The article is intended to assist business educators in the research and design of an integrated information systems course. (AG)

Among the purposes of this chapter is the provision of a description of the sample and research design of the MISOE sample data systems, including a specification of the size of the sample. (Author/RK)

Real accountability implies delivering specific, factual data to classroom teachers and administrators on which they can base decisions for improving students' performance. It also implies reporting the specific relationships between use of resources and educational outcome more accurately and concisely to the legislature, the State board of…

A substructure search screening system based on bond-centered fragements was evaluated using 108 queries derived from user SDI profiles. (Author/JB)

Article focus' on the financial information requirements for two levels of station management: project (project production) managers and functional managers. (Author)

This paper describes a technical document center providing remote-terminal retrospective search capability and shows its evolution from the traditional catalog card operation. (2 references) (Author)

A discussion of how the Cedar Rapids Community School System centralized its information retrieval equipment and made dial-access possible from any telephone in the community. (Author)

A description of the University of Minnesota's star shaped computer network for all public higher educational institutions in the state, primarily for instructional uses. (Author)

A major problem in the design of screening systems for substructure searches of chemical structure files is the development of a methodology for selection of an optimal set of structural characteristics to act as screens. Distributions of several structural characteristics of the Chemical Abstracts Service Registry System are summarized. (13…

The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether two dimensions of a single auditory stimulus are processed as competing channels of information, and if they are, whether S can selectively attend to one dimension specified at the beginning of a trial. (Author)

There is a need for the patient establishment of the operational meanings of words and also for the introduction of new meanings by carefully climbing the semantic ladder in levels of abstraction without transgressing the semantic ceiling. (WM)

Article focuses on the communication aspects of two types of information systems: computer assisted instruction (CAI), and computer based systems for information retrieval. (Author/RK)

Discusses how the increasing demand for higher education and the need for sharper economic restraints have focalized common awareness of the value of priority assessment by quantitative methods. The author reviews the search for more comprehensive management information systems to assist the decisionmaker. (See also EA 504 111). (Author/WM)