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Karch, Linda S. – Reference Services Review, 1990
Describes Ulrich's PLUS (a CD-ROM version of Ulrich's serials directories) and EBSCO's CD-ROM version of "The Serials Directory," and compares the two in terms of their use as reference tools. Areas discussed include database content, user aids, system features, search features, and a comparison of search results. Equipment requirements…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Optical Data Disks, Reference Materials
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
Szymanski, Cynthia; Arnold, Joann – 1989
This text is intended as a guide for searching ERIC using the SilverPlatter CD-ROM database. The text describes the content and function of the ERIC database and demonstrates fundamental search techniques by following an example of a successful ERIC computer search. The search begins with the choice of a topic, the formulation of a search…
Descriptors: Databases, Library Instruction, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks
Fries, James R.; Dow, Ronald F. – American Libraries, 1992
Describes the use of CD-ROM products containing company and industrial information for job searches and career planning. Examples of potential applications are provided, and search capabilities are examined. Brief descriptions of several products are presented, including a database of Security and Exchange Commission filings, Disclosure, Lotus One…
Descriptors: Databases, Job Search Methods, Library Role, Library Services
Lincove, David; And Others – 1988
The purpose of these guidelines is to assist librarians in providing students and faculty with appropriate information about computerized sources of information, particularly national online and compact disc (CD-ROM) databases. The guidelines offer ideas for brief, medium-length, and long presentations on the use of online searches, including…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Librarians, Library Instruction, Online Searching
Turner, Mark – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Highlights some popular search engines and presents guidelines on making queries, narrowing a search, using quotation marks and how and when to used advanced searches. Discusses special search tools for World Wide Web and CD-ROM products and homework assistance software. Lists the network locations of five popular search engines. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Multimedia Materials, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks
Ley, Kathryn L. – Media and Methods, 1989
Describes CD-ROM and its use as a new form of instructional technology. Topics discussed include the role of software in searching databases; benefits of CD-ROM over traditional materials; the need for adequate instruction on searching, including examples of necessary skills for effective searching; and guidelines for search strategies. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Educational Technology, Guidelines
Thompson, N. J. – Database, 1992
This comprehensive review of databanks and CD-ROMs worldwide dealing with patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, and related legal opinions includes comments on database coverage and search features. Comparison tables of vendors' products are provided. (22 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
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Nisonger, Thomas E. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1990
Explores the 1988 "Books in Print Plus" (BIP Plus) CD-ROM database to determine broad characteristics of material currently in print in U.S. book trade in terms of publication year; price; language; and audience, grade level, and illustration. Accuracy and potential of BIP Plus as a tool for generating data and testing hypotheses…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliometrics, Books, Online Searching
Lynn, Patricia D. – 1988
This two-page paper is an instructional guide for the use of the DIALOG OnDisc version of ERIC on CD-ROM in a university library. It is noted that the computer with which the guide is to be used provides access to citations of documents and journal articles in the ERIC database from 1980 to the present. Instructions are provided in a sequential,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citations (References), Databases, Guidelines
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Baeza-Yates, Ricardo; And Others – Information Systems, 1996
Discusses indexes for text databases and presents an efficient implementation of an index for text searching called PAT array, or suffix array, where the database is stored on secondary storage devices such as magnetic or optical disks. Additional hierarchical index structures and searching algorithms are proposed that improve searching time, and…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Full Text Databases, Indexes, Information Storage
Scott, R. Neil; Wolpert, Edward M. – Educational Technology, 1990
Discusses searching techniques in print indexes and describes the development of computer-assisted search (CAS) services and CD-ROM systems that focus on education. The ERIC database and other databases for education-related information are described, advantages of online searching are discussed, and the question of who should conduct the search…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Research, Online Searching, Online Systems
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Ford, Nigel; And Others – Online & CD-ROM Review, 1994
An analysis of 275 searches of a LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts) CD-ROM conducted by 67 master's students determined that different cognitive styles (comprehension, operation, versatile, field dependent, and field independent) resulted in different search behaviors and search outcomes, with and without postings information.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Information Science
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Farber, Miriam; Shoham, Snunith – Online Information Review, 2002
Discusses the changing relationship between information professionals (vendors, database producers, and searchers) and end users during the last three decades. Examines the concept of the end user, including professionals; libraries; end user searchers; DIALOG and BRS; ease of use issues; search intermediaries; menu-driven systems; and CD-ROM…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Scientists, Library Services, Menu Driven Software
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Sanderson, Rosalie M.; And Others – Microform Review, 1989
Describes the CD-ROM version of the "Congressional Masterfile," a comprehensive index of congressional committee reports and prints, hearings, and documents from 1789 to the present. The description of this product includes hardware and software considerations, user aids, and search options. The Masterfile CD-ROM is compared to print…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Federal Government, Government Publications, Indexes
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