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Peer reviewedLeggate, P. – Journal of Documentation, 1975
Surveys the literature of the field. Includes a 152-item bibliography. (PF)
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
Download full textWilliams, Martha E. – 1971
Information centers exist to provide information from machine-readable data bases to users in industry, universities and other organizations. The computer Search Center of the IIT Research Institute was designed with a number of variables and uncertainties before it. In this paper, the author discusses how the Center was designed to enable it to…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Databases, Information Centers, Information Processing
Scheffler, F. L.; March, J. F. – 1971
The Aerospace Materials Information Center (AMIC) Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) program was evaluated by an interview technique after one year of operation. The data base for the SDI consists of the periodic document index records input to the AMIC system. The users are 63 engineers, scientists, and technical administrators at the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Evaluation, Information Centers, Information Services
BIVONA, WILLIAM A. – 1966
THIS REPORT PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF OVER EIGHTEEN SMALL, INTERMEDIATE, AND LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS FOR THE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI). SYSTEMS ARE COMPARED AND ANALYZED WITH RESPECT TO DESIGN CRITERIA AND THE FOLLOWING NINE SYSTEM PARAMETERS--(1) INFORMATION INPUT, (2) METHODS OF INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING, (3) USER INTEREST PROFILE…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Costs, Data Processing
Carmon, James L. – 1974
The historical and current status of information dissemination centers and the problem of user interface are reviewed. During the past decade, the problems of technical data processing have been conquered; information dissemination has evolved from a loosely knit group of experimental centers to an organization of established centers, many…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Coupling, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Centers
