Online and CD-Rom Review: Volume 17 Issue 1

SOLID: A GENERAL HIGH‐SPEED LOGICAL DATA INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH BOUNDED SEARCH TIMES

P.A.D. de Maine, K.D. Bradley, S.M. Jodis

The General Information Management (GIM) system defined in this paper is designed to: (1) be information independent; (2) be logically data independent (it is therefore question…

UNCONVENTIONAL TEXT RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS

Ankie Visschedijk, Forbes Gibb

This article reviews some of the more unconventional text retrieval systems, emphasising those which have been commercialised. These sophisticated systems improve on conventional…

BIRTHING THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Marjorie M.K. Hlava

In the course of my travels and discussions throughout the United States and Europe, it has become quite apparent that there is great interest in Russian business and sci‐tech…

NEW DATABASE PRODUCTS: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (ISSUE 1)

Martha E. Williams, Linda C. Smith

This is the first in a continuing series of articles summarizing and commenting on new database products in science, technology — and medicine (STM). Companion articles covering…

PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 2000

Stella Keenan

…but it is hoped that the arrows fired in Target 2000 will fall somewhere near the target for this new column — the turn of the century, the year 2000. Contributors are invited to…

SITE LICENSING — DATABASE PRODUCERS, ONLINE HOSTS AND USERS GIVE THEIR VIEWS

Richard Poynder

In our first Forum, where information, producers users and distributors internationally discuss a topical issue, Richard Poynder approaches key figures in the industry to solicit…

CDROM DRIVES: TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE TRENDS

Technology Update is a new feature in Online and CDROM Review, freshly researched for each issue by editorial staff at Learned Information. Its aim is to keep our readers right up…

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTEENTH INTERNATIONAL ONLINE INFORMATION MEETING

The Sixteenth International Online Information Meeting was held in London on 8–10 December 1992. Here, Online & CDROM Review offers the first of two sets of abstracts of selected…

NEWS ROUNDUP

Paul Blake

As Chief Reporter on the monthly newspaper Information World Review, the writer keeps a constant watch on developments in electronic and optical information services. In every…