finding aids and reference tools, reference services and electronic records in archives,…
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Networks, Electronic Text, Library Services
Vasu, Michael L.; Garson, G. David – 1986
General information utilities and specialized networks, such as PoliNet, provide educators and researchers in public administration and allied fields with a diversity of new tools which include: (1) bibliographic searching; (2) international teleconferencing; (3) electronic news clipping services; (4) electronic mail; and (5) free public domain…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Information Networks
Wallach, Ruth – 1997
Geared toward librarians who frequently work with faculty and graduate students, this paper summarizes the experience of the library at the University of Southern California in organizing and conducting several subject specific workshops on using the Internet as a research medium. It examines the practical issues on how to approach the task of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Dysart, Jane I; Jones, Rebecca J. – Computers in Libraries, 1995
Describes steps in renovating information service tools: (1) review why organization exists; (2) refocus direction to keep in step with clients and environment; and (3) redefine client's needs. Old tools (books and journals) can be transformed via technology into new tools (full-text CD-ROM products and online interlibrary loan services). (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Truelson, Judith A. – 1997
Evidence suggests that use of multimedia or new media can enhance selected areas of the curriculum. Library planners at the University of Southern California (USC) believe that use of multimedia to transform the World Wide Web into a research forum for scholars in the humanities facilitates and even ensures the eventual use of this material in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Centers, Computer Networks
