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Sylvia, Margaret; Kilman, Leigh – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Describes how St. Mary's University Academic Library (San Antonio, Texas) sought to avoid end-user "CD-ROM information overload." The resulting CD-ROM user instruction strategy, and the library's long-range plans, are profiled. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Library Instruction
Grillo, Dominick J. – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Describes the development of a Web-based union catalog for the New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO) called DOM (Dom's Online Catalogs). Discusses early use of CD-ROMs; problems with using MARC records; search strategies; code samples; response time; and cost effectiveness. (LRW)
Descriptors: Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Law Libraries, Library Catalogs
Richardson, John – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Describes the Adonis project, a CD-ROM database of biomedical journal articles that was designed to investigate ways in which publishers could maintain the income they received from publishing scientific journals. User studies are described that were conducted at University College London to evaluate user satisfaction with Adonis searches. (five…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Computer Software, Databases, Evaluation Methods