Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 16 Issue 3

The use of the ASSASSIN system by Central Electricity Generating Board Technical Information Unit

J.L. Watson, P.G. Williams

Discusses one application of a commercially available computer software package suitable for scientific and technical information storage and retrieval. Source documents, mode of…

STATUS software: application and experience at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory

P.E. Mongar

The paper describes the use of STATUS by TRRL's Technical Information and Library Services to mechanize the library's document ordering, cataloguing, loans control and to…

MINISIS

Cheryl Boyce

MINISIS is a generalised information retrieval system, designed for use on the Hewlett‐Packard HP3000 range of mini‐computers. It is a fully interactive system for entering…

CAIRS — an established retrieval system under constant development

Graham N. Cline, Deirdre M. Marrable

A description of the facilities of the CAIRS software package is presented with examples. Hardware requirements and present applications are discussed and a brief outline of the…

DECO

Peter Croft, G.R. Allen

DECO is a textual database system for online searching and retrieval of documents, combined with offline index production. DECO is available from Unilever Computer Services…

An information retrieval package for microcomputers

Stephen Walker

The constraints imposed on system design by microcomputer hardware and system software are discussed. File structure is described and there is a brief account of the overall…

Microcomputer Applications and the Use of Database Management Software

Paul F. Burton

A number of database management programs are available and the application of one of these, Petaid, to library routines and for information retrieval is described. Applications…