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Helsing, Cheryl; And Others – 1989
Computers have changed the way information resources are handled. Large amounts of information are stored in one central place and can be accessed from remote locations. Users have a personal responsibility for the security of the system and the data stored in it. This document outlines the user's responsibilities and provides security and control…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Confidentiality, Databases
Lonardo, Angela; And Others – Computers in Libraries, 1995
Identifies and discusses the criteria that end users might employ when evaluating a gopher client, particularly for the Windows environment. Topics include cost and availability, help features, functionality, viewing, searching, navigating, bookmarks, retrieving and displaying files, robustness, and gopher clients available via FTP (file transfer…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, File Transfer Protocol
Kahle, Brewster; And Others – Electronic Networking: Research, Applications and Policy, 1992
Describes the Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) system, an integrated information retrieval system for corporate end users. Discussion covers general characteristics of the system, search techniques, protocol development, user interfaces, servers, selective dissemination of information, nontextual data, access to other servers, and description…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Information Management
Brandt, D. Scott – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Illustrates how users can take full advantage of the Internet to communicate and to network. Discusses electronic mailing, listservs and Usenet groups; referring cold connections to a Web page; and designing Web pages for maximum information retrieval by search engines. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Information Networks
Shepherd, Michael A.; Watters, Carolyn – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Characterizes information retrieval systems in a network environment from a user's perspective along two axes: query and presentation. Several examples of early, current, and developing information retrieval systems are considered within this framework, and Daltext, a prototype system to support research on text-based retrieval systems, is…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Networks, Database Design, Information Networks

Lynch, Clifford A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Explains the technologies of electronic imaging as background for other articles in this section, focusing on technologies seen by the developer or user of electronic imaging applications. Topics discussed include image acquisition, storage, retrieval, compression, transmission, display, manipulation, and printing; standards and architectural…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Losee, Robert M., Jr. – 1990
Messages entering an educational information distribution network may be ranked for an ordered introduction into the network to maximize the timeliness of message arrivals over the set of users. Electronic mail, EDI documents, and broadcast news may be ranked by the users who choose to examine those messages of interest or benefit to themselves.…
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Gateway Systems
Moen, William E.; McClure, Charles R. – 1997
The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is an innovative networked-based approach to assist users in locating government information resources. This document reports the results of an evaluation study begun in September 1996 and completed in June 1997. The goal of the study was to understand how: GILS serves various user groups; GILS…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Document Delivery, Federal Programs

Online & CD-ROM Review, 1997
Examines the topic of networked information. Discusses the possibility of a global stock exchange, the utility of environmental information on the Internet, the Internet in India, and Internet user types and habits according to a survey conducted in Denmark. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Environment, Foreign Countries, Global Approach

Aust, Ronald – Machine-Mediated Learning, 1994
Discusses the National Information Infrastructure and presents the research and development experiences of three educational networking projects associated with the University of Kansas. Topics addressed include network information services; designing information retrieval interfaces for educators, including the use of hypermedia and Boolean…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education

Doty, Philip; Bishop, Ann P. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Examines the history and present state of federal initiatives in electronic networking, particularly the National Information Infrastructure and National Research and Education Network; discusses electronic publishing; and considers implications for national policy. Topics addressed include commercialization; community networking; end-user…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Involvement, Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing
McCollum, Roy – 1995
With today's growth in the use of electronic information systems for e-mail, data development and research, and the relative ease of access to such resources, protecting one's data and correspondence has become a great concern. "Pretty Good Privacy" (PGP), an encryption program developed by Phil Zimmermann, may be the software tool that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Coding, Computer Networks, Computer Security

Micco, Mary; Smith, Irma – Library Software Review, 1987
Proposes a framework for the design of a full function workstation for information retrieval based on study of information seeking behavior. A large amount of local storage of the CD-ROM jukebox variety and full networking capability to both local and external databases are identified as requirements of the prototype. (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Information Dissemination
O'Leary, Mick – Online, 1997
Reviews the historical development of online information in libraries, including computers, software, and networks. Highlights include quotes from leaders in the field; the end-user movement; commercial products from vendors; the spread of the Internet and its effects on online companies and searchers; options on the World Wide Web; and future…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
McClure, Charles – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Discusses the development of networked information services from a user's perspective. Topics discussed include user education; the issue of access to, versus retrieval of, information; the role of the library, including education and training, bibliographic control, and electronic information services; and training and education for librarians.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries
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