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Library and Information Science

1991

CD-ROMs

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Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir Dec 1991

Changes Wrought By Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

By 1988 almost 60% of US academic and public libraries were using CD-ROM databases. CD-ROM products have changed library collections, patron expectations and reference service.


How Up-To-Date Is That Update?, Carol Tenopir Sep 1991

How Up-To-Date Is That Update?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Timeliness of online and CD-ROM databases depends on both the frequency of updates and the currency of information being added in each update. Comparisons of two CD-ROM indexes - LISA and Library Lit - and of 12 online databases are offered.


Cd-Rom Goes Consumer, Carol Tenopir Jun 1991

Cd-Rom Goes Consumer, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

CD-ROM products have already been enthusiastically received by librarians and educators, but now CD-ROM publishers are seeking to make inroads in the consumer market.


The Impact Of Cd-Rom On Online, Carol Tenopir Feb 1991

The Impact Of Cd-Rom On Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

CD-ROM has reawakened the term migration, but this time the fear is of migration from online use of databases to CD-ROM. CD-ROM sources and the possible impacts on online databases are examined.