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Peer reviewedFurlong, Mary – Generations, 1997
Using ThirdAge.com as an example, guidelines are presented for building online communities. Considerations include culture, archiving, traditions, interaction with experts, information needs, and community purpose. (JOW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Older Adults, Online Systems, World Wide Web
Peer reviewedFerrington, Gary; Anderson-Inman, Lynne – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1996
Defines five core concepts of media literacy. Discusses media education and describes the Media Literacy On-Line Project on the World Wide Web. Lists additional resources for media literacy. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Networks, Media Literacy, Online Systems
Hammack, Harlan L.; And Others – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1996
Presents ideas and development strategies aimed at minimizing the unanticipated obstacles often encountered when implementing a performance support system, especially an integrated performance support system (IPSS). Highlights include a history of performance support systems; problems; justification, including a cost benefit analysis; planning;…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Documentation, Expectation, Online Systems
Peer reviewedSmith, Douglas K.; Minnick, Barbara J. – Journal of Education for Business, 1996
Describes the use of a Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet to provide students in a networked microcomputer lab with up-to-date information on grades and attendance. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Feedback, Grades (Scholastic), Online Systems
Peer reviewedEgghe, L.; Michel, C. – Information Processing & Management, 2003
Ordered sets (OS) of documents are encountered more and more in information distribution systems, such as information retrieval systems. Classical similarity measures for ordinary sets of documents need to be extended to these ordered sets. This is done in this article using fuzzy set techniques. The practical usability of the OS-measures is…
Descriptors: Document Delivery, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Measurement Techniques
Paskin, Norman; Canos, Jose H.; Jaen, Javier; Lorente, Juan C.; Perez, Jennifer; Rinehart, Richard; Smith, MacKenzie; Barton, Mary; Branschofsky, Margaret; McClellan, Greg; Walker, Julie Harford; Mass, Mick; Stuve, Dave; Tansley, Robert; Mitchell, Steve; Mooney, Margaret; Paynter, Gordon W.; Mason, Julie; Ruscheinski, Johannes; Kedzierski, Artur; Humphreys, Keith – D-Lib Magazine, 2003
Includes five articles that discuss copies in terms of metadata and digital rights management; safety oriented systems, a new type of decision support systems; MOAC (Museums and the Online Archive of California); DSpace, an open source digital repository; and iVia, an open source Internet subject portal or virtual library system. (LRW)
Descriptors: Decision Support Systems, Electronic Libraries, Internet, Metadata
O'Leary, Mick – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Although the availability of free information on the World Wide Web has placed traditional, fee-based proprietary online services on the defensive, most major online business services are now on the Web. Highlights several business information providers: Profound, NewsNet and ProQuest Direct, Dow Jones and Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition,…
Descriptors: Fees, Information Services, Online Systems, Technological Advancement
Searcher, 1997
Because 825,000 Internet domain names are assigned and 85,000 new site names are registered each month, the availability of new names is limited. To ease the situation, seven new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) have been proposed for the Internet's domain name system by the International Ad Hoc Committee established by the Internet Assigned…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Management, International Organizations, Internet
Peer reviewedWestendorp, Piet – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1996
Tests the relative efficiency and learning effect of text, pictures, and animation in online help systems, designing six versions of a help system for telephones. Presents operational information in text, pictures, or animation, with or without spatial information. Shows that presenting operational information via text was most efficient and that…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Information Processing, Online Systems
Peer reviewedKilgour, Frederick G. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1997
Reviews the origins of post-coordinate searching and emphasizes that the focal point should be on the searcher, not on the item being indexed. Highlights include the history of the term information retrieval; edge notched punch cards; the "peek-a-boo" system; the Uniterm system; and using computers to search for information. (LRW)
Descriptors: Coordinate Indexes, Information Retrieval, Online Systems, Search Strategies
Proctor, Edward – Online, 2002
Discusses the confusion among end users in using Boolean operators when searching electronic resources. Highlights include search engines; site-specific search engines; the counterintuitive nature of Boolean logic; hidden defaults; the problem of conceptualization; reprogramming defaults; and a lack of user education. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Use, Online Systems, Search Engines, Search Strategies
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Describes how, at several new college libraries, the online resources come first, to the distress of some librarians and faculty members. (EV)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Online Systems
Peer reviewedLankes, R. David; Shostack, Pauline – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2002
Discussion of digital reference services and the use of real-time versus asynchronous services such as email focuses on data from the AskERIC digital reference service to demonstrate that asynchronous services are not only useful but may have greater utility than real-time systems. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Library Services, Online Systems, Reference Services
Peer reviewedBrem, Sarah K. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2002
Discusses access to and management and interpretation of online data. Considers the new ethical considerations arising when it is not clear whether participants in a conversation know or remember that they are being monitored. Also discusses data collection, preparation, preservation, and analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Ethics, Internet
Carnevale, Dan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Increasing numbers of colleges accept job applications only online. Illustrates the job application process at Montgomery College, Maryland as the college changes to an online system for all job applications. (SLD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Applicants, Job Application, Online Systems
