Enumerates "hardware problems" associated with use of the IBM personal computer as an online search machine: purchase of machinery, unpacking of parts, and assembly into a properly functioning computer. Components that allow transformations of computer into a search machine (combination boards, printer, modem) and diagnostics software…

Reviews two software products--INSTANTCOM and PC WRITE--that work well in tandem and possess the following capabilities: make logon easy and memory-independent; allow prewritten search statements to be uploaded; allow downloading of results; permit easy editing and other data management options. Examples done on the IBM PC/AT are provided. (EJS)

Reviews desirable features that current word processing programs have that can be used to enhance writing instruction. Provides a list of programs in three categories: (1) idea processors; (2) enhanced word processors; and (3) word processors with graphics capabilities. Each entry includes publisher, hardware compatibility, current price, and…

Offers a selective list of resources, guides, directories, software, and software vendors for social studies teachers. (RKM)

Describes one professor's problems in learning how to use a computer. Reviews several types of computer software and their functions. Calls for college professors to discover how a computer can help them utilize their time more efficiently. (BSR)

This package contains four FORTRAN 77 programs for Markov Model based learning experiments. One program estimates the likelihood of a one-stage learning model, another delivers estimates for a two-stage learning model. The third and fourth were designed for hypothesis testing the parameter differences between and within experimental conditions,…

Presents methods for preparing technical documents on microcomputers by modifying WordStar and using inexpensive software to create scientific symbols and other characters needed. Procedures are described for use with a Zenith A-100 microcomputer and an Epson FX dot matrix printer, and may be adapted for other configurations. (LRW)

Presents minimal, adequate, and high-end performance budgets for purchasing the software and Apple hardware required to initiate desktop publishing for a campus newspaper. (AYC)

Discusses the various forms of computer viruses and the threat they pose to online databases. Available protection programs are described, and a list of online sources of protection programs and news is provided. (14 references) (CLB)

Reviews the economic theory of property rights and explores four applications of the transaction cost theory of property rights and free distribution in the economics of information: (1) copying technology; (2) computer software and copy protection; (3) satellite television and encryption; and (4) public libraries. (56 references) (MES)

Presents a methodology for extending string indexing from index display production to the provision of descriptor phrases for term proximity searching. Objectives of the extension are discussed, and an illustration of the use of an existing string indexing system for this purpose is given. (14 references) (CLB)

A review of the Writer Rabbit software program details its multiple classroom uses, focusing on language arts activities such as practicing identification and classification of sentence parts, practicing spelling, and inventing stories. (CB)

Demonstrates how three commercial microcomputer software packages--PC-Talk III, Wordstar, and dBase III--were combined to produce an integrated library system at the U.S. Army Concepts Analysis Agency library. The retrospective conversion process is discussed, and the four modules of the system are described: acquisitions/cataloging; online…

Reports findings of a survey of 10 general access collections of microcomputer hardware and software located in university libraries. Hardware, software, staffing, and software evaluation collections are discussed, and miscellaneous comments and tips from respondents are included. Seven appendices list data. (MES)

A FORTRAN 77 program is described that computes both the different response success-error patterns and their summary statistics for learning and forgetting in fixed trial experiments using a two-stage Markov model. (Author/GDC)