Online Review: Volume 5 Issue 3

Teaching aids developed and used for education and training for online searching

Lucy A. Tedd

It is important that all those involved with education and training for online searching are aware of the teaching aids which have been produced and are used. This paper aims to…

An examination of the role of the intermediary in the online searching of chemical literature

Anne Girard, Magdeleine Moureau

There are different levels in elaborating a search strategy. The ideal formulation requires good knowledge of the relevant subject area, of the online system being used, and of…

Command language ease of use: a comparison of DIALOG and ORBIT

Albert Krichmar

This paper examines results of a survey concerning online users' attitudes and perceptions of the ease of use and other factors of Lockheed's DIALOG and SDC's ORBIT command or…

Pascaline on Questel

Denise Pelissier

After a short description of the primary sources, the coverage, the file structure and the data elements of a PASCAL record, this article reviews how to search the database with…

Starting online information services in Portugal

Gabriela Lopes da Silva, Carlos Pulido

The first two years' operation of CDCT online information services are described. Promotional and other activities are included and an outlook is presented emphasizing the need…

News

Pergamon launches patent drawings on videodiscs. One of the principal draws at the recent National Online Meeting in New York was the launch and demonstration by Pergamon…