Online Review: Volume 3 Issue 2

News

Mary M. Nash, Phil Holmes

To make it easier for searchers to determine which databases contain citations on a specific question, BRS has developed an automatic cross‐database search capability named CROSS…

Search corner

Corner Contest Conference Papers Index. The contest for this quarter will be held on the Conference Papers Index database, which is prepared by Data Courier, Inc. The Conference…

Effective search strategies

Douglas R. Knox, Marjorie M.K. Hlava

Adequate preparation is basic to both computerized searching and manual searching. Typically, the researcher is not the person who operates the computer terminal. Therefore you…

The role of automated subject switching in a distributed information network

R.T. Niehoff, S. Kwasny

This article discusses some of the forces at work within today's online database environment which could lead to the emergence of a distributed information network. Several…

Online information services in U.K. academic libraries

J. Akeroyd, A. Foster

A short survey of the use of online information retrieval is presented and shows that 70% of academic libraries were users. The main justifications for implementation were felt to…

Education, training and marketing for online information retrieval systems

Lucy A. Tedd

In late 1977 the British Library Research and Development Department funded visits I made to twelve organizations using computers for their bibliographic information requirements…