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Peer reviewedFox, Judith A.; Kanafani, Kay – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes the development and implementation of software that provides a global change capability by allowing correction of a single heading in a large file of bibliographic records through programatic identification and replacement. Specific change processes are described, including name headings, geographic headings, and topical subject…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer Software, Online Catalogs
Peer reviewedDrabenstott, Karen Markey; Vizine-Goetz, Diane – Library Hi Tech, 1990
Discusses topics related to use of search trees to enhance subject searching in online catalogs: subject searching in existing systems; search trees defined; highlights of a study of subject queries; normalized subject headings; the exact approach to subject searching; one-word queries; multiword queries; queries failing to produce retrievals; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Higher Education, Indexing
Peer reviewedYee, Martha M. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Discusses features of online public access catalogs: (1) demonstration of relationships between records; (2) provision of entry vocabularies; (3) arrangement of multiple entries on the screen; (4) provision of access points; (5) display of single records; and (6) division of catalogs into separate files or indexes. User studies and other research…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Indexing
Becker, Karen A. – Illinois Libraries, 1992
Reviews student use of electronic searching tools and the effect of software changes on user satisfaction and success. Discusses the results of two surveys of InfoTrac users before and after software changes at Northern Illinois University, and proposes three strategies systems developers can take to balance the differing needs of sophisticated…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Higher Education, Library Instruction
Peer reviewedMuir, Scott P. – Library Software Review, 1991
Describes problems encountered by the staff of the Georgia Power Company Library when they planned for the automation of their catalog. Topics discussed include developing software inhouse versus using commercial software packages; authority control and problems with standardization and subject access; changing from a mainframe to a microcomputer;…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Bannon, Susan H.; Haglund, Karen E. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Describes a project at the Harrand Creek Elementary School (Enterprise, Alabama) that used a library automation program to improve curriculum access to the easy reading collection in the school library media center. Curriculum surveys are described, and the selection of appropriate subject headings for a computerized catalog is discussed. (15…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
