Online Review: Volume 13 Issue 4

Questions on search request forms

Bryce Allen

This research took the form of an investigation into how different questions on online search request forms elicit different responses from users, and how the resulting…

Marketing strategies and practices used by Australian database producers

Mari Davis

This paper discusses two surveys conducted in 1986 and 1988 which examined attitudes of producers of Australian research‐based databases towards marketing, and the practices they…

Chemical Exchange Directory — advertising chemicals online

Douglas Mowat

This paper discusses the development and implementation of Chemical Exchange Directory (CED), an online advertising service for the chemical industry. One of the major problems in…

A survey of SIC code searchable databases on Dialog

Mark L. Robinson

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes are a type of controlled vocabulary used by business searchers when searching for corporate and industry data. Two four‐digit…

News

Online database revenues up 28% Amidon/Litman, a consulting and research firm out of New Jersey, has released a report that states online revenues for 1988 were $1.03 billion for…