Online Review: Volume 2 Issue 3

News

The launch of both Euronet and the British Post Office two‐way data service to the US has been delayed. Due to become operational in December 1978, Euronet is now unlikely to be…

Search corner

Marjorie Hlava has taken on responsibility for this Search Corner section of Online Review. Marjorie is Information Director for the National Energy Center Affiliate and Manager…

European hosts: BLAISE — The British Library Automated Information Service

This series was first started in the June 78 issue of Online Review. Here we focus on BLAISE, the service operated by the British Library.

Predicasts in Europe

Peter Martin

In this article I shall try to set out some of the problems that face international database producers and the progress made so far by Predicasts Inc. to overcome them.

Problems and pitfalls in setting up and operating an online information service

Magdeleine L. Moureau

This article takes the form of a checklist of the problems and pitfalls that can arise in setting up an online retrieval facility. The problems of both users and vendors are…

Use of online terminals for scientific evaluation and planning

R. Viesca, A. Mendez

Online systems are presented as new tools in the hands of scientific policy makers. When new research proposals require comparative assessment, these systems provide an objective…

Hands on online: bringing it home

Elaine Caruso

In Part 1 of the paper, the problems a would‐be user faces in accessing the contents of machine stored bibliographic databases are assessed; the online search services solve part…

The user — cordial interface

Charles M. Goldstein, William H. Ford

A great deal of effort has been expended on the topic of user‐oriented interface (UOI) to online retrieval systems. This paper discusses the contradictory nature of the phrase UOI…