Online and CD-Rom Review: Volume 22 Issue 5

COMING UP ONLINE: THE SAGA OF E‐MAIL IN INDIA

Siriginidi Subba Rao

Comments on general communication forms and then e‐mail in particular, in various applications. Presents the Indian scenario, with service providers from government agencies…

RETAILING INFORMATION: THE CASE OF THE ONLINE SEARCH SERVICES

Jennifer E Rowley

Commences with a review of the differences between consumer and business markets, and then proceeds to review the characteristics of the on‐line search services that have changed…

NEW DATABASE PRODUCTS: SOCIAL SCIENCE, HUMANITIES, NEWS, AND GENERAL (ISSUE 12)

Martha E. Williams, Daniel E. Burgard

This is the twelfth article on social science, humanities, news, and general databases in a continuing series of articles summarizing and commenting on new database products. Two…

NEW CD‐ROMS IN BRIEF

Encyclopaedia of World Biography on CD‐ROM. The Encyclopaedia of World Biography on CD‐ROM, from Gale provides electronic access to biographies on living and deceased individuals…

SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN THE GULF CO‐OPERATION COUNCIL — WHAT NEXT?

Al‐Haj Salim Mustafa

The Gulf Co‐operation Council (GCC) was established in 1980 and consists of the six oil rich countries — Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Kuwait; Sultanate of Oman; Qatar; and…

LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRES IN SCHOOLS IN THE SULTANATE OF OMAN

Stella Keenan

In preparing the population of the Sultanate of Oman for the challenges that will face them in the 21st century, the government is laying special emphasis on education. Early in…

TRADING ON THE INTERNET

Martyn Daniels

1. The changing landscape. We all know that the Internet is dynamic and is growing at a phenomenal rate. It is pervasive and what we thought of it six months ago is probably…

THE COMING OF THE ELECTRONIC BOOK

Brian McKenna

1. Beyond the All in One. Suppose you had a machine that enabled you to wash your clothes, watch television programmes, listen to the radio, play CDs, and cook the dinner: would…

REVIEWS

Ian Winship, Phil Bradley, Anne L Barker, David Salter

Lets start with the praise. In many ways this is an excellent book to give LIS professionals some essential background knowledge about the Net to help in using it and in advising…

NEWS

Intranet accretion in US money sectors. US financial services organizations are in the vanguard of intranet installation and exploitation, according to a new report issued by…