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Peer reviewedMcAllister, A. Stratton; McAllister, Caryl – Information Processing and Management, 1981
Reviews the special requirements of a bibliographic database, and shows how they are met in the DOBIS-LIBIS (Dortmund Library System-Leuven Library System) system. Full authority file control over the indexes to the database is discussed, and the DOBIS-LIBIS system is described in detail. References are included. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Databases, Indexes, Information Retrieval
Svenningsen, Karen – 1992
This report describes how the City University of New York College of Staten Island library incorporated the Dow Jones News/Retrieval (DJN/R) service into their collection. Included in the report are some general criteria that the college considered before selecting the DJN/R database system, an overview of the seven categories of databases…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Costs, Databases
Peer reviewedReid, Judith P. – RQ, 1983
Describes how genealogists visiting the Library of Congress can use Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS) to identify genealogies in library's collections. Search strategies within two LOCIS systems--Multiple-Use MARC System (MUMS) and Subject-Oriented-Retriever for Processing Information Online (SCORPIO)--and the PREMARC database for…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Library Catalogs, Library Collections
Newcombe, Barbara; Trivedi, Harish – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1984
Discusses technology used to preserve, control, index, and retrieve information in newspapers, highlighting ways to record analyses of news stories, storage/indexing systems based on computers, information as salable commodity, preparation of news for electronic storage, answering in-house queries, questions of copyright and invasion of privacy,…
Descriptors: Databases, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Peer reviewedBland, Robert N.; Lloyd, James B. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
Describes MARC record-based online information retrieval system that provides full search and maintenance capabilities for manuscript records and indexes in the Special Collections Department, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University. Item versus group description of manuscripts, system architecture, searching, and record structure and file…
Descriptors: Archives, Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases
Chabran, Richard; Duran, D. – 1979
Sixteen Hispanics representing various academic, library, and related professional research fields met November 30 and December 1, 1978, to determine if sufficient need and interest existed to warrant the formation of a consortium to develop a comprehensive system for accessing Hispanic materials. Major issues addressed by the conference included:…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Databases
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1984
The Program Session of the April 1984 meeting of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) was devoted to discussion of electronic information delivery systems. Recent developments in six areas were covered: (1) electronic manuscript generation and transmission; (2) online full-text searching and retrieval; (3) online database…
Descriptors: Databases, Delivery Systems, Electronic Equipment, Information Dissemination
McNally, Tom; Segal, Jane – 1981
In this videotape script, a parody of a television sports competition serves as a vehicle for introducing college freshmen to the Ohio State University Library System and to the concept of search strategy. In the script, two student contenders participate in three events: the "card catalog combat," the "magazine mania," and the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Libraries, Higher Education, Indexes
