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Education For Database Intermediaries: How Library Schools Have Changed (And How They Haven’T)., Carol Tenopir
Education For Database Intermediaries: How Library Schools Have Changed (And How They Haven’T)., Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
In 1988, surveys were sent to all 60 of the American Library Association-accredited schools of library and information science in the US and Canada that offer master degrees. The overall response rate was 88%. In more than 80% of the schools, 3/4 or more of the students receive hands-on experience with online searching, and about the same percentage were exposed to CD-ROM databases. In 23 schools, 1/4 or more of the students were exposed to in-house simulation systems. Of the participating schools, 82% had at least one course 100% dedicated to online searching and 25% had more than one. Several …
Database Design And Management, Carol Tenopir
Database Design And Management, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Librarians have used online bibliographic database searching for well over a decade. Good searchers are familiar with the content and characteristics of individual databases (such as ERIC or Chemical Abstracts) and with the online system (e.g., DIALOG or BRS) and the commands that are needed to search each database. Searchers must also have an understanding of how databases are created and structured, how they are processed by the online system's computer to enable searching, and what actually happens when a database is searched. This chapter focuses on these issues. Chapter 6 discusses specific databases and systems.