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Pagell, Ruth – Database, 1987
Compares four full text periodical databases to one another and to traditional online databases in terms of the types of information available, the number of titles available, coverage of periodical contents, timeliness, and search features. (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Online Searching, Periodicals
Everett, David; Pilachowski, David M. – Database, 1986
Examines three familiar humanities databases that do not have named person indexes and identifies strategies to facilitate both quick, precise searching and high recall for searches where the subject is a personal name. Descriptions of the databases, suggested search strategies, and sample searches are provided. (CDD)
Descriptors: Databases, Guidelines, Humanities, Online Searching
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
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
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)
Glossbrenner, Alfred – Database, 1989
Describes the information available about special interest groups (SIGs) on the CompuServe system and offers suggestions for searching this online utility. Search strategies and system commands are described for getting a list of every SIG in the system, accessing message boards, teleconferencing, searching data libraries, and locating specific…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Menu Driven Software, Online Searching, Online Systems
Jacso, Peter – Database, 1993
Discusses online search techniques that can be used to identify inaccuracies and inconsistencies in records of online and CD-ROM databases. Methods that can be used to sample a database for errors in descriptor, name, or coded fields are described, including browsing, matching, looking up cross-references, and searching for implausible record…
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks
Kimmel, Stacey – Database, 1996
Provides an overview of robots that retrieve World Wide Web documents and index data and then store it in a database. Nine robot-generated databases are described, including record content, services, search features, and sample search results; and sidebars discuss the controversy about Web robots and other resource discovery tools. (LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval
Seiser, Virginia – Database, 1987
Describes the organization of the descriptors used in the ERIC database to indicate age, educational, and student levels, and suggests appropriate search strategies for the retrieval of information on specific age groups. (CLB)
Descriptors: Age Groups, Databases, Indexing, Online Searching
Conger, Lucinda D. – Database, 1986
Provides description of principal database sources for information on current events--newspaper indexes (e.g., INFORMATION BANK, VU/TEXT, NEWSPAPER INDEX); magazine databases (e.g., NEXIS-MAGS, MAGAZINE ASAP); wire service databases (e.g., NewsNet, WIRES, NEWS); and reference databases (encyclopedias, yearbooks, FACTS ON FILE). A list of the 37…
Descriptors: Current Events, Databases, Encyclopedias, Indexes
Franklin, Carl – Database, 1986
This second of a three-part series compares search features (i.e., truncation symbols, boolean operators, proximity operators, phrase searching, save searches) of two databases providing legal information. Search tips concerning charges and effective searching and tables listing functions of commands and proximity operators for both databases are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Systems, Online Searching
Kavanagh, Stephen K.; Miller, Jay G. – Database, 1986
Presents overview prepared by producer of database newly available in 1985 that covers 10 subject categories: engineering, geosciences, chemistry and materials, space sciences, aeronautics, astronautics, mathematical and computer sciences, physics, social sciences, and life sciences. Database development, unique features, document delivery, sample…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Databases, Online Searching, Online Systems
O'Leary, Mick – Database, 1986
Description of bibliographic databank produced by the H. W. Wilson Company covers databases (bibliographical, directory, forthcoming); the WILSONLINE search system (search statement formulation, identifying search terms, other search features); print options; search management features; performance, documentation, and assistance; costs; and…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Services, Online Searching
Pasterczyk, Catherine E. – Database, 1990
Discusses ways in which using mathematical symbols to search online bibliographic databases in scientific and technical areas can improve search results. The representations used for Greek letters, relations, binary operators, arrows, and miscellaneous special symbols in the MathSci, Inspec, Compendex, and Chemical Abstracts databases are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Online Searching, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Scientific and Technical Information
Meredith, Meri – Database, 1986
Describes databases frequently used in Business Information Center, Cummins Engine Company (Columbus, Indiana): Dun and Bradstreet Business Information Report System, Newsearch, Dun and Bradstreet Market Identifiers, Trade and Industry Index, PTS PROMT, Bureau of Labor Statistics files, ABI/INFORM, Magazine Index, NEXIS, Dow Jones News/Retrieval.…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Information Needs, Information Services